The Smiling Curve (Instrumental)

from Inside My​.​.​. by Mat Ward

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Being paid $1 to $2 an hour, Foxconn workers typically cannot afford the iPads and iPhones they assemble.
The workers are at the bottom of what Taiwanese tech entrepreneur Stan Shih calls "the smiling curve".
The upturned edges of the smile are brand and design on one side, and marketing and sales on the other.
That ensures big profit margins, meaning Apple is able to capture 58.5 percent of the value of the iPhone.

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/chinese-workers-foxconned

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With enough free time to make albums and afford the gadget to make them on, I'm about half way up the smiling curve. Privilege. Luxury. Irony. The smiling face of capitalism.

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from Inside My​.​.​., released June 29, 2017

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Mat Ward blends future bass, drum and bass, punk and politics to come up with a different sound. He has released albums about financial markets, Apple, Elon Musk, surveillance, the media, Mars, protest chants and the climate. He also writes books and a music column that has been shared by the likes of Ru Paul, Chuck D, Tom Morello and Al Jourgensen. ... more

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