Nick Srnicek

Political economist and author of Platform Capitalism (2016), a widely influential analysis of how major technology companies capture and monetize data as a form of capital. Also co-author (with Alex Williams) of Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work (2015), which articulates a left-accelerationist vision of using technology to build a post-work society.

Srnicek’s analysis of platform economies provides the critical political economy backdrop for the Network Nations project’s diagnosis of corporate sovereignty and “techno-feudalism.” His work on how platforms extract value from social activity resonates with the Network Nations commitment to commons-based alternatives. He contributes to the episode on the new political landscape in the digital age, bringing a structural critique of digital capitalism alongside analysis of what progressive alternatives might look like.

Appears in: Ep 9: A New Political Landscape in the Digital Age