Technology results from capital’s development, not the reverse

Evidence

Technological development is however on the Marxist view the result of the development of capital rather than some ultimately determining instance in its own right. It will therefore be appropriate to distinguish several generations of machine power, several stages of technological revolution within capital itself. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 126

Categorization

• XREF: Directly serves the reader’s core goal: style as economy’s way of appearing — machines are symptoms, not causes, of successive capital stages. — connects to: Competition among capitals and commodified labor drive rapid technological development — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 163; Profit motivated technology’s growth before science did — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 338; The Internet of Things extends capital extraction into post-purchase consumption — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 49 (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Competition among capitals and commodified labor drive rapid technological development — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 163; Profit motivated technology’s growth before science did — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 338; The Internet of Things extends capital extraction into post-purchase consumption — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 49 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Technology develops a self-sustaining momentum beyond its original drivers #complicates (0.82) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 393