In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting worse, despite what tech’s “brightest” minds might promise. More
I don’t know this guy so i couldn’t get a bead on whether he’s dancing around blaming capitalism because he doesn’t want to alienate the reader or because he hasn’t been exposed to theory to make the jump. If it’s the latter it feels like he’s almost there.
Good read. i love a good long rant. Juicy, chunky, palpable anger jumping and boiling right outta the page
I get the impression that he’s not quite at the point of realizing that capitalism is the fundamental problem here.
I won’t reiterate my entire comment from the other thread, but this is my perspective as well. The author’s usage of the term rot economy is a pretty big giveaway in my opinion.
yup