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As a result, technological innovation has become understood less as a way to bring better, more fulfilling products and experiences to people, than as another means of doubling down on domination, extraction, and growth. The assembly line, for just one example, had little to do with making products better or even faster. Its real purpose was to minimize a company’s reliance on skilled workers who could ask for fair wages. Manufacturing technology was primarily about disconnecting human labor from the value being created.
Survival of the Richest
Douglas Rushkoff
They say: *We can act like Nazis not because we are all secret Nazis in the official underground Nazi club, but rather, because we are free to play with History that YOU have deemed inappropriate in your era of total cultural dominance.* They are playing with norms, poking and prodding in much the same way that progressive attacks on modern progress emerged in art during the 1960s and 70s.
The Meaning of Musk's Nazi Salute - by Matthew Ellis
Matthew Ellis
So much the better for the algorithms streaming us the picture of the world we want to see, uncorrupted by imagery of what’s really happening out there. (And if it does come through, just swipe left and the algorithms will know never to interrupt your dream state with such real news again.)
Survival of the Richest
Douglas Rushkoff
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