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Sci-fi Capital and Humanoid Robotics: Conjuring the Speculative Value of Not-Yet-Existing Technologies

Sociology

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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, ...