you're going to somehow develop an economy that eats people as well as filmmaker and author douglas rushkoff i talked to him earlier today and while many folks blame the vaiko operations in banks for the for causing a financial crisis some are finally taking to the streets over the contents of the biggest protest since the vietnam war just this past weekend and yesterday police actually caved in and refused to forcibly remove the folks still occupying the capitol building even though they were given a clear that line to get out now of course this isn't just limited to wisconsin in other states are considering similar proposals you've got ohio tennessee idaho among others and the question is are all these rallies actually making any kind of difference or falling on deaf ears are these and as you can the has more for us take a look at this. america's middle class fighting a more already historic. i where when alcohol is now people only option where it has been sound you know man for over two weeks major protests that kicked off in wisconsin and spread to other states have been raging on in the

this project, looking at life in the digital age, the first person i turned to was my friend douglas rushkoff, whom i've worked with on two previous films. doug's been writing about the internet for close to two decades. >> rushkoff: well, geeks are normal now. >> dretzin: it's true. we decided to start here, on the campus of the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge. >> rushkoff: if anyone is a new species of digital native, it would be the mit student. >> dretzin: these kids are among the smartest, most wired people on the planet right now. they may hardly remember a time when they weren't able to be online anywhere they went. >> i have three tests this week. >> dretzin: everywhere you go on this campus, kids are looking at screens, sometimes multiple screens. >> i was productive on saturday. i went out friday. >> dretzin: take eliza. she's 20, a mechanical engineering major, and completely wired, all the time. >> is it going to stay in beta for as long as gmail stayed in beta? >> probably. >> a decade. >> probably. >> i have a few friends who, if they hear the word blackberry,

are all have consequences of globalization good for some but not so good for others filmmaker douglas rushkoff thanks so much for coming on thank you. and while many folks blame the big corporations and banks for causing the financial crisis some are finally taking to the streets over the state of wisconsin saw the biggest protest in for vietnam war just a pack maker and yesterday police actually caved in and refused to forcibly remove the folks that were occupying the state capitol building even though they were given a clear deadline to get out and we also saw solidarity rallies all around the country including thousands coming out of new york city and also los angeles but are all these rallies making any kind of difference or are they falling on deaf ears well or harshness of the residents on that took to the streets of new york city to find out. people across the u.s. are protesting proposed legislation intended to slash benefits for the middle class i think really protesting the fact that every people are being asked to make their fight this well last year continue to profit even more thi