chadkoh commented on How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra
Ch5 Public infra supplies survival goods, not luxury. Discussion of public goods. Challenge of calculating economic value. Money provides agency at individual level. Public infra provides agency at collective – infra increases EQUITY. Most tech is sold as liberatory, but infra really is! When infra → util and can be taken for granted, it becomes a political right. Infra is a political choice.