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Inside: Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/lux…

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Hey #DC! There's a *very special* invite-only book party for "Chokepoint Capitalism" on Thu (Nov 17) and while it's not a public event, there's a limited number of spaces I can distribute on a first come/first serve basis. If you'd like to come, email [e-mail]! 2/

Wed (11/16) I'm in #DC to receive the Arthur C Clarke Award:
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev…

11/17, I'm in a @library_futures webinar:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

11/18, I'm in #Baltimore at @thePeale:
thepeale.org/event/book-tal…

11/19, I'm at Sky Live in #London:
news.sky.com/bigideaslive 3/

Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product: Incentives matter, but impunity matters more.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1592064868638773249

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Hey look at this

* Universal Benefits Cost Less Than Means-Tested Ones peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/11/11/uni…

* Medieval Times workers in Buena Park vote 27:18 to unionize latimes.com/business/story…

* Sam Bankman-Fried, who just lost $16b, “would never read a book.” lithub.com/crypto-nerd-sa… 5/

#20yrsago HG Wells, ripoff artist salon.com/2002/11/07/mck…

#15yrsago Kremlin uses software piracy laws to shut down dissident media outlets washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content…

#15yrsago 1.8 million pages of US federal case law to go online for free public.resource.org/case_law_annou… 6/

#15yrsago Japanese “melody roads” play tunes as you drive over them theguardian.com/world/2007/nov…

#15yrsago Rewired: Post-Cyberpunk Anthology shows how sf has changed since the Mirroshades era memex.craphound.com/2007/11/14/rew… 7/

#15yrsago I Want Sandy – perfect productivity email bot is free and public web.archive.org/web/2007111404…

#10yrago Gerrymandering in North Carolina: win motherjones.com/politics/2012/… 8/

#10yrsago Campaign to opt out of pornoscanners & video TSA checkpoints at Thanksgiving web.archive.org/web/2012111701…

#10yrsago World’s oldest hacker radio show under threat web.archive.org/web/2012111606… 9/

#5yrsago Step-by-step guide to locking down your Facebook account wired.com/story/how-to-l…

#5yrsago What it takes to actually stop a determined, vengeful cyberstalker wired.com/story/how-one-…

#5yrsago Verizon is finally killing Compuserve Forums fastcompany.com/40495831/compu… 10/

#5yrsago Congressional Republican candor: everyone hates our tax plan except the CEOs we depend on for campaign millions nymag.com/intelligencer/…

#1yrago Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than it does on TVs themselves pluralistic.net/2021/11/14/sti… 11/

Yesterday's threads: The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever broken; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1591762284896215042

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 13/

My latest novel 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… 14/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) 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/ 15/

Upcoming appearances:

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
clarkefoundation.org/2022-awards-ev…

* @library_futures Webinar, 11/17
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

* Chokepoint Capitalism at @ThePeale Museum (Baltimore), 11/18:
thepeale.org/event/book-tal… 16/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Big Ideas Live (London), 11/19
news.sky.com/bigideaslive

* Conversation with @Superwuster, #Informed22/@knightfdn (Miami), 11/30:
informed22.interkinnect.com

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 17/

Recent appearances:

* How big tech traps consumers and shafts creators (@IrishTimes)
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* Copyright Waffle (@UKCopyrightLit)
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* Surviving Apocalyptic Economics (@teamhumanshow)
teamhuman.fm/episodes/survi… 18/

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