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Max Haiven is Canada Research Chair in Culture, Media and Social Justice at Lakehead University in Northwest Ontario and co-director of the ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL).

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Why Tech Hype Seduces Us Again and Again

The following text will appear as part of the Hype Studies Series from Tech Policy Press.

Why do we fall for hype, again and again?

There are, of course, tempting psychological explanations. We are suckers for the charisma of the huckster. We fear, contextually and primordially, being left behind or left out. We each yearn to believe our future will be better. A lot can also be attributed to cynic

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	Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire (Volume 4) (Vagabonds) 3.99 avg rating — 83 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cultures of Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Art after Money, Money after Art: Creative Strategies Against Financialization 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radikal Hayalgücü ve İktidarın Krizleri by Max Haiven (Goodreads Author), Kübra Kelebekoğlu (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aceite de palma: La grasa del imperio (El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias sociales) by Max Haiven (Goodreads Author), Irene Riaño de Hoz (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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