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The excerpt above it, from "The sovereign individual", is pretty depressing. A brand of techno-optimism that we now see has completely fell flat.
by andrepd 6y ago
The excerpt above it, from "The sovereign individual", is pretty depressing. A brand of techno-optimism that we now see has completely fell flat.
- specialist 6y agoGraeber's Utopia of Rules has a terrific post-mortem, eg why we don't have jet packs. Not the whole answer, but still thought provoking.
- no-s 6y agoThe Sovereign Individual is a futurist observation. Bowie sold his catalog and continued to be great. Others achieved similar transcendence. Why do you think it's flat? Does it seem mundane now? I experienced that era and it still seems like a magical transformation to me.