The Rulers keyword-silicon Strange Weather is a manifesto

Strange Weather is a manifesto which calls on cultural critics to abandon their technophobia and contribute to the debates which shape our future

and the history and sociology of philosophy

in a book which several publishers have been intimidated to withdrawing

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how they have been sold to us

The Rulers keyword-silicon Strange Weather is a manifestoCapitalisms rulers are not abstract entities or shadowy operators. Amazon, Microsoft and Google are the cloud hegemons that subsume the world through the exercise of their intellectual monopolies. Giants like Disney, McDonalds, Nike or Walmart depend on them to use AI for knowledge and value extraction and for disciplining workers. States see some of their core functions sequestered. Innovation is not a free and neutral game, but a hierarchy topped by