If you think of society through the view of class hierarchy, Jeff and people like him have created a class of power above capitalist. As far above capitalist as the boss is above the worker.
That's what he's meaning.
treefrog
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Yeah, this interview is pretty bad.
But this post did turn me onto his ideas and found an interview with him on a podcast last night that was really good.
CEOs are about to realize they're as replaceable as the rest of us.
Welcome to the age of technofeudalism. RIP capitalism.
Dream sounds pretty fire tbh.
You clicked the thread!
And me too, I'm just at the beginning of the second book lol
Self-sustaining chemical reactions...
What a fun way to think of life (and thus myself).
I find "Rude." pretty virulent myself.
Yeah, he's an excellent professor and his show your work problems have some good humor in them.
Had to calculate the payday loan payment as if it was interest (using real world values). It's over 300% if you think of it as APR.
Super predatory.
Dropped a proctored online math class over the summer because of this. Chronic pain, chronic mental health conditions, was struggling with identity issues being a bisexual male.
I did not want to be doing something stressful with someone recording me. Was assured everyone has to do it and we always proctor math exams (been taking online courses since covid and never had to deal with this).
Same course, different instructor this semester. Not proctored. Uses worksheets to make sure students are learning the material and not using AI or cheating some other way.
Not sure if the stink I raised over summer is why. I suspect not based on how I was treated. I think he's just a better teacher that knows how to combine the online courses with traditional techniques more skillfully. The other instructor only used McGraw's online materials and nothing of her own.
He's referring not to a land grab but cloud capital charging rent to the capitalist class. Essentially creating a class as far above the capitalist as the capitalist is above the worker.
Listened to a good interview with him on a podcast last night after trying to read this shit article.