Social experiments without experimentalism
Magazine article, 2026

Modernism promised a bright future. But adventure soon became routine – the early Crystal Palace experiment since reflected in shopping malls and office blocks. Now ‘shit experiments’, rolled out by tech oligarchs and authoritarian governments, utilize neuroliberalism’s handle on malleable human behaviour. Can anything of social experimentation be salvaged for welfare and basic income needs?

Author

Karl Palmås

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Science, Technology and Society

Eurozine

1684-4637 (ISSN)

Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)

Sociology

Languages and Literature

Design

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4/22/2026