If there is 'nothing' that supports us, what happens? People take advantage. REPOST: It would seem that the aim of a neoliberal approach is to produce uncertainty which then stimulates competitive entrepreneurial activity. The more uncertain people are, the more they are likely to be pushed and prodded into value production. The presence of competition… Continue reading Metrics and the production of uncertainty
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Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism
I am beginning to question whether this type of worry is towards the good or bad. Perhaps we are just 'stuck' in a small conception of posssibility for what it is to be human. I donno? What do you think? REPOST: Governmental control is nothing compared to what Google is up to. The company is… Continue reading Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism
Oligarchy Disguised as Democracy
I am not convinced that we can diffuse the motion with the Internet: The Internet is a money-power machine upheld by moves for power. Here's The repost: He who says organization, says oligarchy. So wrote German sociologist Robert Michels during the formation of Europe’s big tent ‘people’s parties’ a century ago. According to Michels—a committed… Continue reading Oligarchy Disguised as Democracy