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> always inevitably configured within the frame of a capitalistic belief system How is this relevant, and what does is even mean? > Everything we do, every te
by tbrownaw 1y ago
> always inevitably configured within the frame of a capitalistic belief system
How is this relevant, and what does is even mean?
> Everything we do, every technological step forward, is always inevitably configured within the frame of a capitalistic belief system, with the myth of growth locked in place as its central device.
Tech advancements and growth are kinda the same things tho. Being static - not growing - implies a lack of change. Tech advancements only spread if your can do cool new things with them.
- camillomiller 1y ago> How is this relevant, and what does is even mean? It is relevant to anything that is remotely "economic". We consider capitalism like fish consider water. I'm only just pointing out that we're all constantly wet, but unlike fish, that's not a condition we depend upon for life.
- Qwertious 1y ago>How is this relevant, and what does is even mean? Some of the most productive research we could possibly do is basic research. But because basic research doesn't directly produce monetizable practical improvements, it doesn't get private funding (besides Bell Labs analogs) and is in practice woefully underfunded. This is a failure of resource allocation that is attributable directly to capitalism. I'm not advocating a communist revolution here, just pointing out a downside to capitalism.
- tbrownaw 1y ago> Some of the most productive research we could possibly do is basic research. How do we know this? What's about to be found if we look for it, and how do we know where to look? > and is in practice woefully underfunded. What determines the proper level of funding? How is it measured?