Bourdieu's social theory applied to tech
summary
Applies Bourdieu to tech workplaces and claims that symbolic violence makes people submit to a constructed icon of power, that cultural capital accumulates like banked wealth (raising perception and access), and that social capital multiplies via networks. Uses museum/Mona Lisa, Rolex and dress examples, calls out agile as a tool born from privileged contexts, and gives a striking number: earning roughly $34,000/yr places someone in the global top 1%. Offers no silver bullets, only a call to co‑construct language and solutions.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 16:40Culture of capital
- 25:27future capital
- 32:52selfconfidence
- 39:30merit
- 43:45conclusion
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