Techno-FeudalismYanis Varoufakis
Techno-Feudalism
by Yanis Varoufakis · first published 2023
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Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism. In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords –replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power. But as Varoufakis also reveals, technofeudalism contains new opportunities to thwart and overturn it, bringing into focus more clearly than ever the revolution we need to escape our digital prison. - From Publisher Descr
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At the bottom of things, the problem we are facing is not a technical, but a societal one. Our societies are rapidly regressing to "techno-feudalism" (see [1]). There will be some tech-lords in their high castles. Some guilds with highly-skilled engineers that support the tech-lords, but still highly-dependent on them to maintain their relative benefits.…
on “Avoiding skill atrophy in the age of AI” ↗I enjoyed the interview and Cory’s new book. He mentions Yanis Varoufakis’ new book, Techno Feudalism. I went to buy that book also, but it has not been released yet. I think it is coming out in February. I watch at least one Yanis V. interview a week on YouTube - I find him very reasonable.
on “Cory Doctorow's Vision for a Just Tech Revolution” ↗