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""Short, accessible and easy to dip in and out of. . . . The title of the book is essentially a call for both good theory and good practice: understand how technology works, but also how it relates to capitalism and when to oppose it. The contents set out an excellent starting point for anyone who wants to do this, even if all you want to get out of it is solid arguments about relatively straightforward points of debate. . . . This is emphatically a book about looking forward so we can present our alternatives to what capitalism has to offer."" * Counterfire * ""Succinctly encapsulates a decade of social tech research in clear, if academic, prose. . . . Sadowski gives a basic introduction to how Marxists understand capitalist exploitation to ground his later discussions. He then uses those well-worn tools skilfully."" * LSE Review of Books * ""Lays the groundwork for a more cohesive resistance against capitalist technology. . . . ​Sadowski casts a withering gaze on the digital technology industry and its oligarchs, encouraging the reader to engage in rigorous material analysis by embodying two figures: the Mechanic and the Luddite."" * Red Pepper Magazine *

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Jathan Sadowski is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University. He is author of the book Too Smart and host of the podcast This Machine Kills, both on the political economy of technology.

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