I’m enjoying the read of Digital Socialism? by Evgeny Morozov. In criticizing books that try to tell us what is going to replace capitalism, he tells us more about capitalism. And I really should find a good summary of *Capital* by Karl Marx because even though I haven’t read much I see how it always comes up again. If only it weren’t that dense. Or me not as dense, perhaps. I’ll make another effort. And Adam Smith’s *Wealth of Nations*, too.
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Alienation and work are important topics. If we work for money I think it’s obvious that we don’t want to do it for free, so there must be some form of coercion in place.
Today, I saw a link to a blog post from 2010:
“The ultimate tool for corporations to sustain a culture of this sort is to develop the 40-hour workweek as the normal lifestyle. Under these working conditions people have to build a life in the evenings and on weekends. This arrangement makes us naturally more inclined to spend heavily on entertainment and conveniences because our free time is so scarce.” – David Cain
Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed
– 2020-12-23 19:01 UTC
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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a Facebook-branded set of VR goggles strapped to an emaciated human face—forever.” Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change, by Matthew Gault, on Wired
Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change
– 2021-02-17 07:45 UTC