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Clarion Write-a-Thon | Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults; HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly …

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hey dude - where's the atlas shrugged content in this thread that the header lead with? 😉 👀

Ngl that hooked me in! I was hoping you'd recently read Galt's speech in 2025 and had some perspective to share. 🫂💙

@arrrg
And how has that worked for you so far?

You picked a (bad for me) example, because there is no way I want to step into that fight. For one, I'm a man. I do not believe I have any right whatsoever to tell a woman what to do with her own body. Instead I respect what the strong women in my life think and go with that.

But it still comes down to: how has that worked for you so far? Because I don't think it has changed a single law and I doubt it has changed many minds.

@arrrg
Two points:

1. If I knew how to make people mind their own business and act halfway decent to each other I wouldn't be an anthroskeptic semi-hermit living alone (other than a dog) in the North Cascades – but then greater minds than mine have tried and failed at exactly this

2. Saying, "Fuck off!" has a tendency to end conversations and escalate tension, meaning it is not very useful as a persuasion technique

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I am often reminded my own sense of humor relies on a deep knowledge of odd esoterica shared only by people with no sense of humor at all.