Bungacast
/548/ Post-Legitimate Society ft. Will Charles
This episode isn’t summarized yet
Create a free account and summarize it. In a few minutes you’ll have the key takeaways and a section-by-section summary.
Show notes
On the gig economy, big tech, and ideology.
Sociologist Will Charles talks to Alex about a form of social organisation that has stopped trying to justify itself.
-
How should the gig economy work and how does it actually work?
-
Is any worker in this economy a 'true believer'?
-
Why isn't digital sophistication a proof of economic efficiency?
-
What's the relationship between secular stagnation, value capture, and rentierism?
-
Do workers hold to a latent moral economy that could provide the basis for revolt?
Full episode for subscribers only. Sign up: patreon.com/bungacast
Readings:
-
Muskism and the Myth of Productive Revolution, Will Charles
-
Post-Legitimate Society, Will Charles & Ryan Gunderson
-
Muskism Is the Specter Stalking Our Present, Alex Hochuli, Jacobin
Relevant episodes: