Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The Internet as New Enclosure

Click here to access article by a workers collective at CrimethInc. Workers' Collective.

The author points to many pitfalls from the new digital technology as it becomes increasingly shaped by capitalist interests.
...as more and more of our lives become digitized, it’s important not to take it for granted that this is always for the best. Capitalism thrives by absorbing aspects of the world that were once free and then offering access to them at a price, and this price is not always exacted in dollars.