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If only we had some sort of structure in our society that could solve the problem but wan't profit-driven. Maybe something that could oversee these corporations. We could call it "government" or something.



Pretty sure the US has one of those, doesn't seem to be working. In fact, it often acts against that (preventing sharing of encryption algorithms, trying to force inclusion of backdoors..).


If only Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau et al. were around today..


Maybe you can try Bernard Stiegler. His english wikipedia page is a little poor in information, so I put a link about his last book (not yet translated).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Stiegler

http://www.samkinsley.com/2016/06/28/how-to-survive-disrupti...


bookmarked this interview link for later. Thanks!




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