Rushkoff, you describe yourself in your latest book, survival of the richest as a humanist who writes about the impacts of digital technologies, but not a futurist. Whats the difference between the two . Well, a futurist is usually someone they come to to tell you whats going to happen in the future, and ive been right about that a lot so they call me a futurist, but really what i am is a presentist. Im more interested in looking at looking at and describing accurately what it happening right now and thats usually an easier way to know whats going to happen in the future, but i dont usually talk about it. I just most futurists they seem more like propagandists and they want to see their company in the best place or positioning them as a consultant in the most needed place and you get people interested in the future about scaring them, this is going to happen or thats going to happen about you but if youre a presentist, kind after cultural anthropologist or culturist, what is, you end u
Completely meaningless. Are glad, but it is the cowboys, so you want to pummel them. Beat them big time. Good day everyone, it is wednesday, december 27th, 2017. And did we mention that it is cold . It is freaking. Very cold. In fact, i heard, sue, that this is probably the coldest, because it will be here for awhile, the longest cold snap that weve had since 2,004. Jep, dont expect temperatures to get above freezing, any more, in the in te foreseeable future. Thank you for that. Yesterday was 33, hope you enjoyed that balmy 33 degrees. So now this is what i am thinking. Okay, so this is the longest one, we are bea to have, 20,004, talking about eagles, havent had a season it good since 2,004. Maybe right now just repeating the year 2,004 . May. Time capsule. Right. Now im wondering what else happened in 2004 so we can be prepared. Here are thing i look up. Facebook launched in 2,004, maybe relaunch with something. Janet jackson wardrobe malfunction, so were repeat that year. Rumors sh
Greatest show in hollywood. From get out to i, tonya grab oscar gold . The nominees are calling in. Their emotional reactions right here on gma. No one does oscar like gma and if they say they do, theyre lying. Good morning, america. We want to get right to that breaking news, a massive earthquake off the coast of alaska, 7. 9. It has sparked tsunami alerts up and down the west coast this morning. And listen to this again. [ sirens blaring ] that is the alert thats waking people up in alaska this morning. People are told to get to Higher Ground immediately and to take shelter. And in San Francisco, this alert going out to so many saying, prepare to evacuate and check on your neighbors. As you can imagine, the alerts cause a lot of concern this morning. Thankfully, everybodys safe at this hour. So lets get right to Kayna Whitworth is in santa monica, california. Reporter and good morning. So all the warnings, watches have been cancelled. Imagine being in alaska and waking up to that sir
Pillar. Mr. Pillar. Im glad he is okay. Well, yeah, almost dead. Isnt it interest nothing life when you have two different angles of something it is a completely different story. He could have slid underneath that train. Pretty tight spot there. Last car he could have fallen on the tracks. Exactly. But he is okay. Thank goodness because he is in the studios with us. We will have a dual between him and young man on the plane we have a pole in the studio that we could usually use. Good day, it is tuesday, john 23rd. I know we have purple on. We have beat them 38seven. What do you want. Now we are getting message was facebook. She has red on. It is burgundy and im a phillies fan it is f u. S. C. Ia it depends. We are running out of clothes, people. Oh, come on. We have to do laundry. Real quickly here lets get to weather. We have a lot of rain. If you havent gotten yet it is coming your way. We have six out of 10. It looks like a sloppy start for most of to us day. Many of our temperature
Reveals he is retiring from touring immediately after being diagnosed with parkinsons disease. This morning, one of the most popular artists of all time, what hes saying about his future. Those stories plus missouris embattled governor says he wont resign after admitting an affair. There was no photograph. Bad joke . I heard you the first time. Bill cosby returns to the stage for a comedy routine just weeks ahead of his retrial for sexual assault. And golden moment. The Oscar Nominations are just out this morning. The shape of water leading with 13, but its the movies and actors not getting nominated that are getting a lot of attention today tuesday, january 23rd, 2018. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Thanks for joining us on this busy tuesday morning. Busy out west. Everything is happening. Hollywood, the Oscar Nominations. Yes, indeed. That is. Breaking news