读创今日荐书 | 电力如何成为可交易的商品？

Group 1 - The book "The Electricity Consumption Society" explores the construction and maintenance of the electricity market through the lens of anthropology, highlighting the roles of policymakers, algorithm engineers, market designers, grid operators, and data workers [1][5]. - The author, Janne E. Ozdemir-Sirin, emphasizes that electricity is a unique commodity that cannot be fully explained by traditional economic theories of supply and demand [5]. - The book presents ethnographic work on various organizations involved in the design, maintenance, and critique of the electricity market, revealing how these practices contribute to the market's existence [5]. Group 2 - The author argues that the current economic landscape is shaped by specific groups of workers who establish and maintain it through technical means, rather than solely by policymakers or economists [5]. - The concept of "technical economics" is introduced, challenging the traditional view that markets are driven only by political decisions and economic theories, and highlighting the critical role of technical knowledge and practices in shaping market economies [5]. - The book aims to explore the cultural environments surrounding electricity-centric groups, suggesting that these cultures are foundational to the formation of today's electricity market [5].