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Inside: Survival of the Richest; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/09/13/col…

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#Toronto! #NYC! #SanFrancisco! I'm heading your way with my book, Chokepoint Capitalism!

9/16: Toronto - @typebooks/Junction 7PM
eventbrite.ca/e/chokepoint-c…

9/25: SF
sfpl.org/events/2022/09…

9/27: LA
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc…

#DC, #Ottawa, #Boston, #London, #Miami coming soon! 2/

I'm Kickstarting a DRM-free audiobook of Chokepoint Capitalism, the book @rgibli and I wrote about how tech- and entertainment monopolies rip off artists, and how to unrig those terrible labor markets:

kickstarter.com/projects/docto…

("This book really gets it" - @StephenFry) 3/

Survival of the Richest: Douglas Rushkoff on the eschatology of libertarian exit.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1569642099359760385

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Hey look at this

* @DEFCON 30 - @Sickcodes - Hacking the Farm = Breaking Badly into Agricultural Devices (h/t Ride Theory)

* Field Guides to Ensuring Voter Intent civicdesign.org/fieldguides/ (h/t Propublica) 5/

#15yrsago Mooncakes shaped like Nokia handsets bp2.blogger.com/_ovJS1Em-6dg/R…

#15yrsago Extermiknit: knit your own Dalek entropyhouse.com/penwiper/who/e… 6/

#10yrsago France’s Hadopi finally punishes someone for infringement — a guy whom everyone agrees isn’t an infringer torrentfreak.com/french-3-strik…

#10yrsago @GreatDismal explains why science fiction writers don’t predict the future wired.com/2012/09/interv… 7/

#5yrsago EFF and ACLU sue Trump administration over warrantless border device searches eff.org/press/releases…

#5yrsago Pharma giant Allergan pays Mohawk tribe to serve as human shields against patent challenges arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 8/

#5yrsago Bipartisan Congress blocks Jeff Sessions’ plan to revive civil asset forfeiture theintercept.com/2017/09/12/in-…

#5yrsago Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and 15+ key Democratic Senators back Medicare for All theintercept.com/2017/09/13/oba… 9/

Yesterday's threads: Spotify steals from artists, a Spotify exclusive; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1569326840791154691

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My latest book is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @darkdel:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 11/

My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av… 12/

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/ 13/

Upcoming appearances:

* Canadians Connected (Ottawa), 9/15
member.cira.ca/Events/Canadia…

* Chokepoint Capitalism event, @TypeBooks Junction (Toronto), 9/16, 7PM
eventbrite.ca/e/chokepoint-c…

* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), 9/20-22
live.unfinished.com 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Chokepoint Capitalism with @reckless, @NYUEngelberg (NYC) 9/23, 7PM
eventbrite.com/e/chokepoint-c…

* Chokepoint Capitalism event, SFPL (San Francisco), 9/25
sfpl.org/events/2022/09… 15/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Chokepoint Capitalism, @BookSoup (LA), 9/27
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc…

* Discussing "Adventure Capitalism" with @RayCraib, @SkylightBooks (LA), Sept 29
blog.pmpress.org/events/raymond…

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org 16/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
mailchi.mp/2e2b8a01e992/s… 17/

Recent appearances:

* Launch for @Motherboard's Terraform antho
vice.com/en/article/3ad…

* Crypto and the Left (@TBSocialist)
theblockchainsocialist.com/crypto-and-the…

* The Wondrous World of the Early Internet & How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism (@curaffairs) patreon.com/posts/cory-doc… 18/

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 @MCRockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe… 19/

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