Patreon Preview 327. TMK BC5: Mute Compulsion, Ch. 12

Published: March 19, 2024, 11:32 p.m.

b'We discuss Chapter 12 \\u2013 The Power of Logistics \\u2013 and get deeper into how, as Mau writes, \\u201cmobility is power, and means of transportation and communication are weapons,\\u201d which capital wields against labor, against government, against nature, against itself. We also illustrate the techno-politics of logistics with yet another reveal that a rapidly rising startup in the space of automating labor \\u2013 Presto Automation \\u2013 is actually Potemkin AI. Now that\\u2019s the power of logistics as a substitute for the power of technology!\\n\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital \\u2013 S\\xf8ren Mau https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2759-mute-compulsion \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 AI-Powered Drive-Thru Is Actually Run Almost Fully by Humans https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-07/ai-fast-food-drive-thrus-need-human-workers-70-of-time \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)'