Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con, or How to Seize the Means of Computation

https://twitter.com/copernicani/status/1721981602753085582

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Slackwise• 3 years ago

Of all the places to publish a talk that criticizes big walled garden platforms....

noirscape• 3 years ago

You can say a lot about Doctorow but his writing usually gets republished in a lot of places. Last I checked, he has his Twitter feed, a Mastodon, hosts his stuff on Pluralistic and that last one is just a blog so he has an RSS feed too.

Granted this talk is not something he hosted, but generally speaking, Doctorow is the last one to make that argument with.

The guy is very good at outreach; the sad reality is that most people are on big walled garden platforms, so that's where you need to go to reach out. Him republishing his stuff to as many places as possible seems like the best of both worlds in that regard.

Ivory tower mentality is what gets us the FSF, and they have been awful at general outreach.

grotorea• 3 years ago

At least this wall is low enough that we can watch it without logging in.

dontlaugh• 3 years ago

There's a long history of revolutionaries using the resources of the current system during their struggle to destroy it. What else could they do?

2OEH8eoCRo0• 3 years ago

You have to go where people are.

8bitsrule• 3 years ago

This is not as long, but it was streamed on 10/11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nds9MLu3les

mistrial9• 3 years ago

the host on that show is charming and easy to listen to.. Cory is a riot on the mic, as usual! The host mentions he was de-platformed from Facebook for writing some ridiculous thing, and moved from the US to Mexico. great link thx

aranaur• 3 years ago

If you haven't read any of Cory Doctorow's writing, I highly recommend it.

YujinkoToys• 3 years ago

Corey’s best-ever work, I think. Succinct, compelling and actionable.

Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con, or How to Seize the Means of Computation

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