The major technology companies dominate the global economy. But what value do they really produce? In this remarkable study of the global technological economy, Nick Dyer-Witheford and Alessandra Mularoni argue that the role of companies like Amazon and Google, Palantir and Uber, lies in the automation of circulation. By applying digital technologies to the processes of commercial exchange - from advertising and shopping to supply chain management and financial services - Big Tech aims to subject these activities to the level of control and predictability that capital has secured in industrial production. However, there is a way to escape the multiple crises caused by Big Tech. If we want to break their control over the global economy, then something more is required than simple antitrust legislation or reducing individual online time. By understanding the central role of Big Tech in modern capitalism, Dyer-Witheford and Mularoni emphasize that what is needed is a new, ambitious, and comprehensive program of democratic collective planning that can move us beyond capitalism. "Cybernetic Circulation Complex" offers not only a compelling analysis of Big Tech's power and their role in current global crises but also a roadmap for a new form of life: biocommunism, a digital degrowth that can help us navigate between the dual limits of ecological sustainability and fair social development.

Pages: 208, Dimensions: 14x14cm