{"product_id":"stop-the-machines-by-mauro-lubrano-9781509555741","title":"Stop the Machines","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we stand on the cusp of an AI revolution, will we see the rise of a new anti-technology extremism that threatens to dismantle the gains of modern civilisation?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first exploration of this phenomenon, Mauro Lubrano traces the origins and evolution of anti-technology violence across the globe. He identifies three main groups fuelling such resistance: insurrectionary anarchists, eco-extremists, and eco-fascists. Exploring the justifications that underlie the opposition to technology and the strategies employed to \u003cem\u003estop the machines\u003c\/em\u003e, he shows how anti-tech extremism has emerged as a reaction to the Anthropocene – an attempt to undo the epoch of human domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe intellectual flexibility of this ideology lends itself to different causes, from the class struggle against the techno-elites to the defence of nature and white supremacy. With fears about the risks of artificial intelligence mounting and the world beset by serious ‘polycrises’, what is currently a fragmented, fringe phenomenon holds the potential for dramatic escalation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461435769068,"sku":"9781509555741","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509555741-stop-the-machines.jpg?v=1774968078","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/stop-the-machines-by-mauro-lubrano-9781509555741","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}