Normie diffusion and technophilia: Who will seize the means of computation?

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Cory Doctorow

2025-11-27 12:03:05

It's an accepted (but wrong) fact that some groups of people are just more technologically adventurous by temperament, and that's why they adopt technologies before the rest of society (think here of pornographers, kids, and terrorists).

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Pluralistic: Normie diffusion and technophilia (27 Nov 2025)

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Hey look at this

* Chasing Oligarchs Across Borders gijn.org/stories/gijc25-cross-…

* Canada Needs a Commissioner Who Fights Monopolies action.openmedia.org/page/1822… (h/t Do Not Pass Go)

* Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

* The Rent Is Too Damn High: Did Trump Just 'Bless' Using AI to Jack Up Rents? thebignewsletter.com/p/an-odd-…

* Biretrograde Clock - Lasercut instructables.com/Biretrograde…

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#20yrsago TSA makes flier remove body jewelry web.archive.org/web/2005112902…

#20yrsago Microsoft caught subverting UN process, censoring FOSS references web.archive.org/web/2005112803…

#15yrsago Zimbabwean law will put legislation, parliamentary gazette, etc, under state copyright web.archive.org/web/2010112913…

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#10yrsago Party like it’s 1998: UK government bans ripping CDs — again arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#10yrsago Devastating technical rebuttal to the Snoopers Charter me.uk/IPBill-evidence1.pdf

#10yrsago AIDS-drug-gouging hedge-douche reneges on promise to cut prices for Daraprim techdirt.com/2015/11/25/turing…

#10yrsago US credit union regulator crushed Internet Archive’s non-predatory, game-changing bank blog.archive.org/2015/11/24/di…

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#10yrsago The last quarter-century of climate talks explained, in comics form web.archive.org/web/2015112614…

#10yrsago The Paradox: a secret history of magical London worthy of Tim Powers memex.craphound.com/2015/11/26…

#1yrago Bossware is unfair (in the legal sense, too) pluralistic.net/2024/11/26/haw…

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Yesterday's threads: O(N^2) nationalism; and more!

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Cory Doctorow

2025-11-26 13:14:21

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: O(N^2) nationalism; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/11/26/dif…

#Pluralistic

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Pluralistic: O(N^2) nationalism (26 Nov 2025)

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My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:

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Picks and Shovels

New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new...

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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."

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Upcoming appearances:

* #Toronto: Jailbreaking Canada (OCAD U), Nov 27
ocadu.ca/events-and-exhibition…

* #SanDiego: Enshittification at the Mission Hills Branch Library, Dec 1
libraryfoundationsd.org/events…

* #Seattle: Neuroscience, AI and Society (University of Washington), Dec 4
compneuro.washington.edu/news-…

* Virtual: Poetic Technologies with Brian Eno (David Graeber Institute), Dec 8
davidgraeber.institute/poetic-…

* #Madison, CT: Enshittification at RJ Julia, Dec 8
rjjulia.com/event/2025-12-08/c…

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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Hamburg: Chaos Communications Congress, Dec 27-30
events.ccc.de/congress/2025/in…

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Recent appearances:

* Why Every Platform Betrays You (Trust Revolution)
fountain.fm/episode/bJgdt0hJAn…

* How the internet went to sh*t (Prospect Magazine)
prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcast…

* Enshittification and “Breaking Kings” (Web Summit)
youtube.com/watch?v=CpLudlrwS_…

* Enshittification Nation (The Lever)
levernews.com/enshittification…

* Enshittification with Oh God What Now
castbox.fm/episode/Why-Tech-Su…

* Enshittification with The Lede (New Lines Magazine)
newlinesmag.com/podcast/why-th…

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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!

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