Derivatives reveal how people relate to their own imagined futures

Evidence

Derivatives can be especially insightful sociologically, because they open a window onto the relationship economic subjects have with their own imagined futures, through (rather than against or despite) the broader dynamics of financialized capitalism. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 93

Categorization

• XREF: Core to the reader’s stated purpose — the derivative as a lens on speculative imagination is the book’s central thesis. — connects to: Speculation is an imaginative act detached from asset value, pricing others’ future desires — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 215

Broader Connections

• Speculation is an imaginative act detached from asset value, pricing others’ future desires #expands (0.85) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 215