Name: Cutting Edge: Technology, Information Capitalism and Social Revolution
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Price: 740.00 ZAR
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Author: Jim Davis
ISBN: 9781859841853

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Cutting Edge: Technology, Information Capitalism and Social Revolution

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jim Davis

Publisher

Verso

Year

1998

Language

English

Pages

314

Format

Paperback

ISBN

1859841856

ISBN13

9781859841853

Edition No.

Synopsis "Cutting Edge: Technology, Information Capitalism and Social Revolution "

A robot can build a car. But a robot cannot buy a car ... The explosion in the development of computer- and robot-based manufacturing is seeing the rapid expansion of laborless production systems. Such systems create enormous instability, both for the overall world economy where money previously paid in wages is now invested in labor-saving technology and therefore cannot be spent on goods, and for workers whose jobs are being de-skilled or are simply disappearing. Bringing together contributions from workers employed in the new electronics and information industries with theorists in economics, politics and science, Cutting Edge provides an up-to-the-minute analysis of the complex relations between technology and work. Individual essays look at topics including the cyclical nature of a technologically driven economy, the privatization of knowledge which new information industries demand, the convergence of different economic sectors under the impact of digitalization, and the strategies which trade unionists and governments might deploy to protect jobs and living standards.Technology has the potential to end material scarcity and lay the foundations for higher forms of human fulfillment. But under existing power structures, it is more likely to exacerbate the poverty and misery under which most people live. Cutting Edge weighs that balance and, in helping us to understand how technology interacts with the production of goods and services, tips it in the direction of a more equal and creative world.

Jim Davis

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James (Jim) Robert Davis is a well-known comic creator and American artist, born on July 28, 1945, in Marion, Indiana. He is globally famous for being the creator of the comic strip Garfield, which debuted on June 19, 1978. The strip, focused on the antics of the lazy and sarcastic cat Garfield, his owner Jon Arbuckle, and the dog Odie, quickly became a worldwide phenomenon.

Davis began his career as an illustrator in college, where he studied at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. After several attempts in the comic world, he achieved success with Garfield, which is currently distributed in thousands of international newspapers and has led to several books, movies, and a successful television series.

Davis's work has been a benchmark in popular culture and, throughout his career, has been recognized with multiple awards and honors. Although his most famous work is Garfield, he has also worked on other projects, such as the strip U.S. Acres. In addition to his success as a creator, Davis is also an advocate for animal rights, which is reflected in the character of his characters.

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