Creative Destruction

[Technopaegnion Tapinosis]

A consequence of the rise in productivity brought about by the
exponentially growing impact of collective knowledge is a change in the
role of unemployment. It is the very success of capitalism (greater
efficiencies, raised productivity etc) which produces unemployment,
rendering more and more workers useless: what should be a blessing – less
hard labour needed – becomes a curse.

Slavoj Zizek is a dialectical-materialist philosopher and researcher at the
Birkbeck School of Law, University of London.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/2012/01/11/slavoj-zizek/the-revolt-of-the-salaried-bourgeoisie
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