'An exciting, astute analysis of how our capacity for desire has
been slotted into the grooves of digital capitalism, and made to
work for profit - from porn to Pokemon' - Richard Seymour We are in
the middle of a 'desirevolution' - a fundamental and political
transformation of the way we desire as human beings. Perhaps as
always, new technologies - with their associated and inherited
political biases - are organising and mapping the future. What we
don't seem to notice is that the primary way in which our lives are
being transformed is through the manipulation and control of desire
itself. Our very impulses, drives and urges are 'gamified' to suit
particular economic and political agendas, changing the way we
relate to everything from lovers and friends to food and
politicians. Digital technologies are transforming the subject at
the deepest level of desire - re-mapping its libidinal economy - in
ways never before imagined possible. From sexbots to smart condoms,
fitbits to VR simulators and AI to dating algorithms, the 'love
industries' are at the heart of the future smart city and the
social fabric of everyday life. This book considers these emergent
technologies and what they mean for the future of love, desire,
work and capitalism.
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