Our Life in the Matrix: Technological Progress Mythologies and the Pitfalls of Digitalization

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When it comes to technological development, we often hear the words: what can be done will be done – sooner or later. Many people think that technological development follows a path directed by quasi-natural laws that head into one and only one direction – called “progress” – which is: to use more technology, more complex technology, more expensive technology, more powerful … Read More

Exit from the Megamachine

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Why a social-ecological transformation is impossible without changing the deep structures of our economy Reading the news exposes us to a flood of catastrophic messages: devastating droughts and wildfires, failing states, pandemics and financial crashes. You can look at all those incidents as unconnected singular phenomena, which is exactly what the common presentation of news suggests. From another angle, however, … Read More