# Hacking Capitalism - [[Kris Nova]] ## Notes as I read ### Chapter 1 so, my formulation of the thesis of chapter 1 is: - inside tech, because of capitalism but also just because of equilibrium of systems, for each system there is an antisystem - often, people only see one system / only function in one of those systems (say, competition vs collaboration). especially, capitalist/masculine/tech thinking encourages only one side - find the antisystems, and use stable interfaces as a guide - once you have an antisystem you understand, use one side to make progress in the other. for example, use collaboration to become a better competitor. or, play to the competition of your ruthless colleagues to actually further your more collaborative, holistic goals. or, use competition to frame your self-care needs.