Cybertrends' warns against the short-sightedness of the 'cyberdeck elite' or the 'Masters of Code'. This sober, alternative perspective states that there are not only 'cyber rights' but also 'cyber responsibilities'. The Net seems more like an empire than a civilization, heading for a clash between the real and the virtual, with the Mexican monetary crisis as a first sign and model. There is no longer a growth in accumulated economic wealth, despite all the commercial promises. This seems to be the key point that current economic analysis is making - as does Brown.
Digital efficiency makes people work harder for less money.
Instead of a 'cybernetic Renaissance' the technology is only destroying jobs. And the digirati are refusing to speak about this economic reality. Perhaps they might listen. The interview took place in Amsterdam, in the foyer of the filmmuseum, on a mild and friendly spring day. You are neither an optimist, nor a pessimist when it comes to emerging cybertechnologies.