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albertsun · 2009-12-30 00:16:33

Just curious, in what piece of writing did Doctorow predict this? I'd like to read it.

SideburnsOfDoom | karma 9512 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2021-05-06 13:04:40+00:00

The article linked above is by Mr Doctorow, as is the text loosely quoted

progre | karma 1746 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2019-05-19 17:07:33+00:00

Pretty sure thats the plot of a Doctorow novel.

nightpool | karma 4134 | avg karma 3.65 · | 2016-03-22 22:48:29

I've read the story you're talking about, and its definitely by Doctorow, but I googled around for a while without any luck, as well as searching some of the short story collections. I'd be interested if anybody could remember it!

Anthony-G | karma 1416 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2022-08-25 05:28:47

Thanks for the informative read. I hadn’t read Cory Doctorow in years but I’ve bookmarked that site.

WarOnPrivacy | karma 7150 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2022-12-04 10:17:23

From 2015, I believe. This could be a good point to assess Cory Doctorow's assertions.

masmullin | karma 159 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2013-09-13 20:36:54+00:00

I had the same thought. Doctorow provides interesting solutions in the same book IIRC.

kordlessagain | karma 2702 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2020-05-25 21:40:10+00:00

> Doctorow began selling fiction when he was 17 years old

The point about the "ordained to rule" and choice to be "ruled over" reminded me of Julian Jaynes' The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

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PixyMisa | karma 560 | avg karma 1.87 · | 2023-01-08 23:11:36

Doctorow is engaging in an awful lot of wishcasting here.

mooism2 | karma 2317 | avg karma 1.17 · | 2010-05-18 15:57:37+00:00

His name is Doctorow.

leashless | karma 786 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2023-08-02 15:15:47

Perhaps this Boing Boing situation is part of what inspired Doctorow to the enshittification insight!

peteforde | karma 9134 | avg karma 6.25 · | 2018-10-11 09:59:44+00:00

Cory Doctorow once said that good sci-fi doesn't predict the future so much as it anticipates the present.

adamrezich | karma 2477 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2022-11-09 16:13:19

first time reading Doctorow?

greenyoda | karma 16146 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2022-02-12 18:21:11

More readable version on Doctorow's site: https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/11/bezzlers-gonna-bezzle/#gr...

anigbrowl | karma 91010 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2009-06-30 23:25:28

Doctorow is a professional writer. Is it too much to expect he write what he actually means?

AlbertCory | karma 11781 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2021-10-22 11:42:45

Perhaps, but this is the second article by Doctorow this week.

tetris11 | karma 3878 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2023-12-06 13:22:39

That's certainly an interesting view. Can you expand on that? What were they doing before that they're not doing now, or doing more of under Doctorow's influence?

digi_owl | karma 9592 | avg karma 1.33 · | 2018-01-31 01:02:56+00:00

I must admit, seeing this title gets me thinking about one of Cory Doctorow's books...

olliecornelia | karma 171 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2023-09-25 11:36:47

Cory Doctorow.

noonespecial | karma 34063 | avg karma 6.29 · | 2009-12-29 18:55:13

It must be an odd feeling for writers like Cory Doctorow to watch their fictional worlds become true right before their eyes.