Transparency is a productivity device, not a political value
Evidence
Transparency is demanded in the name of the freedom of information too. In reality, however, this amounts to nothing other than a neoliberal dispositive. It means turning everything inside out by force and transforming it into information. Under the immaterial mode of production that now prevails, more information and more communication mean more productivity, acceleration and growth. Information represents a positive value; inasmuch as it lacks interiority, it can circulate independently, free from any and all context. Accordingly, the circulation of information admits acceleration at will – for purely arbitrary reasons. — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics, 33
Categorization
- XREF: Links to earlier work on context-free data accelerating circulation; the emptying of interiority connects with the soundscape readings of signal over meaning. — connects to: Dataism disavows ideology yet constitutes a new ideology of digital totalitarianism — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New…, 130; Transparency means stripping things of singularity so money can equate them — Grant Bollmer, Katherine Guinness, The Influencer Factory: A Marxist…, 96; Transparency tools can paradoxically undermine democratic values. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 821 (+4 more)
Related
- Transparency means stripping things of singularity so money can equate them (similarity 0.81)
- Transparency should focus on political rights and citizenship. (similarity 0.80)
- Transparency compels conformity and erases deviation (similarity 0.80)
- Output transparency should be prioritized for freedom of information efforts. (similarity 0.79)
- Dataism disavows ideology yet constitutes a new ideology of digital totalitarianism (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Transparency can function as a mechanism of control, not liberation
#expands(0.82) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1259 - Technology carries no inherent politics; usage determines its effects
#expands(0.82) - Taking transparency in government is crucial for democracy.
#contradicts(0.78) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 17 - Transparency means stripping things of singularity so money can equate them
#expands(0.75) — Grant Bollmer, Katherine Guinness, The Influencer Factory, 96 - Transparency should focus on political rights and citizenship.
#complicates(0.75) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1522 - Transparency tools can paradoxically undermine democratic values.
#qualifies(0.72) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 821