information economies
where do we begin to build away from capitalism
we try to create new economies with crypto-currency
shift away from resource extraction and into resource generation
what is there but information?
where do we begin to build away from capitalism
we try to create new economies with crypto-currency
shift away from resource extraction and into resource generation
what is there but information?
Users employ the Internet and various digital technologies to create politics around various consumptive practices. These politics inform both the creation of an activity-based citizenry (you play Minecraft? which server? PVP? oh, you also like Candy Crush…?), and the construction of channels (YouTube, F2P, Steam, AdSense) that generate wealth for real world people.
These technical and digital—in some sense, virtual—channels transcode the human mind and body of the user into a resource that is more easily harvested over time. Read the rest of this entry »
