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This article has lodged in the back of my mind for years. Not the details of it, but the idea of distinguishing when and where corporate power exists into categ
by syntheweave 3y ago
This article has lodged in the back of my mind for years. Not the details of it, but the idea of distinguishing when and where corporate power exists into categories, and likewise, the idea of the corporate form being in decline, in a non-prescriptive way(which is what this comments section seems to be straw-manning for).
The conclusion it reaches is...also not exactly in detail what's happened lately, but also directionally correct. Big Tech's growth hit a cap. There is growing interest in better information sources, and a sense of the Internet reclaiming its roots. There are plenty of "indie creators" of various stripes, many just hanging on and struggling against Big Tech platforms, but also many finding a better space than within industry. The last few years had interruptions to Taylorist time, which sent people on radically different trajectories.
I still think there's something in it, even if the grand statement being made is the kind of thing that needs its own book.