Informational capitalism and technical-scientific-informational enviromental. Internet infraestructure an its deployment on a global scale

Abstract

Despite its numerous crises throughout history, the capitalist system manages to reinvent itself in various ways. For much of the 20th century, capitalism developed based on industrial production. Following the crisis of the 1970s, transformations took place that restructured the system, with one of the main changes being the role of information and knowledge. In this regard, a group of authors has defined the current period as informational capitalism in the platform phase. After the financial crisis of 2008, there was a great push for innovation and the business model driven by platforms, promoting much simpler access to the internet and through our smartphones. We want to delve into the changes occurring in the current technical-scientific-informational environment. For this reason, we will observe the transformations in the material infrastructure of the internet worldwide. The article will be structured as follows: first, we will emphasize the definition of the current period; second, we will deepen the spatial perspective from which we start; third, we will analyze the collected data; and finally, we will present the final reflections.