Digital Revolution : New Social Challenges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dowbor, Ladislau.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Ethics International Press Limited, 2024.

Summary:

Digital Revolution addresses the structural transformation of our society, in the context of the dominant impact of technologies, and the consequent changes in the overall production and wealth appropriation system. This is much beyond 'Industry 4.0' or neoliberalism concepts: the digital revolution is as deep as the industrial revolution was, more than two centuries ago. It is not a new feature or phase of capitalism; it goes beyond it. New structures are being born. When manufacture surged in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was not feudalism being modernized, but a new system - capitalism - being born. Similarly, what is surging now is not just a new feature of capitalism, but a new informational mode of production. Agriculture and industry will keep playing a role, but the dominant restructuring role belongs to knowledge, information, communication, finance and other non-material factors. Our institutions and governance systems have been outpaced, they belong to another age, and we are facing the resulting chaos. The digital revolution is leading to world-scale financialization, giant communication platforms, and a global drain on private information. In Davos they call it Industry 4.0; Bauman called it parasite capitalism; Mariana Mazzucato, extractive capitalism; Brett Christopher, rentier capitalism, and so forth. But it is not enough to add qualifiers to "capitalism": the digital revolution is generating a radically new system. This research will be useful for all the readers or researchers interested in understanding the systemic change we are facing.

Contents:

Intro

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Foreword: A personal note

Introduction

A new mode of production

1. Social fracture: A new scale of exploitation

2. The new forms of appropriation of social surplus: Rentierism

3. Capillary manipulation: The attention industry

Knowledge as the main factor of production

4. Knowledge as a production factor

5. The struggle for control: Copyrights, patents, open access

6. Whose rights?

7. Freedom of access and control of transmission

8. The cost of access

9. Unequal access

10. The remuneration of contributions

11. The entrepreneurial potential

12. The universalization of access

13. The challenges for universities

14. An open process

Rentierism as an exploitation system

15. Interest rates drain

16. Tax evasion and tax exemptions

17. Deformation of the tax system

18. The rentier drain

Challenges for a positive agenda

19. The issue of sovereignty in the face of global exploitation

20. Rescuing control of money

21. Rescuing freedom of access to knowledge and information

22. Democracy in local government

23. Rescuing public coordination and management capacity

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80441-930-3

OCLC:

1468561285