Thread by @doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Reverse centaurs and the failure of AI; Gorgeous, slipcased editions of public domain classics; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/02/17/rev…

#Pluralistic

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This afternoon at 130PM Pacific, I'm giving a talk called "Technology, Self-Determination, and the Future of the Future" for the Purdue University CERIAS Program:

cerias.purdue.edu/news_and_event…

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Reverse centaurs and the failure of AI: Turkers all the way down.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1362054614657343491

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Gorgeous, slipcased editions of public domain classics: Dave McKean's Crime and Punishment.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1362059808136855556

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#15yrsago Sony BMG demotes CEO for deploying DRM web.archive.org/web/2006021923…

#15yrsago RIAA using kids’ private info to attack their mother web.archive.org/web/2006022311…

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#10yrsago Midwestern Tahrir: Workers refuse to leave Wisconsin capital over Tea Party labor law theawl.com/2011/02/wiscon…

#5yrsago Listen: podcast about the alleged “data” collected by wearable devices oreilly.com/content/rachel…

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#5yrsago Back-room revisions to TPP sneakily criminalize fansubbing & other copyright grey zones eff.org/deeplinks/2016…

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Yesterday's threads: Uber loses (another) $6.8b; Ring helped LAPD spy on BLM protests; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1361702503482486785

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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."

Get signed books from @darkdel: darkdel.com/store/p1840/Av…

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My 2020 book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies and proposing a way to deal with both:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

Now, it's available in paperback!

bookshop.org/books/how-to-d…

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

craphound.com/shop/

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Upcoming appearances:

* Technology, Self-Determination, and the Future of the Future (Purdue CERIAS), Feb 17, cerias.purdue.edu/news_and_event…

* Keynote, NISO Plus, Feb 22, niso.plus/cory-doctorow-…

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Recent appearances:

* Chop Shop Economics soundcloud.com/chopshopeconom…

* Monocle Reads monocle.com/radio/shows/me…

* Hedging Bets on the Future (Motherboard Cyber):
play.acast.com/s/cyber/hedgin…

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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @[e-mail].

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Today's top sources: Naked Capitalism (nakedcapitalism.com).

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