An Unsettling Question for Digital Capitalism | ctrl+verlust

Finally, for non German speaking readers I’m able to provide an english language translation of my text about digital capitalism, or better: my account about why the digital economy doesn’t quite work as capitalism is defined.

A spectre is haunting (not only) Europe — the spectre of digital capitalism. And as is fitting for the times we live in, it comes in many shapes and colours: as information capitalism, data capitalism, platform capitalism, surveillance capitalism and cognitive capitalism. A multitude of digital capitalisms have come into existence, however, they essentially indicate the same thing: that we are witnessing fundamental changes. And this exact point leads me to the unsettling question: is this still capitalism?

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