Salvage Accumulation, or the Structural Effects of Capitalist…
There is a pervasive illusion that, as more of the earth’s biosphere is annihilated or irreparably damaged, human beings can magically disassociate themselves from it and transfer their interdependencies to the mecanosphere of global capitalism.
Jonathan Crary • 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep
In its broad outlines this theory maintains that the restructuring of the world economy, in particular the computer and information revolutions, have ushered in a phase of capitalist development, partially anticipated by Marx in the Grundrisse, in which science becomes the main productive force and the valorization process is fueled by the cognitiv
... See moreSilvia Federici • Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle
Frase argues that we are facing a paradoxical crisis of both scarcity (ecological catastrophe) and abundance (AI & automation) at the very same time. Under these twin pressures, he argues, capitalism is going to end. The question is what will replace it. On intersecting axes of scarcity/ abundance and hierarchy/equality, he maps out a 2 × 2 gri
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
