(2009-07-30) Bloom Vs Rushkoff

Howard Bloom disagrees with Douglas Rushkoff's LifeInc ideas, so they will debate on Rushkoff's Media Squat radio show on Aug3. Rushkoff says He sees Capitalism as essential to our continuing Evolution as a species and a civilization (the Western one, at any rate)... The way out is not always through - especially when "through" means piling more addictions onto the ones we already have. But Howard argues the other side as well as I've ever heard it done, and he can get even the most liberal-minded people to nod along with the notion that the only solution for Mc World vs. Jihad is the annihilation of a civilization, that mustering warrior energy might be the key to the West's survival, and that capitalism and competition are as natural as the ivy pulling down the maple tree in my backyard.

Update: here's the audio.