Digitization and algorithmization have redefined human experience and its social, political, and economic dimensions, generating a series of ambiguous tensions between the decentralization and recentralization of global power structures. Simultaneously, the constant acceleration driven by information infrastructures poses a challenge to political management and imposes a task of anticipating increasingly shorter historical cycles. The rearticulation of time, based on networked computing, not only affects communications and work but also entails mutations that demand a new vocabulary for addressing the algorithmic condition and its implications.

This book delves into these territories, exploring the complexities and challenges presented by the intersection of technology, economics, and society in the 21st century. Hernán Borisonik and Marco Mallamaci lead a distinguished group of researchers who, from diverse disciplines, invite us to rethink contemporary capitalism, marked by automation and financialization, and propose a series of conceptual keys to understand and transform this scenario. This volume introduces us to a range of issues, from the perception of the world and new geopolitical disputes to the inseparability of technological domination and financial hegemony, encompassing cryptocurrencies, education, new forms of value, power and the interfaces of digital materialities, crypto-art, and cultural consumption.

Hypermaterial Signals invites us to construct new topologies. Without succumbing to paralyzing pessimism or naive optimism, it maps new mediations and landscapes of thought, renewing the critique of political economy. This work, which combines academic rigor with a proactive approach, is an indispensable tool for those seeking to understand and act within the complex landscape of digital capitalism.