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Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr · 4 weeks ago

David S. Reed

@DavidReed@mastodon.online replied · 4 weeks ago

@pluralistic "dingo babysitter"

uis

@uis@pone.social replied · 4 weeks ago

@pluralistic Are there any good news? Is there any hope?

Third spruce tree on the left

@tezoatlipoca@mas.to replied · 4 weeks ago

@pluralistic

> Mark Zuckerberg cheats at Settlers of Catan and his underlings let him win

I'm not that far into Careless People - I find I have to keep putting it down because `omg these people are TERRIBLE`... but of _course_ he does.

What an ass. He could literally go "welp, you beat me, again. Want to come visit my ACTUAL island where I grow wheat and sheep? I just had some heavy equipment brought in we're building the longest road." as a flex, but no. _Fucking billionaires_.

Maki 🔻

@RandamuMaki@mstdn.social replied · 4 weeks ago

@tezoatlipoca @pluralistic Yep, Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams is a not-so-shocking reveal of all the Yesmen around that asshole. It's ridiculous how low they bow to do his every bidding and how little self-reflection there is in those people. They will walk over corpses if need be.

Maki 🔻

@RandamuMaki@mstdn.social replied · 4 weeks ago

@tezoatlipoca @pluralistic I feel like page 274 sums the Suckerberg up quite nicely:

"It's strange. [...] Presiding over a room full of the most powerful people in the world should have been a career highlight for both of us. But what I'm seeing is that the more comfortable he gets, the less he cares. He sails through the whole session, presiding over some of the most powerful people in the world as if none of it matters. Uninterested."

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 4 weeks ago

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

Catch me next in #SanDiego (TONIGHT!), #Seattle and #Madison, CT!

Full schedule with dates and links at:

https://pluralistic.net/tour

Cory Doctorow

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 4 weeks ago

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