It is not Homo sapiens who is the enemy but the neoliberal construct, Homo economicus, who should be held accountable.
Tag: homo economicus
Dissecting Digital Capitalism: The Fight for Consumer Minds 2
CONSUMPTION, much of it unnecessary – is essential to modern capitalism. And Homo economicus – whose concerns are only about the rational accumulation of wealth (which he or she consumes) – is the perfect CONSUMER, our Technofeudalists’ “Cloud serf”.
On the alleged death of homo economicus
If I am to take Nick Hanauer’s[1] advice and kill off homo economicus then what I fear I’ll be left with is – all that someone of a liberal-humanist bent can ask, I suppose – homo impotenticus. A person unpurposed: because I am not alone, because I am not reified individual, because I am part … Continue reading On the alleged death of homo economicus
Inkstained fingers 