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Book SynopsisA bold new manifesto for digital technology after capitalism
Trade Review'A ground-breaking, ambitious and rigorous account of how and why we must take control over contemporary digital technologies’
-- Nick Srnicek, Lecturer in Digital Economy at King's College London and author of 'Platform Capitalism'
'A clarion call for hope amid twenty-first century doom. With analytical flair, he shows that platforms are not invincible and that their infrastructure may be the key to a better world'
-- Phil Jones, author of 'Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism'
'A compelling account of the political struggles that will be needed to challenge capital's control over digital platforms, and an essential read for anyone who believes in technology's emancipatory potential.’
-- Wendy Liu, author of 'Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism'
'A punchy analysis of the platform economy that offers more than a critique of big tech's vision of our collective future. Muldoon sketches the contours of a democratic socialist alternative'
-- Aaron Benanav, Researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin and author of 'Automation and the Future of Work'
'Encourages us to open our minds fully to the possibility of an alternative future, in which technology is put to work for the many, not the few'
-- Lizzie O'Shea, lawyer and author of 'Future Histories'
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
1. All the World’s a Platform
2. Monetising Community
3. Community-Washing Big Tech
4. Private Power and Public Infrastructure
5. Guild Socialism for the Digital Economy
6. Building Civic Platforms
7. Global Digital Services
8. Recoding Our Digital Future
9. Postscript: 2042
Notes
Index
