"We are enmeshed in all sorts of asymmetries, only some of which we experience directly."
This paired with the Doctorow point about constraints reminds me of Han's discussion of homo economicus (in Infocracy, I think). It's as if late capitalism saturates the terrestrial order with economic subjectivity, but even when we immerse in virtual/digital/online orders for the tiniest reprieve, we're redoubled as economic subjects. And along with economic predation at every turn, AI is there with open-seeming arms, promising expediency, respite from drudgery, and more, but we won't even known what to do with all of that reclaimed free time, homo ludens' mirage withdrawing and withdrawing again.
"We are enmeshed in all sorts of asymmetries, only some of which we experience directly."
This paired with the Doctorow point about constraints reminds me of Han's discussion of homo economicus (in Infocracy, I think). It's as if late capitalism saturates the terrestrial order with economic subjectivity, but even when we immerse in virtual/digital/online orders for the tiniest reprieve, we're redoubled as economic subjects. And along with economic predation at every turn, AI is there with open-seeming arms, promising expediency, respite from drudgery, and more, but we won't even known what to do with all of that reclaimed free time, homo ludens' mirage withdrawing and withdrawing again.
Is asymmetry close to arbitrage? Just curious!