StrypeyDec 5

Douglas @Rushkoff speculates about a process where the wealthy sandbox themselves, employing Trained #MOLE workers, and pay them in crypto datacentre vouchers that can be redeemed for compute, memory, storage, and so on. The end of capitalism as the Rapture of the Nerds;

https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/342-the-joy-of-being-worthless-except-to-each-other

Intriguing, but it reminds me of the IR realist friend who asked me "how many armoured divisions does BitCoin have?".

#podcasts #TeamHuman

The Joy of Being Worthless | Rushkoff on AI, Capitalism and the End of Work | Team Human

Ep. 342 Could the end of employment be the beginning of something better? Rushkoff traces the history of work from medieval markets to AI automation to find hope in the cracks of collapse. He shows how the loss of “jobs” could open space for cooperation, creativity, and real human connection.

Team Human
Show threadStrypey

"Think of it this way. We built the net as a safe refuge for the counterculture. Corporations invaded the net, they took it over, and turned it into an accelerationist nightmare.

But they're ignoring the real world in the process. They believe they're leaving it behind, for something abstract and better, and as far as I'm concerned, let them take the net. As long as we can take back the real world.

They get the net, and we'll have each other."

#DouglasRushkoff, 2025

https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/342-the-joy-of-being-worthless-except-to-each-other

The Joy of Being Worthless | Rushkoff on AI, Capitalism and the End of Work | Team Human

Ep. 342 Could the end of employment be the beginning of something better? Rushkoff traces the history of work from medieval markets to AI automation to find hope in the cracks of collapse. He shows how the loss of “jobs” could open space for cooperation, creativity, and real human connection.

Team Human
Dec 5 at 11:00pmWeb
Show threadWorikDec 5

@strypey I think they mean "web" when they say "net"

TCP/IP is still strong

Show threadStrypeyDec 6

@worik
> I think they mean "web" when they say "net"

Listen to the podcast. they definitely mean "net". It's kind of an anarcho-primitivist critique of media. Like other (non-fascist) forms of primitivism, it's not meant to be taken at face value, but to provoke new ways of thinking about eco-activist strategy.