From Information Extraction to Remaining Data—The Production Mystery of Digital Capitalism ^†

Capitalism has shifted to the stage of digital capitalism with the use of digital technology, bringing new changes such as the spread of digital labor, the prominence of data value, the construction of digital platforms, and the formation of digital capital, but this transformation of capitalism in the digital era is only in the form of peripheral expression, and the nature of the capitalist private system and the pursuit of surplus value have not changed. The way in which capitalism gains profit in the digital era is mainly information extraction, converting self-made information into surplus data to make profit. The self-made information generated by the subject becomes a tool for capital to make profit. In order to promote the healthy development of digital productivity, it is necessary to use technological development for the people, so that digital technology can be used again to meet people’s needs for a better life and promote human liberation.