Ep 9: A New Political Landscape in the Digital Age
Guests: Nick Srnicek & Sofia Cossar Series: Network Nations on GreenPill Podcast Listen: Spotify
A structural analysis of the political economy of digital platforms and the emerging landscape of governance experimentation, examining where Network Nations fit within the broader terrain of political alternatives.
Key Themes
- Platform capitalism and the structural dynamics of digital monopoly (drawing on Srnicek’s Platform Capitalism)
- The political landscape of progressive vs. techno-libertarian responses to the polycrisis
- How the collapse of post-war institutional narratives is opening space for governance innovation
- What a genuinely progressive “tech politics” would look like — beyond regulation and beyond libertarian exit
- Metapolitical dimensions of Network Nations: designing a new political environment rather than advocating a political program
- The role of digital commons and cooperative alternatives in reshaping the political economy of networks
Key People
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Nick Srnicek | Political economist, Platform Capitalism |
| Sofia Cossar | Researcher, digital governance |
| Primavera De Filippi | Co-host |
| Felix Beer | Co-host |
Key Reading
- Platform Capitalism — Nick Srnicek (Polity, 2016)
This episode is part of the Network Nations series.