Jonah Peretti – Capitalism and Schizophrenia | Genius
To learn more about adding songs to Genius, check out the complete transcription guide or visit the transcribers forum Before starting the most successful media company in the history of the Internet, BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti was apparently an armchair Marxist and postmodern theorist. Some people believe this essay, first published just after Peretti graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1996, lays the theoretical foundation for Buzzfeed’s media empire. Peretti’s piece originally appeared in a Texas-based journal of critical theory called “Negations” that folded after four issues. From the journal’s author bio: “Jonah Peretti teaches computer applications and Internet publishing at the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Santa Cruz and has published and conferenced papers on critical theory, educational technology and environmentalism.” Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its