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September 24, 2024
Boston University Scho0l of Law
Barristers Hall, First Floor
12:45-2pm
Boston University School of Law is pleased to welcome Cory Doctorow, science fiction author of “The Bezzle,” “The Lost Cause,” and his most recent nonfiction book “The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.” Mr. Doctorow is a journalist, technology activist, and New York Times bestselling author.
Please join us on Tuesday, September 24th, for Doctorow’s talk about his forthcoming book “The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation” and the “enshittification” of the internet, his “theory explaining how the internet was colonized by platforms, why all those platforms are degrading so quickly, and what we can do about it.” This book talk will be moderated by Professor Woody Hartzog.
Lunch will be available starting at 12:00pm.
About Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. His latest novels are THE BEZZLE (a followup to RED TEAM BLUES) and THE LOST CAUSE, a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency. His most recent nonfiction book is THE INTERNET CON: HOW TO SEIZE THE MEANS OF COMPUTATION, a Big Tech disassembly manual. He is the author of the international young adult LITTLE BROTHER series. He is also the author of CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM (with Rebecca Giblin), about creative labor markets and monopoly; HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM, nonfiction about conspiracies and monopolies; and of RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults, a YA graphic novel called IN REAL LIFE; and other young adult novels like PIRATE CINEMA. His first picture book was POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER (Aug 2020).
His next novel is THE BEZZLE (February 2024). He maintains a daily blog at Pluralistic.net. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2022, he earned the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Awardee for lifetime achievement. In 2024, the Media Ecology Association awarded him the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. York University (Canada) made him an Honourary Doctor of Laws; and the Open University (UK) made him an Honourary Doctor of Computer Science.
Watch a recording of the event here.
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