<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Krystian Woznicki via Commoning</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:commoning@lists.commons-institut.org">commoning@lists.commons-institut.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:55 PM<br>Subject: [commoning] DIGITAL CAPITALISM AND UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME<br>To: <a href="mailto:commoning@lists.commons-institut.org">commoning@lists.commons-institut.org</a><br><br><br>Hi,<br>
<br>
in May the Berliner Gazette will spread some friendly fire in Berlin and<br>
Brasov (Romania). In both cases our interventions will take place at the<br>
intersection of the digital revolution and socio-political struggles.<br>
<br>
In this posting allow me to draw your attention to the Berlin gig, which<br>
will take place in the context of the re:publica, which is "one of the<br>
largest and most exciting conferences about digital culture in the<br>
world". If you happen to be in Berlin on May 9, 2017, please visit our<br>
panel DIGITAL CAPITALISM AND UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME at the re:publica.<br>
It will take place at 6:45 p.m.<br>
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DIGITAL CAPITALISM AND UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME<br>
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Short thesis: The idea of a universal basic income (UBI) is moving<br>
beyond its "leftist utopia" status: According to Deutsche Telekom CEO<br>
Florian Höttges, digitalization will make the middle class of knowledge<br>
workers unemployed and UBI seems to be the only 'show in town' capable<br>
to save us. In his international bestseller "Post-Capitalism" Paul Mason<br>
even suggests that basic income will be the social welfare system of the<br>
21st century. But there is also reason for doubt: Isn't the UBI a<br>
neoliberal strategy to make us all poorer in the end?<br>
<br>
Description: This panel discussion will trace the development of the<br>
concept of the UBI from "a liberal idea of emancipation from the<br>
necessity to work" to "the conservative dream of an ultimate<br>
deregulation tool". To discuss why the UBI is being today propagated as<br>
a lifesaver for the middle class of knowledge workers whose jobs are<br>
under threat from algorithms, the panel will bring together three<br>
contrasting positions: Dmytri Kleiner (Telekommunisten.net) will talk<br>
about the idea of the UBI as a neoliberal plot; Meera Zaremba<br>
(MeinGrundeinkommen.de) will introduce a hands-on approach; and Timo<br>
Daum (DasFilter.com) will problematize the role of UBI in digital<br>
capitalism. The panel will be moderated by Magdalena Taube<br>
(BerlinerGazette.de).<br>
<br>
The panel discussion is a collaboration with Berliner Gazette<br>
(<a href="http://berlinergazette.de" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berlinergazette.de</a>). The independent online newspaper has<br>
published a series of controversial articles on the idea of the UBI (in<br>
German) including statements by the three panelists: Dmytri Kleiner<br>
(read here<br>
<<a href="http://berlinergazette.de/bedingungsloses-grundeinkommen-als-neoliberale-idee" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berlinergazette.de/<wbr>bedingungsloses-<wbr>grundeinkommen-als-<wbr>neoliberale-idee</a>>),<br>
Timo Daum (read here<br>
<<a href="http://berlinergazette.de/bedingungsloses-grundeinkommen-und-digitaler-kapitalismus" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berlinergazette.de/<wbr>bedingungsloses-<wbr>grundeinkommen-und-digitaler-<wbr>kapitalismus</a>>)<br>
and Meera Zaremba (read here<br>
<<a href="http://berlinergazette.de/update-sozialstaat-grundeinkommen" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berlinergazette.de/<wbr>update-sozialstaat-<wbr>grundeinkommen</a>>).<br>
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Here more info about the re:publica: <a href="https://re-publica.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://re-publica.com</a><br>
<br>
Soon more about friendly fire in Brasov,<br>
stay tuned,<br>
<br>
Krystian<br>
<br>
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