How has capitalism weaponized anxiety? And how might that weapon be turned against capitalism? We speakn with A. T. Kingsmith about the "anxiety industry," new affective technologies and the lonely terr of individualism. A.T. Kingsmith is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at York University and co-founder of EiQ Technologies, an emotion-AI start-up based out of the Design Fabrication Zone (DFZ) at Ryerson University. He is currently writing an open access book entitled "Anxiety as a Weapon" at AU Press.
© 2025 Max Haiven
Substack is the home for great culture