Today's threads (a thread)

[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/

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My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It":

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/

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[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso 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."

https://craphound.com/shop/

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[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

Upcoming appearances:

* #Paris: Slow Tech Summit, Oct 15
https://slowtechsummit.com/

* #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2026/01

* #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
https://www.munrobooks.com/events/6113620261020

* #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2026/46

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[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
https://writersfestival.org/event/life-after-ai

* #Vienna: TED AI, Oct 28-30
https://tedai-vienna.ted.com/

* #Kilkenny: Kilkenomics, Nov 6-8
https://kilkenomics.com/

* #Vancouver: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10
https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/

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[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

* #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/

* #Oxford: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23
https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html

* #Sheffield: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation

* #Oxford: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/

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[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
https://montreal2027.ca/en

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[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

Recent appearances:

* Life After AI (Brain Bar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPa43-n0vI

* Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8

* AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily)
AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/

* AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia)
https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/

* How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late (Daniel Solove)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0xR3uEgGcc

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[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

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[pluralistic@mamot.fr]

I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at:

https://bsky.app/profile/did:web:pluralistic.net/post/3mxvwsklxlc27

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[fernhead@universeodon.com]

@pluralistic Capitalism today is like playing Monopoly, but all the properties are already owned and you get to hold onto your money, hoping you can make it around the board two or three times, and the best move is to get sent to jail because at least you can stay there for three turns before you have to head out again to lose all you money.