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Yanis Varoufakis: Technofeudalism (2023, Random House Children's Books) 4 stars

In his boldest and most far-reaching book yet, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis argues that capitalism …

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Seems largely accurate in describing a world where technological rents have overtaken profit as the drivers of economic and political power. I do think it falls into the trap of putting too much faith in the near-magical manipulative abilities of algorithms, rather than recognizing the sheer thuggishness of the tech giants as the true source of their dominance. But that’s more a disagreement on the mechanism than the result.