By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/05/2026Douglas Rushkoff calls this "going meta": don't drive a taxi, rent a medallion to a taxi driver. Don't rent a medallion, start a ride-hailing app company. Don't start a ride-hailing company, *invest* in the company. Don't invest in the company, but *options* on the company's shares. 14/ 1597
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/05/2026Each layer of indirection takes you further from the delivery of a useful service - and insulates you further from risk: pluralistic.net/2022/09/13/c... Monopoly is to capitalism as gerrymandering is to democracy, a way to strip out any meaningful choice. 15/pluralistic.netPluralistic: 13 Sep 2022 Survival of the Richest – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 16813
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/05/2026Think of the two giant packaged goods companies that fill your grocery aisles: Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Practically everything on your grocer's shelves is made by a division of one of these two massive conglomerates. 16/ 1402