What an oxymoron: "healthy capitalism!" Regards | Saludos,
Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes <[email protected]> > On Mar 5, 2016, at 1:39 PM, Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Rich Metson <[email protected]> > > I'm not a particularly academic mind so apologies if this is mis-posted, or > if I have missed the point, but I thought this recent article by Shoshana > Zuboff was fascinating and might also be to you good folks: > > http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/the-digital-debate/shoshana-zuboff-secrets-of-surveillance-capitalism-14103616-p2.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3 > > I particularly appreciated the abstract but actionable steps 3/4 of the way > through the piece, and see them a little bit like a 'How to hack Surveillance > Capitalism' > > "We need new interventions that interrupt, outlaw, or regulate > 1) the initial capture of behavioral surplus, > 2) the use of behavioral surplus as free raw material, > 3) excessive and exclusive concentrations of the new means of production, > 4) the manufacture of prediction products, > 5) the sale of prediction products, > 6) the use of prediction products for third-order operations of modification, > influence, and control, and > 7) the monetization of the results of these operations. > > This is necessary for society, for people, for the future, and it is also > necessary to restore the healthy evolution of capitalism itself." > > ...as a videogame developer I suppose I would enjoy bite-sized and actionable > challenges within a larger complex system, but I figure this is probably > inherent in the processes of a lot of people on this list! I hope you enjoy > too. > > Oh, and Shoshana, if you are on here, great article! > > Rich. > > -- > Rich Metson - @richmetson > Designer . Developer . Director . Co-founder > Semaeopus Ltd. - OffGridthegame.com - @OffGridthegame > PGP Fingerprint: B2FF 7339 CD04 3069 6F56 BCF8 34C7 FA40 0964 BCAE > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of > list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected].
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