If you’ve heard Cory Doctorow talk or read his site before none of this is going to be a surprise. He’s covered all these bases many times before in blog posts and podcast interviews. I agree with much of what Doctorow writes, but have always had a hard time getting past his strident writing style. Sometimes he feels like a chicken running around with it’s head cut off, all panic about everything.
I’d say the panic is warranted, but I do have to check if I have the energy for a Doctorow rant before I read it.
This book is a good one stop to see how big tech is abusing us, and how the regulator tasked with stopping it are unlikely to do much about the abuse. It’s more a tirade though than deep book about what we can do to stop the abuse of all the companies around us.
Read it if you’re in for a rant. Skip it if you want some deep talk about solutions and how to build a coalition to stop the shitty tech and companies we have to deal with.
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