How we've all become servants of the 'cloud', while a handful of technofeudalists rake in the profits

Friday, 19 April 2024 - 10:00am to 10:30am

Jennifer and Jacques discuss the systemic and economic effects of internet platforms and social media, especially with power concentrated in a few super-rich companies.

Author, Yanis Varoufakis, calls these 'technofeudalists', while most of us are reduced to 'serfs' - producing the products of the 'cloud' for free, and giving away data about ourselves that, in turn, is used to manipulate us.

Reference

Yanis Varoufakis 2023, Technofeudalism: What killed capitalism. Australia: Penguin Books

Kari Paul 2024, The House passed a Tik Tok bill: Will the US really ban the app? The Guardian, 14 Mar 2024

Lily Hay Newman 2024, It's time to get real about Tik Tok's risks WIRED

Think Again

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