Algorithmic derivatives markets are converging with new publics

Evidence

But exactly who are the publics that are now converging with today’s machine-learning, algorithmically fueled derivatives markets? And what is the current state of the relationship between homo speculans and homo politicus? — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 248

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the book’s key figures, homo speculans and homo politicus, whose relationship this chapter will assess.
• XREF: connects to: Social media algorithms financialize and profit from the uncertainty they create, mirroring derivatives trading. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 189; Platforms look like markets but are centralized fiefs owned by algorithms — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 868; Prediction markets are the newest form of speculative competition — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 447
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Social media algorithms financialize and profit from the uncertainty they create, mirroring derivatives trading. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 189; Platforms look like markets but are centralized fiefs owned by algorithms — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 868; Prediction markets are the newest form of speculative competition — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 447