Unauthorized Bread | Cory Doctorow | Talks at Google

It's so cool that Cory did this talk precisely at google. We might be seeing the opening up of possibilities of dialog, with Tristan Harris, Jaron Lanier and others being part of the conversation about how technology changes us and our possibility to change it. Cory is certainly one of the most interesting voices. And it's good that finally we can simply talk about tech without being considered technophobes. 5/7 years ago it was like that. Weirdest moment back then, you could not open your mouth about Facebook, you were called a hopeless Luddite and an imbecile.

Cory Doctorow is always great to hear talking on which ever topic he covers. Been a big fan of him since the story and tragic death of Aaron Swartz.

Unauthorized Bread (and the other stories) are fantastic.

Wow. Bought this 10 minutes in. Thanks Cory!

The irony of this story being a Google Play exclusive may have been lost on Google, but is not lost on the readers...

"you can't shoot germs" could be a Biden campaign slogan. 😆

The irony of google giving this lecture.

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Wow, is this fiction or a warning??? Hmmmmm

Excellent. One thought: I think that one can be careless with the use of the word “we”. When one says things like “when we broke up the railroad“it denotes a certain underlying assumption that the government is of by and for the people. WE didn’t break up no stinking railroad. You didn’t; I didn’t. Now if one were to say “when uncle Sam broke up the railroad“ then you distance yourself (and you distance me) from the action. Which helps place it in a more accurate perspective. aunt doesn’t leave your listener or interlocutor with a bad taste of complicity in his or her mouth. IMHO

23:20 “WE” aren’t blowing on the coals of inchoate eugenics. You aren’t: I ain’t. THEY may be blowing on the coals. If you wanna go a step further and define “they”, fine, but again: “we”?

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