This short book demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together and …
I call this the Tinkerbell Effect: speculative technologies only exist when we believe hard enough and clap loud enough. If we stop believing and clapping, then they can start fading away, becoming more immaterial by the moment until they disappear. Even investing billions of dollars may not guarantee the realization of a dream if people stop feeding it with their psychic energy. Metaverse? A distant memory. Web3? Sorry, wrong number. Google Glass? Never heard of it.
— The Mechanic and the Luddite by Jathan Sadowski (63%)