ARC Future Fellow – Monash University /// co-host – This Machine Kills /// critical insurance tech + climate risk governance /// political economy of technology and capitalism: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite
@bcmerchant.bsky.social probably wrote the most important book to repopularize the and recontextualize the Luddite movement. @jathansadowski.com takes it further with frameworks and analysis on the systems that produced the world we live in: tech and capital, and actions on how we can dismantle them
Check out my new article, forthcoming in Critical AI, preprint available here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
I have a new article where I outline a materialist analysis of the machine learning value chain via three interrelated concepts that are all key for understanding this political economy: innovation realism, cheap data, and the perpetual value machine. Preprint here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Just out! My introduction to a new special issue in @sciasculture.bsky.social on "Tech Oligarchy" - go check it out and the papers in the special issue (under "Latest" articles) #techoligarchy #assetization #techbro #bigtech www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tech oligarchyPublished in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)www.tandfonline.com
NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I: "Heat waves tend to attract less attention than the charismatic megafauna of climate disasters—floods, storms, wildfires—in part because they cause less property damage & thus less obviously financially costly" phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Graphic @TheEconomist
re-upping because @edwardongwesojr.com said more crisply (to @jathansadowski.com on TMK) > My growing fear is actually the bubble is not going to burst... equity stakes might be a way [to] manage... a bail out, makes [AI co's] systemically important institutions that are treated as too big to fail.
461. The Book of Ludd — This Machine Kills“Welcome to the Church of Ludd, it’s nice to see you join our congregation. Please pick up a pamphlet as you walk in, which explains how to set up your religious exemption from using AI at your workpl...overcast.fmali alkhatibstate power already props up this project called AI. in the us and uk, politicians work around the clock to make sure that everything from permitting for datacenters to copyright/intellectual property regimes twist and bend to make a nurturing environment for AI.
Since idea of everyday joes sharing in AI profits is in news now, I thought I'd share this thoughtful, well-informed and at-times hilarious analysis of OpenAI's 'industrial' policy approach from @edwardongwesojr.com and @jathansadowski.com which pokes all the holes. As usual I learned and laughed.
453. Super “Intelligent” Industrial PolicyWe do a deep dive into OpenAI’s new report “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First” and pick apart their extensive set of proposals for building an “Open Economy” and "soundcloud.com
"Everything and everything, material and immaterial, is a security" truly is the terminus of capitalism.
Jathan SadowskiI wrote about Kalshi, prediction markets, and the vision of total financialization by turning every opinion into a tradable assets www.fastcompany.com/91457404/kal...
Finally read @jathansadowski.com's book The Mechanic and the Luddite. A both rigorous and admirably accessible exposé of technological capitalism's bullshit. Lots of valuable insights for games folk (and everyone else). www.ucpress.edu/books/the-me...
Prediction markets are one of the many ways society is crumbling under the pressure to financialize everything — which crypto and NFTs were part of. @jathansadowski.com joined @parismarx.com to dig into how tech companies are harming us to maximize profit. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/329_...
@jathansadowski.com had a good piece about this Tinkerbell economy futurism.com/ai-tinkerbell
AI Is Like Tinkerbell: It Only Works If We Believe in ItAI is like the fairy Tinkerbell: in the story of "Peter Pan," she only continues to exist if people believe in her and clap for her.futurism.com
Prediction markets as a social cancer. I was happy to have @jathansadowski.com back on the show to discuss everything that’s wrong with them and why we need to get serious about outlawing them again.
Tech Won’t Save UsPolymarket and Kalshi seem to be everywhere, but what are prediction markets doing to society? This week @jathansadowski.com joins @parismarx.com to dig into the ideological goal to financialize everything and the many harms that arise from that model. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/329_...
Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be everywhere, but what are prediction markets doing to society? This week @jathansadowski.com joins @parismarx.com to dig into the ideological goal to financialize everything and the many harms that arise from that model. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/329_...
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...
i'm so embarrassed that i'm just now listening to the TMK episode about anti-data center organizing (and about eco-modernism) but it's a really good episode so far overcast.fm/+AAg6yFF4Vp4
455. The Anti-Anti-Anti-Data-Centers Social Club — This Machine KillsWe deconstruct the confused arguments – from the left – against moratoriums for data centres. These positions set up a false dichotomy between either pausing or governing technology, they start from t...overcast.fm