@inbook{e94cd058561346ff994e0e09a2bcfcb5,
title = "Can Capitalism Be Conscious of Anything But Itself? Gnosticism, Attention, and Persuasive Technologies",
abstract = "This essay attempts to provide a complementary value-add to the evolving system of conscious capitalism by considering the consciousness capitalism itself produces. It aims to provide a critical edge to the urgent task of ennobling exchange and theorizing responsibility in a world created by technological demiurges. By bringing these systems of intelligent persuasion into comparison with “Gnosticism,” the essay offers a framework for realities current theorists are terming “unprecedented.” The hope is that such a framework might inch closer toward simple awareness in fresh and freeing ways.",
keywords = "Attention economy, Awareness, Consciousness, Demiurge, Gnosticism, Technologies of Persuasion",
author = "Thate, {Michael J.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-10204-2_2",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Ethical Economy",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
pages = "17--30",
booktitle = "Ethical Economy",
address = "Germany",
}