The respected Italian economist and journalist offers a bold and provocative argument that the speed of technological transformation is threatening our future
At the dawn of the digital revolution the internet was going to be the great equalizer a global democratic force Instead Wall Street ended up funding a new breed of serial capitalists the Techtitans who embraced rapid transformational change while stripping their workers of rights and enriching themselves beyond anybodys wildest imagination and the Space Barons who mine new frontiers for precious resources
Tech pioneers like Google Facebook Apple Uber and Microsoft never had any intention of spreading democracy Those who control and own the technology are the absolute masters As artificial intelligence enters the labor market companies like Uber are able to cut labor costs to the barest of minimums by squeezing workers privileges and rights
Technological transformation is occurring at a speed that is existentially unbearable for most of us We must fight for our common good to address todays real challenges of global warming and militarism and the soulessness of capitalist endeavor Napoleoni shows us how
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