"We have already started to approach the tipping points that will rapidly and unpredictably accelerate the processes causing the climate breakdown."

Researchers at the London School of Economics and King’s College London conducted an analysis of 18 OECD countries’ tax policies over the past 50 years, finding that — wait for it — tax cuts for the rich breed inequality and do NOT trickle _...Read More_

"The world has never before seen true democracy in action. Countries that claim to be democratic today, and that were supposedly established with democracy as their foundation many years ago, are not…"

"In reality, the global human population is not increasing exponentially, but is in fact slowing and predicted to stabilise at around 11 billion by 2100. More importantly, focusing on human numbers obscures the true driver of many of our _...Read More_

"Black Masculinity Under Racial Capitalism from Boston Review. A truly radical counterhegemony can only be realized by disassociating both blackness and manhood from capitalist registers of worth."

Amazon Flex drivers are using automated software, third-party apps and other tools to get jobs. Flex drivers are contract workers who use their own vehicles to deliver packages to customers’ doorsteps. Drivers say competition has _...Read More_

What does WeWork’s architectural automation say about the state of architectural design and the way we all work? “if we look at contemporary patterns of employment, jobs within production have been largely automated while entire new _...Read More_

Interview with Mckenzie Wark about her latest book; Capital is Dead (2019). "In Capital (1867), Marx identified the ruling class as those who controlled the means of production. In Capital is Dead (2019), Mckenzie Wark proposes that a new _...Read More_

How Google Discovered the Value of Surveillance. In 2002, still reeling from the dot-com crash, Google realized they’d been harvesting a very valuable raw material — your behavior.

”The problem is that we have an educational system that's based on taking our natural penchant for exploration and fashioning it into a willingness to take on mind-numbing routine. This is because our educational system was designed to _...Read More_

"As the Trump administration rolls back rules meant to curb global warming, new disclosures show that the country’s largest companies are already bracing for its effects. The documents reveal how widely climate change is expected to cascade _...Read More_

“Artnet said “two principals involved in the transaction” had told its reporter that “the work was whisked away in the middle of the night on MBS’s plane and relocated to his yacht, the Serene”.” [#art](/relevant/new/art) [#culture](/relevant/new/culture) [#royalty](/relevant/new/royalty) [#markets](/relevant/new/markets)

Looking at these results, I find it interesting that a plurality (if not an outright majority) of people view healthcare/education/climate/infrastructure/inequality as key issues that necessitate reform within the next 30 years. At the same _...Read More_

The characteristic of the shift over the past half-century is that of a structural change that despite provoking a series of crises, has not been effectively addressed. The result has been a widespread increase in inequality, interlinked _...Read More_

Revisiting Rob Horning’s Authenticity as Service: “The discourse of authenticity espoused by marketers posits a pretend space untouched by capitalism where social relations are “real” instead of mercenary. Since all interactions under _...Read More_