V2_ presented Jason W. Moore, David Whyte, Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson with the question ‘How could a system emerge that ends capitalism? If that is at all possible, what would it take, and what might that system look like?’ The three essays that they wrote in reaction offer a relentless and detailed analysis of capitalism that clears the path towards imagining another society. With an introduction by Sjoerd van Tuinen and Ryan Kopaitich.

Natuur, geld, werk, zorg, voedsel, energie en levens. Dat zijn de zeven zaken die onze wereld hebben gemaakt tot wat ze is, en die haar toekomst zullen bepalen. Door deze dingen goedkoop te maken, heeft de moderne commercie de aarde bestuurd, veranderd en verwoest. In Een geschiedenis van de wereld in zeven goedkope zaken ontwikkelen Raj Patel en Jason W. Moore een nieuwe kijk op de noodsituatie waarin onze planeet vandaag de dag verkeert. Gedurende de gehele geschiedenis hebben crises steeds...

Presupposing that accidents produce technologies, this book inquires into the forms of power and authority that accidents materialise. For instance, what are the specific accidents of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and pattern recognition systems? And what insights can accidents give about the technology that generates them? Perhaps we can reverse this thinking and see “accidents” as extended forms of functionality, which may be undesired but not entirely dysfunctional. With c...