Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Work and life become inseparable. Capital follows you when
you dream. Time ceases to be linear, becomes chaotic, broken
down into punctiform divisions. As production and distribution
are restructured, so are nervous systems. To function effectively
as a component of just–in-time production you must develop a
capacity to respond to unforeseen events, you must learn to live
in conditions of total instability, or ‘precarity’, as the ugly
neologism has it. Periods of work alternate with periods of
unemployment. Typically, you find yourself employed in a series
of short-term jobs, unable to plan for the future.