> I think that this is a very good article on the "dematerialization" of > intellectual labour/knowledgework...
Actually, Oekonux is the perfect example of a group of pie-in-the-sky Marxists who have lost all traction in the real world. (I have been on the German Oekonux list and in the end I was censored and practically banned just for mentioning the Predators/Producers issue.) They keep blathering for years about the free copying and unlimited abundance of information, but fail & refuse to acknowledge the fundamental & crucial difference that material matter can NOT be freely copied and is inherently scarce (even if the blueprints are free). What is very telling is that they have included MAPS but not land in the "things that should be free". I'm sorry, but you can't build a house or dwell on maps, nor grow food on maps... Sort of a parody on "modernized" Marxism: They no longer collectivize land, but maps! Instead of "let them eat cake", it's now "let them look at maps of wheat fields!" Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
