Life, Inc by author and media theorist Doug Rushkoff is having its launch party sponsored by SMITH Magazine tomorrow night in at Sutra Lounge in NYC…and of course there is a Facebook invite.

Even if you can’t attend the party, check out the book, which discusses the corporate control over pretty much everything (hence the title) and also provides some solutions for how we can change this. His point is that we don’t realize that money is not the only form of currency and if we want to overcome corporate control, we’re going to have to branch out and begin thinking of other ways to get what we need, such as what he calls “complementary currency” (or doing things for each other and our communities). The book seeks to celebrate pure human connection, unmediated by a business or brand. This is an important message always, but it seems especially worthwhile given the current economic situation and the amount of companies we see falling to both corruption and financial difficulties.

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