Barbarius rated Technofeudalism: 4 stars

Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis
In his boldest and most far-reaching book yet, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis argues that capitalism is dead and a new …
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@picklish@books.theunseen.city oh me too. I love a good SciFi AI, and I'm aware of the "AI" as a marketing term for LLMs, but I guess I was just surprised at my own sudden-and-now-different reaction.
When I thought about it longer, I even realised that I didn't think about it the same way with recent reads, such as ART in the Murderbot series.
What a time to be alive!
@picklish@books.theunseen.city oh me too. I love a good SciFi AI, and I'm aware of the "AI" as a marketing term for LLMs, but I guess I was just surprised at my own sudden-and-now-different reaction.
When I thought about it longer, I even realised that I didn't think about it the same way with recent reads, such as ART in the Murderbot series.
What a time to be alive!
@picklish@books.theunseen.city the anthropomorphisation of AI seems weird in a book published in 2026...
...a toy fish-tank (capable of firing real fish)...
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This was a great series. Brilliant world-building, engaging characters, interesting backstories. But the whole thing just kind of stops all of a sudden, with not many of the storylines are resolved. Which is a real shame.
This reason for this is that the creator transitioned into video game design (and created the Darksiders series), but as a result it left us with only the briefest of glimpses into this universe.
What brief glimpse you get is wonderful, and I'm glad I read it, but it mostly feels like just the start of what could have been a great series.
This was a great series. Brilliant world-building, engaging characters, interesting backstories. But the whole thing just kind of stops all of a sudden, with not many of the storylines are resolved. Which is a real shame.
This reason for this is that the creator transitioned into video game design (and created the Darksiders series), but as a result it left us with only the briefest of glimpses into this universe.
What brief glimpse you get is wonderful, and I'm glad I read it, but it mostly feels like just the start of what could have been a great series.