Entreprecariat

Entrepreneur or precarious worker? These are the terms of a cognitive dissonance that turns everyones life into a shaky project in perennial start-up phase. Silvio Lorusso guides us through the entreprecariat, a world where change is natural and healthy, whatever it may bring. A world populated by motivational posters, productivity tools, mobile offices and self-help techniques. A world in which a mix of entrepreneurial ideology and widespread precarity is what regulates professional social media, online marketplaces for self-employment and crowdfunding platforms for personal needs. The result? A life in permanent beta, with sometimes tragic implications. With a foreword by Geert Lovink and an afterword by Raffaele Alberto Ventura. A compelling and relentless jaccuse: debunking the social and political myths that push an increasing number of persons to perform in the entrepreneurship circus with no safety nets. Antonio Casilli, author of En attendant les robots, 2019