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No Escape from Our Techno-Feudal World

By Pepe Escobar Source: Global Research The political economy of the Digital Age remains virtually terra incognita. In Techno-Feudalism, published three months ago in France (no English translation yet), Cedric Durand, an economist at the Sorbonne, provides a crucial, global public service as … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: Future Shock

Future Shock: Orson Welles Narrates a 1972 Film About the Perils of Technological Change By Jonathan Crow Source: Open Culture The beginning of the 1972 documentary Future Shock, directed by Alex Grasshof, shows Orson Welles, bearded and chomping on a … Continue reading

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