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Data – the new oil, or potential for a toxic oil spill?

23 maart 2020

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My latest podcast is a reading (MP3) of “Data – the new oil, or potential for a toxic oil spill?” — a column I wrote for Kaspersky in which I argue that data was never “the new oil” – instead, it was always the new toxic waste: “pluripotent, immortal – and impossible to contain.” Data... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/23/data-the-new-oil-or-potential-for-a-toxic-oil-spill/" class="more-link" title="Read Data – the new oil, or potential for a toxic oil spill?">more </a> Lees meer

My appearance on Cool Tools

20 maart 2020

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This week, I appear on the Cool Tools podcast to discuss my favorite, most indispensible gadgets and services and why I love them. https://kk.org/cooltools/cory-doctorow-science-fiction-author/ My top picks were my Crkt Snap-Lock knife – a one-handed-opening, lightweight, super versatile pocket knife that I carry everywhere. https://www.crkt.com/snap-lock.html I also chose my Chinese OEM underwater MP3 player. I... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/20/my-appearance-on-cool-tools/" class="more-link" title="Read My appearance on Cool Tools">more </a> Lees meer

Talking digital writing careers with the Writing Excuses podcast

16 maart 2020

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Back when cruise ships were a thing, I went out on the Writing Excuses Cruise as an instructor with Mary Robinette Kowal and friends. While there, we recorded an episode of the Writing Excuses podcast. In a mere 25 minutes, we pack in a lot of material: how to break into the field, what a... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/16/talking-digital-writing-careers-with-the-writing-excuses-podcast/" class="more-link" title="Read Talking digital writing careers with the Writing Excuses podcast">more </a> Lees meer

The Masque of the Red Death and Punch Brothers Punch

16 maart 2020

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As a followup to my last podcast, which featured the Macmillan audiobook of my novella “The Masque of the Red Death”, this week’s podcast starts with a reading of Poe’s original 1842 story, “The Masque of the Red Death. It’s some next-level gothic stuff. As a chaser, I close this week’s podcast with a reading... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/16/the-masque-of-the-red-death-and-punch-brothers-punch/" class="more-link" title="Read The Masque of the Red Death and Punch Brothers Punch">more </a> Lees meer

The Masque of the Red Death

14 maart 2020

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Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Masque of the Red Death” in 1842. It’s about a plutocrat who throws a masked ball in his walled abbey during a plague with the intention of cheating death. My novella “The Masque of the Red Death” is a tribute to Poe; it’s from my book Radicalized. It’s the story... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/13/the-masque-of-the-red-death/" class="more-link" title="Read The Masque of the Red Death">more </a> Lees meer

When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth

13 maart 2020

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In this special Covid-19 edition of my podcast, I revisit my end-of-the-world short story When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth, originally published in Baen’s Universe in 2005. Hundreds of people have emailed and tweeted me about this story this week, so I thought it was long overdue that I revisited it (I last read it into... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/13/when-sysadmins-ruled-the-earth-2/" class="more-link" title="Read When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth">more </a> Lees meer

A Lever Without a Fulcrum Is Just a Stick

11 maart 2020

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For my latest podcast, I read my latest Locus op-ed, A Lever Without a Fulcrum Is Just a Stick, which analyzes why giving creators more copyright hasn’t made them richer, and proposes other kinds of authors’ rights that would translate into real money for real creators. The fact that the company can’t reproduce your book... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/11/a-lever-without-a-fulcrum-is-just-a-stick-2/" class="more-link" title="Read A Lever Without a Fulcrum Is Just a Stick">more </a> Lees meer

Audio from the Kelowna Canada Reads event with Sarah Penton

6 maart 2020

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Last night I sat down for an interview and lively Q&A at the Kelowna Public Library with the CBC’s Sarah Penton as part of the Canada Reads national book prize, for which my book Radicalized is a finalist. Courtney Dickson was kind enough to send me raw audio from the board and to give me... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/06/audio-from-the-kelowna-canada-reads-event-with-sarah-penton/" class="more-link" title="Read Audio from the Kelowna Canada Reads event with Sarah Penton">more </a> Lees meer

Interview with the Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons podcast (Part II)

2 maart 2020

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A couple of weeks ago, I posted Part I of my interview with the Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons podcast, a podcast that covers computer security in a way that is accessible to nontechnical people. Carey Parker has posted part II (MP3) of the interview, where we dig into Right to Repair, Adversarial Interoperability, and monopoly... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/02/interview-with-the-firewalls-dont-stop-dragons-podcast-part-ii/" class="more-link" title="Read Interview with the Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons podcast (Part II)">more </a> Lees meer

Disasters Don’t Have to End in Dystopias

1 maart 2020

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For my latest podcast, I read my 2017 Wired op-ed, Disasters Don’t Have to End in Dystopias, a discussion of the themes in my novel Walkaway. The thesis is that our estimations of probability of danger are unduly influenced by our ability to vividly imagine that danger (this is called the “availability heuristic”), so stories... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/01/disasters-dont-have-to-end-in-dystopias/" class="more-link" title="Read Disasters Don’t Have to End in Dystopias">more </a> Lees meer

Gopher: When Adversarial Interoperability Burrowed Under the Gatekeepers’ Fortresses

25 februari 2020

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For my latest podcast, I read my latest EFF Deeplinks post, Gopher: When Adversarial Interoperability Burrowed Under the Gatekeepers’ Fortresses. It’s the latest installment in my case histories of “adversarial interoperability” — once the main force that kept tech competitive. Today, I tell the story of Gopher, the web’s immediate predecessor, which burrowed under the... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/02/24/gopher-when-adversarial-interoperability-burrowed-under-the-gatekeepers-fortresses/" class="more-link" title="Read Gopher: When Adversarial Interoperability Burrowed Under the Gatekeepers’ Fortresses">more </a> Lees meer

Talking Adversarial Interoperability with the Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons podcast (Part I)

18 februari 2020

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It’s been a few years since I last sat down with Carey Parker and his Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons podcast, and last week I corrected that oversight, recording a long interview about the Right to Repair, Adversarial Interoperability, and Sonos’s e-waste gambit. Part I is up now (MP3), and part II will be up in... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/02/18/talking-adversarial-interoperability-with-the-firewalls-dont-stop-dragons-podcast-part-i/" class="more-link" title="Read Talking Adversarial Interoperability with the Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons podcast (Part I)">more </a> Lees meer

Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arms Race for Your Attention

10 februari 2020

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For my latest podcast, I read my January 2018 Locus column, Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arms Race for Your Attention. The essay proposes that we are be too worried about the seemingly unstoppable power of opinion-manipulators and their new social media superweapons. Not because these techniques don’t work (though when someone who wants to sell... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/02/10/persuasion-adaptation-and-the-arms-race-for-your-attention/" class="more-link" title="Read Persuasion, Adaptation, and the Arms Race for Your Attention">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: In Serving Big Company Interests, Copyright Is in Crisis

6 februari 2020

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For my latest podcast, I read my Copyright Week post for EFF’s Deeplinks blog, , In Serving Big Company Interests, Copyright Is in Crisis. The essay discusses how the “author’s monopoly” of copyright is of less and less use in serving as leverage for dealing with publishers and other parts of the entertainment supply chain.... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/02/05/podcast-in-serving-big-company-interests-copyright-is-in-crisis/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: In Serving Big Company Interests, Copyright Is in Crisis">more </a> Lees meer

The case for … cities that aren’t dystopian surveillance states

28 januari 2020

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For my latest podcast, I read my Guardian Cities column, “The case for … cities that aren’t dystopian surveillance states,” which was the last piece ever commissioned for the section. The Guardian commissioned the piece after reading my Toronto Life blurb about how a “smart city” could be focused on enabling its residents, rather than... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/01/27/the-case-for-cities-that-arent-dystopian-surveillance-states/" class="more-link" title="Read The case for … cities that aren’t dystopian surveillance states">more </a> Lees meer

Radicalized is a Canada Reads finalist, will be a graphic novel, and is eligible for the Hugo Award!

22 januari 2020

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My 2019 book Radicalized has been named one of the five finalists for Canada Reads, the CBC’s annual book prize — Canada’s leading national book award, alongside of the Governor General’s award! My book was nominated by Akil Augustine, a beloved Canadian sportscaster and storyteller, and he’ll be championing the book through the Canada Reads... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2020/01/22/radicalized-is-a-canada-reads-finalist-will-be-a-graphic-novel-and-is-eligible-for-the-hugo-award/" class="more-link" title="Read Radicalized is a Canada Reads finalist, will be a graphic novel, and is eligible for the Hugo Award!">more </a> Lees meer

Inaction is a form of action

14 januari 2020

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my latest Locus column, Inaction is a Form of Action,, where I I discuss how the US government’s unwillingness to enforce its own anti-monopoly laws has resulted in the dominance of a handful of giant tech companies who get to decide what kind of speech is and isn’t... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/01/13/inaction-is-a-form-of-action/" class="more-link" title="Read Inaction is a form of action">more </a> Lees meer

Science fiction and the unforeseeable future: In the 2020s, let’s imagine better things

7 januari 2020

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my Globe and Mail editorial, Science fiction and the unforeseeable future: In the 2020s, let’s imagine better things, where I reflect on what science fiction can tell us about the 2020s for the Globe‘s end-of-the-decade package; I wrote about how science fiction can’t predict the future, but might... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/01/06/science-fiction-and-the-unforeseeable-future-in-the-2020s-lets-imagine-better-things/" class="more-link" title="Read Science fiction and the unforeseeable future: In the 2020s, let’s imagine better things">more </a> Lees meer

Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 4) (the final part!)

21 december 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I conclude my serial reading of my novella Party Discipline, which I wrote while on a 35-city, 45-day tour for my novel Walkaway in 2017; Party Discipline is a story set in the world of Walkaway, about two high-school seniors who conspire to throw a “Communist Party” at a sheet... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/12/21/party-discipline-a-walkaway-story-part-4/" class="more-link" title="Read Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 4) (the final part!)">more </a> Lees meer

My annual Daddy-Daughter Xmas Podcast: interview with an 11-year-old

20 december 2019

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Every year, I record a short podcast with my daughter, Poesy. Originally, we’d just sing Christmas carols, but with Poesy being nearly 12, we’ve had a moratorium on singing. This year, I interviewed Poe about her favorite Youtubers, books, apps, and pass-times, as well as her feelings on data-retention (meh) and horses (love ’em). And... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/12/20/my-annual-daddy-daughter-xmas-podcast-interview-with-an-11-year-old/" class="more-link" title="Read My annual Daddy-Daughter Xmas Podcast: interview with an 11-year-old">more </a> Lees meer

Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 3)

17 december 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I continue my serial reading of my novella Party Discipline, which I wrote while on a 35-city, 45-day tour for my novel Walkaway in 2017; Party Discipline is a story set in the world of Walkaway, about two high-school seniors who conspire to throw a “Communist Party” at a sheet... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/12/16/party-discipline-a-walkaway-story-part-3/" class="more-link" title="Read Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 3)">more </a> Lees meer

Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 2)

9 december 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I continue my serial reading of my novella Party Discipline, which I wrote while on a 35-city, 45-day tour for my novel Walkaway in 2017; Party Discipline is a story set in the world of Walkaway, about two high-school seniors who conspire to throw a “Communist Party” at a sheet... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/12/09/party-discipline-a-walkaway-story-part-2/" class="more-link" title="Read Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 2)">more </a> Lees meer

Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 1)

3 december 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I’ve started a serial reading of my novella Party Discipline, which I wrote while on a 35-city, 45-day tour for my novel Walkaway in 2017; Party Discipline is a story set in the world of Walkaway, about two high-school seniors who conspire to throw a “Communist Party” at a sheet... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/12/02/party-discipline-a-walkaway-story-part-1/" class="more-link" title="Read Party Discipline, a Walkaway story (Part 1)">more </a> Lees meer

Talking with the Left Field podcast about Sidewalk Labs’s plan to build a surveilling “smart city” in Toronto

2 december 2019

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We’ve been closely following the plan by Google sister company Sidewalk Labs to build a surveilling “smart city” in Toronto; last week, I sat down with the Out of Left Field podcast (MP3) to discuss what’s going on with Sidewalk Labs, how it fits into the story of Big Tech, and what the alternatives might... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/12/01/talking-with-the-left-field-podcast-about-sidewalk-labss-plan-to-build-a-surveilling-smart-city-in-toronto/" class="more-link" title="Read Talking with the Left Field podcast about Sidewalk Labs’s plan to build a surveilling “smart city” in Toronto">more </a> Lees meer

Talking Adversarial Interoperability with Y Combinator

27 november 2019

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Earlier this month while I was in San Francisco, I went over to the Y Combinator incubator to record a podcast (MP3); we talked for more than an hour about the history of Adversarial Interoperability and what its role was in creating Silicon Valley and the tech sector and how monopolization now threatens adversarial interop... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/11/27/talking-adversarial-interoperability-with-y-combinator/" class="more-link" title="Read Talking Adversarial Interoperability with Y Combinator">more </a> Lees meer

The Engagement-Maximization Presidency

26 november 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my May, 2018 Locus column, “The Engagement-Maximization Presidency,” where I propose a theory to explain the political phenomenon of Donald Trump: we live in a world in which communications platforms amplify anything that gets “engagement” and provides feedback on just how much your message has been amplified so... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/11/26/the-engagement-maximization-presidency/" class="more-link" title="Read The Engagement-Maximization Presidency">more </a> Lees meer

Talking about Disney’s 1964 Carousel of Progress with Bleeding Cool: our lost animatronic future

25 november 2019

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Back in 2007, I wrote a science fiction novella called “The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrrow,” about an immortal, transhuman survivor of an apocalypse whose father is obsessed with preserving artifacts from the fallen civilization, especially the Carousel of Progress, an exhibition that GE commissioned from Disney for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, which... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/11/25/talking-about-disneys-1964-carousel-of-progress-with-bleeding-cool-our-lost-animatronic-future/" class="more-link" title="Read Talking about Disney’s 1964 Carousel of Progress with Bleeding Cool: our lost animatronic future">more </a> Lees meer

Jeannette Ng Was Right: John W. Campbell Was a Fascist

19 november 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my new Locus column, “Jeannette Ng Was Right: John W. Campbell Was a Fascist,“which revisits Jeannette Ng’s Campbell Awards speech from this summer’s World Science Fiction convention. As far as I know, I’m the only person to have won both awards named for Campbell, which, I think, gives... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/11/18/jeannette-ng-was-right-john-w-campbell-was-a-fascist-2/" class="more-link" title="Read Jeannette Ng Was Right: John W. Campbell Was a Fascist">more </a> Lees meer

Talking with The Storyteller’s Thread about YA literature, activism, and technological rebellion

3 november 2019

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Séan Connors is a young adult literature researcher at the University of Arkansas, whose podcast, The Storyteller’s Thread, features long-form interviews with young adult writers “on their writing process; on social and political topics that influence their work; on their motivation for writing for young readers: and on other writers and artists whose work challenges... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/11/03/talking-with-the-storytellers-thread-about-ya-literature-activism-and-technological-rebellion/" class="more-link" title="Read Talking with The Storyteller’s Thread about YA literature, activism, and technological rebellion">more </a> Lees meer

Affordances: a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve

29 oktober 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my short story “Affordances,” which was commissioned for Slate/ASU’s Future Tense Fiction. it’s a tale exploring my theory of “the shitty technology adoption curve,” in which terrible technological ideas are first imposed on poor and powerless people, and then refined and normalized until they are spread over all... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/10/28/affordances-a-new-science-fiction-story-that-climbs-the-terrible-technology-adoption-curve-2/" class="more-link" title="Read Affordances: a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve">more </a> Lees meer

Can we change our politics with science fiction? A conversation with the How Do You Like It So Far podcast

26 oktober 2019

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Henry Jenkins (previously) is the preeminent scholar of fandom and culture; Colin Maclay is a communications researcher with a background in tech policy; on the latest episode of their “How Do You Like It So Far” podcast (MP3), we had a long discussion about a theory of change based on political work and science fictional... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/10/26/can-we-change-our-politics-with-science-fiction-a-conversation-with-the-how-do-you-like-it-so-far-podcast/" class="more-link" title="Read Can we change our politics with science fiction? A conversation with the How Do You Like It So Far podcast">more </a> Lees meer

Talking science fiction, technological self-determination, inequality and competition with physicist Sean Carroll

22 oktober 2019

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Talking science fiction, technological self-determination, inequality and competition with physicist Sean Carroll Sean Carroll is a physicist at JPL and the author of many popular, smart books about physics for a lay audience; his weekly Mindscape podcast is a treasure-trove of incredibly smart, fascinating discussions with people from a wide variety of backgrounds. The latest... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/10/22/talking-science-fiction-technological-self-determination-inequality-and-competition-with-physicist-sean-carroll/" class="more-link" title="Read Talking science fiction, technological self-determination, inequality and competition with physicist Sean Carroll">more </a> Lees meer

Materiality: a new science fiction story for the Oslo Architecture Triennale about sustainable, green abundance

22 oktober 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my short story “Materiality,” which was commissioned for Gross Ideas: Tales of Tomorrow’s Architecture, a book edited by Edwina Attlee, Phineas Harper and Maria Smith that is part of the Oslo Architecture Triennale. The editors pitched me on writing a story about sustainability and de-financialization in architecture, and... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/10/21/materiality-a-new-science-fiction-story-for-the-oslo-architecture-triennale-about-sustainable-green-abundance/" class="more-link" title="Read Materiality: a new science fiction story for the Oslo Architecture Triennale about sustainable, green abundance">more </a> Lees meer

False Flag

15 oktober 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my Green European Journal short story about the terrible European Copyright Directive which passed last March, False Flag. Published in December 2018, the story highlights the ways in which this badly considered law creates unlimited opportunities for abuse, especially censorship by corporations who’ve been embarassed by whistleblowers and... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/10/14/false-flag/" class="more-link" title="Read False Flag">more </a> Lees meer

Part two of my novella “Martian Chronicles” on Escape Pod: who cleans the toilets in libertopia?

11 oktober 2019

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Last week, the Escape Pod podcast published part one of a reading of my YA novella “Martian Chronicles,” which I wrote for Jonathan Strahan’s Life on Mars anthology: it’s a story about libertarian spacesteaders who move to Mars to escape “whiners” and other undesirables, only to discover that the colonists that preceded them expect them... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/10/11/part-two-of-my-novella-martian-chronicles-on-escape-pod-who-cleans-the-toilets-in-libertopia/" class="more-link" title="Read Part two of my novella “Martian Chronicles” on Escape Pod: who cleans the toilets in libertopia?">more </a> Lees meer

Why do people believe the Earth is flat?

8 oktober 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my Globe and Mail column, Why do people believe the Earth is flat?, which connects the rise of conspiratorial thinking to the rise in actual conspiracies, in which increasingly concentrated industries are able to come up with collective lobbying positions that result in everything from crashing 737s to... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/10/07/why-do-people-believe-the-earth-is-flat-2/" class="more-link" title="Read Why do people believe the Earth is flat?">more </a> Lees meer

“Martian Chronicles”: Escape Pod releases a reading of my YA story about rich sociopaths colonizing Mars

4 oktober 2019

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Back in 2011, I wrote a young adult novella called “Martian Chronicles,” which I podcasted as it was in progress; it’s a story about the second wave of wealthy colonists lifting off from climate-wracked, inequality-riven Earth to live in a libertarian utopia on Mars. The story (part of a series of stories that use titles... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/10/04/martian-chronicles-escape-pod-releases-a-reading-of-my-ya-story-about-rich-sociopaths-colonizing-mars/" class="more-link" title="Read “Martian Chronicles”: Escape Pod releases a reading of my YA story about rich sociopaths colonizing Mars">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: DRM Broke Its Promise

10 september 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my new Locus column, DRM Broke Its Promise, which recalls the days when digital rights management was pitched to us as a way to enable exciting new markets where we’d all save big by only buying the rights we needed (like the low-cost right to read a book... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/09/09/podcast-drm-broke-its-promise/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: DRM Broke Its Promise">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Barlow’s Legacy

4 september 2019

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Even though I’m at Burning Man, I’ve snuck out an extra scheduled podcast episode (MP3): Barlow’s Legacy is my contribution to the Duke Law and Tech Review’s special edition, THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE INTERNET: Symposium for John Perry Barlow: “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.”1... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/09/03/podcast-barlows-legacy/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Barlow’s Legacy">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Barlow’s Legacy

4 september 2019

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Even though I’m at Burning Man, I’ve snuck out an extra scheduled podcast episode (MP3): Barlow’s Legacy is my contribution to the Duke Law and Tech Review’s special edition, THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE INTERNET: Symposium for John Perry Barlow: “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.”1... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/09/03/podcast-barlows-legacy-2/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Barlow’s Legacy">more </a> Lees meer

My MMT Podcast appearance, part 2: monopoly, money, and the power of narrative

21 augustus 2019

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Last week, the Modern Monetary Theory Podcast ran part 1 of my interview with co-host Christian Reilly; they’ve just published the second and final half of our chat (MP3), where we talk about the link between corruption and monopoly, how to pitch monetary theory to people who want to abolish money altogether, and how stories... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/08/21/my-mmt-podcast-appearance-part-2-monopoly-money-and-the-power-of-narrative/" class="more-link" title="Read My MMT Podcast appearance, part 2: monopoly, money, and the power of narrative">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: A cycle of renewal, broken: How Big Tech and Big Media abuse copyright law to slay competition

20 augustus 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my essay “A Cycle of Renewal, Broken: How Big Tech and Big Media Abuse Copyright Law to Slay Competition”, published today on EFF’s Deeplinks; it’s the latest in my ongoing series of case-studies of “adversarial interoperability,” where new services unseated the dominant companies by finding ways to plug... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/08/19/podcast-a-cycle-of-renewal-broken-how-big-tech-and-big-media-abuse-copyright-law-to-slay-competition/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: A cycle of renewal, broken: How Big Tech and Big Media abuse copyright law to slay competition">more </a> Lees meer

My appearance on the MMT podcast

14 augustus 2019

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I’ve been following the Modern Monetary Theory debate for about 18 months, and I’m largely a convert: governments spend money into existence and tax it out of existence, and government deficit spending is only inflationary if it’s bidding against the private sector for goods or services, which means that the government could guarantee every unemployed... <a href="https://craphound.com/podcast/2019/08/14/my-appearance-on-the-mmt-podcast/" class="more-link" title="Read My appearance on the MMT podcast">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle

13 augustus 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my essay “Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle, published today on EFF’s Deeplinks; it’s another in the series of “adversarial interoperability” explainers, this one focused on how privacy and adversarial interoperability relate to each other. Even if we do manage to impose interoperability on Facebook in ways that... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/08/13/podcast-interoperability-and-privacy-squaring-the-circle/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: “IBM PC Compatible”: how adversarial interoperability saved PCs from monopolization

6 augustus 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my essay “IBM PC Compatible”: how adversarial interoperability saved PCs from monopolization, published today on EFF’s Deeplinks; it’s another installment in my series about “adversarial interoperability,” and the role it has historically played in keeping tech open and competitive. This time, I relate the origin story of the... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/08/05/podcast-ibm-pc-compatible-how-adversarial-interoperability-saved-pcs-from-monopolization/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: “IBM PC Compatible”: how adversarial interoperability saved PCs from monopolization">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Adblocking: How About Nah?

29 juli 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my essay Adblocking: How About Nah?, published last week on EFF’s Deeplinks; it’s the latest installment in my series about “adversarial interoperability,” and the role it has historically played in keeping tech open and competitive, and how that role is changing now that yesterday’s scrappy startups have become... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/07/29/podcast-adblocking-how-about-nah/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Adblocking: How About Nah?">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Adversarial Interoperability is Judo for Network Effects

23 juli 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my essay SAMBA versus SMB: Adversarial Interoperability is Judo for Network Effects, published last week on EFF’s Deeplinks; it’s a furhter exploration of the idea of “adversarial interoperability” and the role it has played in fighting monopolies and preserving competition, and how we could use it to restore... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/07/22/podcast-adversarial-interoperability-is-judo-for-network-effects/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Adversarial Interoperability is Judo for Network Effects">more </a> Lees meer

Appearance on the Jim Rutt Podcast

19 juli 2019

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Jim Rutt — former chairman of the Santa Fe Institute and ex-Network Solutions CEO — just launched his new podcast, and included me in the first season! (MP3) It was a characteristically wide-ranging, interdisciplinary kind of interview, covering competition and adversarial interoperability, technological self-determination and human rights, conspiracy theories and corruption. There’s a full transcript... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/07/19/appearance-on-the-jim-rutt-podcast/" class="more-link" title="Read Appearance on the Jim Rutt Podcast">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Occupy Gotham

16 juli 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my essay Occupy Gotham, published in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman, commemorating the 1000th issue of Batman comics. It’s an essay about the serious hard problem of trusting billionaires to solve your problems, given the likelihood that billionaires are the cause of your problems. A thousand issues... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/07/15/podcast-occupy-gotham/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Occupy Gotham">more </a> Lees meer

Steering with the Windshield Wipers

10 juli 2019

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In my latest podcast (MP3), I read my May Locus column: Steering with the Windshield Wipers. It makes the argument that much of the dysfunction of tech regulation — from botched anti-sex-trafficking laws to the EU’s plan to impose mass surveillance and censorship to root out copyright infringement — are the result of trying to... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2019/07/09/steering-with-the-windshield-wipers/" class="more-link" title="Read Steering with the Windshield Wipers">more </a> Lees meer