What have we're done about events and people like this? At an #Oxford event – The Policy engagement workshop https://hamishcampbell.com/at-an-oxford-event-the-policy-engagement-workshop-how-should-the-new-labour-government-be-listening/
What have we're done about events and people like this? At an #Oxford event – The Policy engagement workshop https://hamishcampbell.com/at-an-oxford-event-the-policy-engagement-workshop-how-should-the-new-labour-government-be-listening/
A good article about a resent book talk. The Blavatnik worldview https://hamishcampbell.com/the-blavatnik-worldview-book-talk/ they aren’t wrong that the system is broken, they’re wrong about who is allowed to fix it.
A good article about a resent book talk. The Blavatnik worldview https://hamishcampbell.com/the-blavatnik-worldview-book-talk/ they aren’t wrong that the system is broken, they’re wrong about who is allowed to fix it.
omg why did I only learn about the East Oxford Bollard Wassailers today? Fine good tradition. Hope they did it again this year. https://oxfordclarion.uk/here-we-go-a-bollarding/
omg why did I only learn about the East Oxford Bollard Wassailers today? Fine good tradition. Hope they did it again this year. https://oxfordclarion.uk/here-we-go-a-bollarding/
Too much of #Oxford University is shaped by mess like this https://hamishcampbell.com/leadership-in-the-era-of-quantum-and-ai-a-reaction/ The challenge is whether we allow the same narrow, extractive logic to shape the next era, or whether we root ourselves again in trust, openness, and the radical idea that people, not systems, are what matter.
Too much of #Oxford University is shaped by mess like this https://hamishcampbell.com/leadership-in-the-era-of-quantum-and-ai-a-reaction/ The challenge is whether we allow the same narrow, extractive logic to shape the next era, or whether we root ourselves again in trust, openness, and the radical idea that people, not systems, are what matter.
Just finished @pluralistic 's #enshitification after hearing him and Tim Wu in #Oxford !
Just finished @pluralistic 's #enshitification after hearing him and Tim Wu in #Oxford !
Leadership in the Era of Quantum and AI – A Reaction
This lecture was framed as leadership in a time of economic, social, and environmental crisis. In reality, it was a performance, a ritual reaffirmation of the system that generated those crises. A talk about “leadership” steeped in the language of inevitability, technological salvation, and corporate myth-making.
The speaker, Muhtar Kent - Coca-Cola executive, delivered a brand sermon for the young acolytes of the #deathcult. Unconsciously or not, he was selling the two current hype […]
Leadership in the Era of Quantum and AI – A Reaction
This lecture was framed as leadership in a time of economic, social, and environmental crisis. In reality, it was a performance, a ritual reaffirmation of the system that generated those crises. A talk about “leadership” steeped in the language of inevitability, technological salvation, and corporate myth-making.
The speaker, Muhtar Kent - Coca-Cola executive, delivered a brand sermon for the young acolytes of the #deathcult. Unconsciously or not, he was selling the two current hype […]
The Oxford Internet Institute has published a video of the talk that @pluralistic and Professor Tim Wu did the other night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkYxMQJ9c94 #Oxford #Enshittification #OxfordInternetInstitute
Professor Tim Wu and @pluralistic's talk in Oxford tonight was definitely interesting.
Coming from the hacker world and _not_ the academic world, it was a bit of a different vibe from other talks on this sort of topic that I've attended, but it was definitely interesting hearing from the other attendees.
In fact, as someone who's already very familiar with Cory and his work, it was almost _more_ interesting to talk to the academic folks about their experiences, perspectives, and thoughts on the talk.
The Oxford Internet Institute has published a video of the talk that @pluralistic and Professor Tim Wu did the other night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkYxMQJ9c94 #Oxford #Enshittification #OxfordInternetInstitute
Professor Tim Wu and @pluralistic's talk in Oxford tonight was definitely interesting.
Coming from the hacker world and _not_ the academic world, it was a bit of a different vibe from other talks on this sort of topic that I've attended, but it was definitely interesting hearing from the other attendees.
In fact, as someone who's already very familiar with Cory and his work, it was almost _more_ interesting to talk to the academic folks about their experiences, perspectives, and thoughts on the talk.
Professor Tim Wu and @pluralistic's talk in Oxford tonight was definitely interesting.
Coming from the hacker world and _not_ the academic world, it was a bit of a different vibe from other talks on this sort of topic that I've attended, but it was definitely interesting hearing from the other attendees.
In fact, as someone who's already very familiar with Cory and his work, it was almost _more_ interesting to talk to the academic folks about their experiences, perspectives, and thoughts on the talk.
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I'm on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller *Enshittification*!
Catch me next in #Cardiff (TONIGHT!), #Oxford and #London!
Full schedule with dates and links at:
https://pluralistic.net/tour
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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:
* #Cardiff: Hay Festival After Hours, Nov 13
https://www.hayfestival.com/c-203-hay-festival-after-hours.aspx
* #Oxford: Enshittification and Extraction: The Internet Sucks Now with Tim Wu at Rawley House (Oxford Internet Institute), Nov 14
https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/events/enshittification-and-extraction-the-internet-sucks-now/
* #London: Enshittification with Sarah Wynn-Williams and Chris Morris, Nov 15
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/cory-doctorow-with-sarah-wynn-williams
* #London: Downstream IRL with Zack Polanski, Ash Sarkar, and Aaron Bastani (Novara Media), Nov 17
https://dice.fm/partner/tickets/event/oen5rr-downstream-irl-aaron-bastani-in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-17th-nov-earth-london-tickets
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