Computer World

March 8th 2016

‘Computer World’ is the title of Kraftwerk’s best album (yes it is). At just around the time they recorded it, economists, philosophers and social theorists were predicting that the ‘computerisation’ of society would change everything, creating a world of infinite information, without stable values, in which the very idea of being ‘modern’ would come to seem out of date. Were they right? The technological changes of the past few decades have radically changed how capitalism works – but is it still fundamentally the same old system?

HERE ARE THE SLIDES FROM THE LECTURE

HERE IS THE RECORDING OF THE LECTURE

(Unfortunately we can’t get it to upload to the podcast feed for some reason)