The Age of Endless War
What if our efforts to make war more humane have also made them unwinnable? Yale professor Samuel Moyn speaks to Aaron Bastani.
Tag: automation
Luddites, Hackers, Saboteurs
‘To be a good Marxist is to be a Luddite.’ Gavin Mueller joins James Butler to explore rebellions against technology and the seductions of technological thought.
After the Robots: Aaron Benanav on Work, Automation and Utopia
What if the automation theorists are wrong? How might we build utopia without them? Aaron Benanav joins James Butler to gaze into the future.
Automation Will Create More Jobs, But Most Will Be Shit
Matthew Cole
‘Capitalism’s Wet Dream’: Amazon’s Patents Signal the Future It Hopes to Achieve
Alessandro Delfanti
Coronavirus Will Accelerate Automation. So Why the Calls for ‘Jobs Jobs Jobs’?
Aaron Bastani
A Four-Day Week Is Possible
Aidan Harper
Clear Bright Future: Paul Mason on Radical Humanism
James Butler is joined by Paul Mason to discuss his new book, Clear Bright Future. In a time of political repression and looming technological dystopia, can resistance be found in a renewed understanding of humanity itself?
After Work?
James Butler is joined by Will Stronge, director of the think tank Autonomy, to discuss the future of work.
A New Dark Age?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by James Bridle, to discuss the politics of technology, silicon prometheanism, how to think about the present – and why nothing seemed to happen after the Snowden leaks.
Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs – Capitalists Are
Grace Blakeley
Left Left Up: Tesla, Robot Tax and Uber
Watch the inaugural ‘Left Left Up’ – your monthly fix of gaming & tech news covered from a radical perspective. This month we will be discussing Tesla, Robot Taxes, Uber Drivers and so much more!
How Platform Cooperativism Can Unleash The Network
Trebor Scholz
Platform Capitalism
On this week’s #NovaraFM Aaron Bastani is joined by Nick Srnicek, author of Platform Capitalism.
4 Reasons Why Technological Unemployment Might Really Be Different This Time
Nick Srnicek
The Crapulent Moronism of Will Hutton (Or ‘On Automation’)
On this week’s show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss automation, value, the secular crisis and the society of work.
Surplus: Labour and Capital, Utopia and Dystopia
On this week’s show Aaron Bastani and James Butler are joined by Hannah Forbes Black as they discuss ideas of surplus in relation to labour and capital, utopia and dystopia.