Children of Chaos: Surviving the End of the World as We Know It

by Douglas Rushkoff

This work argues that youth culture - from Power Rangers and Nintendo to the Internet and MTV - is equipping young people for life in the 20th-century, a chaotic realm in which the short attention span fostered by the soundbite and the remote control will be an asset rather than a disadvantage.

288 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Douglas Rushkoff is a New York-based writer, columnist and lecturer on technology, media and popular culture.

Reviews

[Katja]

This is a book directed at people born before the 80s. A guide to modern media and religion, and kids, basically. As a member of the generation Doug is writing about I still found it interesting to read about things I find completely natural from a bird's eye perspective. Especially the comparisons to the society's previous way of thinking shed some light on the misunderstandings (however minor they may be) I've had with older family members.

[Wade]

Amazing review of the early day of the digital age and how children were navigating the postmodern world.