The idea of impowerment that informs many of the scripture projects that are known under this brand is that essentially it can turn everybody into a little shareholder. The more sustainable and the more profitable they are, the better will be for us, their users leke shareholders. For many of the toin ve three projects, you are entering a completely new environment whereby a the provision of services that were previously offered based on some kind of public service model.
Featuring Evgeny Morozov on his essay "Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason." Thinkers from the Marxist left all the way to the neoliberal and even neo-reactionary right are convinced that we’ve exited capitalism entirely and entered neo-feudalism. Morozov argues that our bleak moment is in fact still a thoroughly capitalist one.
Evgeny's essay: newleftreview.org/issues/ii133/articles/evgeny-morozov-critique-of-techno-feudal-reason
Evgeny's website: evgenymorozov.com
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