Episode 168 - Cory Doctorow
Mar 12, 2025•55 min
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Episode description
I get to chat with one of my favorite writers about his new book, "Picks and Shovels", as well as what it's like to invent a word that absolutely nails the current zeitgeist with "enshittification".
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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:
Cory's daily link blog(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
Cory at the Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF)
https://www.eff.org/about/staff/cory-doctorow
https://torpublishinggroup.com/author/cory-doctorow/
"‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year"
How monopoly enshittified Amazon
https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/28/enshittification/#relentless-payola
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