Control over biopower in cognitive and surveillance capitalism by Stanković-Pejnović Vesna

“…Biopower points out the moment when human life explicitly became part of the political calculations. Beyond the regime of sovereignty, oriented by a logic of repression, emerges a new regime, oriented by a logic of production and control, that is, a power "to make live" or "to let die". …”
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Addition of punishments by V. M. Stepashin

“…There is an obvious need for scientific substantiation of such coefficients, taking into account, at least, the political and social significance of deprivation and restrictions that determine the qualitative indicator of the repressiveness of punishment, their consequences (primarily legal and economic) both for the convict himself and for society, which is the subject of independent research. …”
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Dynamics of Platform Architecture and Labor Unrest: Mobilizing and Contesting Solidarity in the 2021–2022 Foodpanda Delivery Rider Strikes in Hong Kong by Ngai Keung Chan

“…Worker solidarity, however, was contested due to internal conflicts among riders and the fear of police. Algorithmic control also serves as a repressive tool to demobilize workers. …”
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CYBERPUNK – GAME – POETRY: Rostislav Amelin’s “SimStab” by Daniil Leiderman, Mark Lipovetsky

“…Thus, in “SimStab” the ludic algorithmic with its procedural rhetoric (Ian Bogost) creates spaces of formlessness which repeats the liberatory promise of cyberpunk literature. …”
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CYBERPUNK – GAME – POETRY: Rostislav Amelin’s “SimStab” by Daniil Leiderman, Mark Lipovetsky

“…Thus, in “SimStab” the ludic algorithmic with its procedural rhetoric (Ian Bogost) creates spaces of formlessness which repeats the liberatory promise of cyberpunk literature. …”
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