ABSTRACT
This chapter presents different analyses of specific computing/social change nexuses. Computing is not the cause of this dim future for social formation reproduction (SFR). Rather, people think it possible to advance digital technologies (DTs) whose social correlates would extend SFR adaptability. People's arguments to this point are: Computing is around for the long haul; it will continue to mediate major aspects of SFR; Computing does not inevitably cause social change. Computing can impact social changes, but the causal connections are complex and need to be understood in specific contexts. Computing is often correlated with these characteristics but need not be; indeed, there are selected forms of computing with alternative practices that might be interventions to extend SFR. It focuses on the characteristics of the current social formation, explaining why people are pessimistic about the future of social formations whose social reproduction is heavily bent to capital.
