Economic Era of Agriculture
Urbanization
Rise of urban population
Era?
modern era/age
What year did this start from?
1970s - present
What is Toyotism
Describe a change of method to something more immediate, flexible and personalized
Raw materials
products that can be harvested
Modernization
a new mode of becoming human
What type of production is this era?
Immaterial production
cybernetic organism and is hybrid: both biological and technological
Example of Raw Material
Squash, wheat etc.
What is this era known for?
manufacturer of durable and material goods
What 3 types of production are present?
Services, information and emotion
Iron cage
trapped in technological bubble - dehumanizing
Cottage Industry
Emphasis on farming, agriculture and extraction of raw materials
Taylorism
a method of industrial management designed to increase efficiency and productivity
What type of economy and what are its 4 qualities?
Information economy: knowledge, information, affect/emotion, communication
Fordism
a model of mass production that focused on labourers being assigned specific tasks, the use of conveyer belts and work being broken up into smaller pieces
Premodern era (timeline)
prior to 1500- 18th century
How does labour become immaterial
labour is both physical and immaterial. For example, we use computers to perform immaterial tasks as we are a cyborg
What is the effect of Uber in this era?
To order and sort users transportation
Rationalization
refers to the society shift from reliance on traditions/emotions towards the reliance of science
Example: scientific approach to medicine