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The Mindset
The Mindset is Douglas Rushkoff's term for the technocratic worldview of the global elite and their conviction that wealth and technology can always outrun consequence.[1] Its articles of faith include statements like every problem is an engineering problem; externalities are someone else's problem; and if things go wrong, the correct response is not to repair the commons but to exit it (to Mars, to the metaverse, to a well-appointed bunker). The Mindset treats society as a platform to be optimized rather than a relationship to be maintained. Ironically, as Rushkoff notes, it is precisely this secessionist logic that helps bring about The Event it seeks to escape. The doom loop, one might say, is a feature, not a bug.
Concept Map
Key Terms
Debacle >
Syncretic Terms
Related LP Terms
The Mindset > Symbol Factory, System Architect
Non-LP Related Terms
The Mindset > Maya, Toxic Socialization
Notes
Read the Guardian article "The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse"
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Footnotes
- ↑ Rushkoff, Douglas. Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022. https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881066.