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Matthew B. Crawford, Alexander Castleton
Este artículo es una traducción de un artículo del filósofo y mecánico de motos Matthew Crawford, autor del best seller Shopclass as Soulcraft: An inquiry into the value of work así como de libros ampliamente comentados como The world beyond your head: On becoming an individual in an age of distraction y Why we drive: Toward a philosophy of the open road. Crawford describe el poder de quienes controlan infraestructuras computacionales y servicios en la nube, de los que dependen la mayoría de las instituciones de la vida cotidiana: bancos, hospitales, gobiernos, etc., así como la creciente conversión de bienes materiales en servicios sujetos a suscripción y a términos de servicio unilaterales. Esta infraestructura técnica impone condiciones que hacen que el poder no resida en gobiernos ni en la política, sino en aquellos que son dueños de ellas. Esto conduce a un “gobierno de Nadie”, en otras palabras, a la pospolítica.
This article is a translation of a piece by the philosopher and motorcycle mechanic Matthew Crawford, author of bestsellers such as Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work, as well as widely discussed books including The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction and Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road. Crawford describes the power of those who control computational infrastructures and cloud services, on which most institutions of everyday life depend: banks, hospitals, governments, and so on. He also examines the growing conversion of material goods into services subject to subscription models and unilateral terms of service. This technical infrastructure imposes conditions that shift power away from governments and politics and toward those who own it. This leads to a “government of Nobody”; in other words, to postpolitics.
