Sci-fi Capital and Humanoid Robotics: Conjuring the Speculative Value of Not-Yet-Existing Technologies
Published online on November 11, 2025
Abstract
Sociology, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 686-704, June 2026.
As economic value becomes ever more decoupled from material production and labour in financialized capitalism, simulation and reality become increasingly indistinguishable. I explore the largely overlooked role of science fiction in this speculative turn, ...
As economic value becomes ever more decoupled from material production and labour in financialized capitalism, simulation and reality become increasingly indistinguishable. I explore the largely overlooked role of science fiction in this speculative turn, ...