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雲端封建時代: 串流平台與社群媒體背後的經濟學

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內容簡介 你我的每一次點選，每一輪滾動，都在餵養這套比資本主義更變態的新制度！親愛的老爸，時代已經變了，我們必須像「農奴」一樣辛勤勞動，才能換取「領主」提供的各項雲端服務。「這就是未來，我們這時代的主旋律，黑暗嚇人又刺激。」──Irvine Welsh，蘇格蘭作家，《猜火車》作者《紐約時報》暢銷第1名的經濟學家、我們這時代的修昔底德，雅尼斯．瓦魯法克斯 Yanis Varoufakis 最爆炸性的話題之作。全球大流行的疫情、抖音的崛起與無止境的金融危機，在在分散了我們對全球經濟運作方式的注意。藏在資本主義的外皮底下，一種更可怕的全新階級制度正在悄悄成形，名為「科技封建主義」。今天，大型科技企業正在匯聚史無前例的龐大資金，打造屬於自己的網路雲端領地，進而獲得不成比例的現實權力。當數位平台掏空市場，雲端租金取代了利潤，而馬斯克或祖克柏這樣的科技巨擘成為新世界的封建領主，我們這些早已離不開社群媒體、串流平台與第三方支付的一般人，就成了數位時代的農奴：像農奴一樣辛勤勞動，以換取地主提供的各項服務。這就是雲端封建時代的真相。希臘前財政部長雅尼斯．瓦魯法克斯將在本書中呈現，這種更險惡的可怕制度究竟是如何取代掉傳統的資本主義，威脅到我們習以為常的民主自由制度，促成了美中新冷戰的全球格局，甚至是永遠改變了我們所生活在其中的世界。作為二十一世紀最重要的激進經濟思想家，作者也試圖對這一劃時代變革提供解方與指引。資本主義為何死去？世界為何走向科技封建主義？如何在一切太遲之前，阻止狀況惡化下去？本書將透過一段段平易近人的父子對話，帶領讀者一步步理解這些變化究竟是如何發生，以及身為小老百姓的我們，如何能夠奪回屬於自己的權力。本書介出自衛城出版出版《雲端封建時代: 串流平台與社群媒體背後的經濟學》‘What an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking, thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it. The dark, scary, exciting song of our age. 100 out of 100’ IRVINE WELSHCapitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords – replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.But as Varoufakis also reveals, technofeudalism contains new opportunities to thwart and overturn it, bringing into focus more clearly than ever the revolution we need to escape our digital prison.‘An epochal, once-in-a-millennium shift . . . this isn't just new technology. This is the world grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore political power’ Observer‘An urgent demand to seize the means of computation’ CORY DOCTOROWA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

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各界推薦 ReviewWhat an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking, thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it. This is where we’re going. The dark, scary, exciting song of our age. 100 out of 100 -- IRVINE WELSHAn important new book ... that describes what is happening in terms of an epochal, once-in-a-millennium shift … in Varoufakis's telling, this isn't just new technology. This is the world grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore political power -- Carole Cadwalladr ― ObserverArresting … an ambitious thinker and a lively writer … Varoufakis is right that we are in thrall to digital platforms, who hold our data hostage and prevent us from switching to “a competing cloud fief” ― The TimesVaroufakis is a remarkable combination of analyst and dreamer… as always, Varoufakis makes his readers think… an important achievement ― Financial Times, *Books of the Year*In his characteristically enthralling style, Varoufakis guides the reader through some of the most significant trends in the modern economy, showing clearly how the big tech giants have built an economy that works for them - and how everyone else can take power back -- GRACE BLAKELEY

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作者介紹 Yanis VaroufakisYanis Varoufakis is the former finance minister of Greece and the author of several international bestselling books. And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability reveals the underlying problems that led to the Eurozone crisis and its ongoing catastrophic mishandling. Adults In the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment is an explosive memoir that reveals what goes on behind the scenes in Europe's corridors of power. Talking To My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism (forthcoming) explains through vivid stories and easily graspable concepts what economics actually is and why it is so dangerous in the form of a letter to his teenage daughter.Born in Athens in 1961, Yanis Varoufakis was for many years a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the USA before he entered government and is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. Since resigning from Greece's finance ministry he has co-founded an international grassroots movement, DiEM25, campaigning for the revival of democracy in Europe and speaks to audiences of thousands worldwide.yanisvaroufakis.eu @yanisvaroufakis

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