Re:Anthropic Capitalism and the New Gimmick Economy
by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday April 21, 2016 @07:47PM
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It's an informative example of social signalling masquerading as analysis. There's a TED-ish evangelical enthusiasm for drawing analogies between ideas that aren't really analogous, an appeal to authority (science[tm]), some drastic oversimplifications of complex ideas, and a zinger at the end.
But unless you believe that technology is an evolving lifeform that has its own parasitic political agenda - always possible, but hard to support without evidence - the problems of capitalism and technology are about opportunity distribution, not about whether software runs in a loop.
There's no invisible silicon hand at work. It's still all about some people making decisions, and about other people who are excluded from that process.
Re:Anthropic Capitalism and the New Gimmick Economy
by fghrthtb on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:10AM
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I agree it definitely has that quality. However the analysis also 'feels' right to me, the proposed model fits elegantly. My money is on him being correct in many ways.
But unless you believe that technology is an evolving lifeform that has its own parasitic political agenda - always possible, but hard to support without evidence - the problems of capitalism and technology are about opportunity distribution, not about whether software runs in a loop.
There's no invisible silicon hand at work. It's still all about some people making decisions, and about other people who are excluded from that process.