Setting 'Team Human' Free.

Team Human’s Next Chapter

Douglas Rushkoff is ending the Team Human podcast under that name, not abandoning its ideas. The phrase has spread across debates about AI and is now used by people with very different politics. Rushkoff sees this broad adoption as evidence that the concept has succeeded in helping defend human autonomy and dignity amid technological change.

Rushkoff traces the project to a debate with Ray Kurzweil about whether humanity should yield to its robotic successors. Since then, Team Human has explored threats to human autonomy arising from technology and economics. Rushkoff says he is increasingly concerned about technocapitalism’s links to ethnonationalism and eugenics, as well as wealthy technologists’ transhumanist ambitions.

The channel will now support Rushkoff’s research and creative work, including a new book project about making sense of collapse. He plans to:

• Publish research interviews and exploratory conversations for Patreon and Substack subscribers.
• Continue sharing finished monologues and essays publicly.
• Offer subscribers ad-free access to content and invitations to monthly live discussions.

Rushkoff describes the shift as an expansion from “Team Human” to “Team Earth.”

Presenter: Douglas Rushkoff