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The Culture of the New Capitalism
the affects that predominate in late capitalism are fear and cynicism. These emotions do not inspire bold thinking or entrepreneurial leaps, they breed conformity and the cult of the minimal variation, the turning out of products which very closely resemble those that are already successful.
Mark Fisher • Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?
What values and practices can hold people together as the institutions in which they live fragment?
Richard Sennett • The Culture of the New Capitalism
The erosion of work being a key part of identity. Stability takes priority over wealth and passion. Fulfillment is found elsewhere.
Jonny Hawton • Scar Tissue - Predictions of the Long-Term Bahaviorial Scars of the 2020 Recession on Gen Z
massive reorganization of capital flows and the remaking of individuals into “entrepreneurs of their human capital.”
Jonathan Crary • Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World
“[...] The distinctive feature of the societies to which this historical process [i.e. capitalism and industrialist mass production] gave rise is that productive activity is mostly governed by a logic that tends to strip it of things like meaning, playfulness and sociability.”