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This research explores how digital economies affect trust and ethics through narratives in games and fiction.

May 6, 2026SocietyOpen Access

Magic Money’s Theater of Time: Games, Fiction, and the Ethics of Digital Economies

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Analysis reveals surveillance impacts trust in digital economies, suggesting privacy concerns and contradictions in narratives of value.

This research explores how digital economies affect trust and ethics through narratives in games and fiction.
Critical analysis of Neal Stephenson's Reamde and Thomas Pynchon's Bleeding Edge
Examination of narratives surrounding cryptography and digital finance
Theoretical framework based on Boltanski and Chiapello’s work
Identified connections between surveillance and the erosion of trust
Uncovered the manipulation of emotional narratives in justifying value
Highlighted contradictions in libertarian views within digital economies

Dorothea Rebecca Schönsee (2026) studied this question.

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