Openness replaces confinement as a productivity enhancer under capitalism

Evidence

The mole moves through predetermined spaces; as such, it subordinates itself to spatial restrictions. The mole is a subjugated subject. But the snake is a project inasmuch as it creates space through the course it steers. The passage from the mole to the snake – from subject to project – does not amount to setting out for an entirely new way of life; instead, it represents a mutation, indeed an intensification, of capitalism, which remains one and the same. The mole’s restricted movements impose limits on productivity. Even when it labours in disciplined fashion, it cannot exceed a certain level of productivity. The snake eliminates such limitations through new forms of movement. Accordingly, the capitalist system is switching from the mole-model to the snake-model in order to generate more productivity. — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics, 52

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the chapter-3 account of self-exploitation and freedom from constraint into the productive realm. — connects to: Control society replaced confinement with self-created open space — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New…, 51; Web 2.0 openness ideology serves corporate profit over individual benefit — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 640; Capitalism’s resilience comes from its plasticity in adopting new social forms — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1647 (+3 more)

Related

• The shift from subject to project intensifies capitalism rather than escaping it (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Web 2.0 openness ideology serves corporate profit over individual benefit #exemplifies (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 640
• The digital economy functions as legitimating hegemonic ideology for capitalism #exemplifies (0.85) — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 16
• Cognitive capitalism blurs the work-play divide by investing in minds and social relations #exemplifies (0.80) — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 366
• Capitalism’s resilience comes from its plasticity in adopting new social forms #expands (0.78) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1647
• Capitalism shapes selfhood, ecology, and institutions well beyond economics #expands (0.72) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 69