projectgus finished reading The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow

The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
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Experimenting with moving my "want to read" list here.
With luck, this will encourage me to read more regularly - to balance the ambitious addition of books to said reading list against my recent reading habits...
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When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
There was something so captivating about always being on the edge, on that shaky precipice of promise - something new …
The enthralling story of an extraordinary princess who became a sufragette and revolutionary, who lived through some of the most …
Mentioned in @chrisjrn's talk at this year's Monktoberfest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf_6EVTlZOY
The enthralling story of an extraordinary princess who became a sufragette and revolutionary, who lived through some of the most …
"Even as seas rise against the shores, another great tide is beginning to rise - a tide of outrage against …
Have put this one down after a few chapters. I don't remember why I added it to my reading list, but it's too grim for me.
I think I might have been hoping for something a bit more satirical or surreal, perhaps I saw it recommended in connection to Ling Ma's novel Severance (which I really appreciated).
Of course it's unfair to complain that this book isn't like a different book. The writing seems good and the subject is very relevant, but it's pretty clear where the story is headed and it's both too real and too grim for me at the moment.
"It all begins with the theft of Tessa Walcott's polkadot panties and a river that changes course overnight ... When …
"It all begins with the theft of Tessa Walcott's polkadot panties and a river that changes course overnight ... When …
In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves.
At the turn …
In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves.
At the turn …
Came across here: structuregeek.social/@structuregeek/112998471916127189
Want to read (despite Agile in title) because I've been thinking about the context of that post a lot these past few days, its spot on for me.