Digital Degrowth

Technology in the Age of Survival

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<p><strong>"A must-read for anyone who wants to know the brutal truth of digital colonialism driven by the American empire"</strong> Kohei Saito, author of <em>Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto</em></p><p><strong>"A vital book for anyone concerned about justice and equality, and about the extraction of the Earth's resources to support the technologies of limitless greed and growth"</strong> Vandana Shiva, environmental activist</p><p>The world is racing toward an irreversible ecological catastrophe. Environmental science makes clear that humans must reduce total material resource use, requiring a radical redistribution of wealth within and between countries. Yet little attention has been paid to how the digital economy fits into this equation.</p><p>Michael Kwet, a leading expert on digital colonialism, presents a new paradigm for the digital society. Merging the science of degrowth with a global analysis of the high-tech economy, he argues that digital capitalism and colonialism must be abolished quickly. In <em>Digital Degrowth</em>, Kwet maps out a path to a people's tech future. He calls for direct action against Silicon Valley, US imperialism and power elites everywhere in order to realize a radically egalitarian digital society that fosters equality in harmony with nature.</p><p>Michael Kwet is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Johannesburg and a Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School. He hosts the <em>Tech Empire</em> podcast, has been published at <em>Al Jazeera</em>, <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>The Intercept</em>, and <em>Mail &amp; Guardian</em>, and is founder of [...].</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780745349862

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

232 x 153 x 28 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Pluto Press