The materiality of the cloud | Eurozine
The Internet isn't immaterial, storing those ones and zeros requires mechanical work. But those who provide the material means are continuously underpaid.
The materiality of the cloud | Eurozine We use cookies to enhance your journey with us. By continuing to explore this space, you embrace the art of connection through our cookies. Confirm The materiality of the cloud On the hard conditions of soft digitization Christina Gratorp 24 September 2020 Although we often think about the Internet as immaterial, storing the seemingly abstract ones and zeros requires actual, mechanical work. Those who provide the material means are continuously underpaid, thus ‘growth’ and ‘development’ at the centre result in energy depletion in the periphery. In his 19
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