By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026We keep living through real world versions of this: "Would I, Mark Zuckerberg, change my company's name to 'Meta' if I wasn't serious about this?" "Oh, you might, Zuck, you might." "OK, but would I spend $61b on the metaverse if I wasn't serious about this?" 33/ 2674
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026"All right, Zuck, you've convinced me. I won't sell my Facebook (oops, I mean 'Meta'!) shares." But neither Zuck nor Musk nor Trump has the charm of Bugs Bunny. At a certain point we're all going to look at each other and say, "It was all bullshit, wasn't it?" 34/ 1936
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026I'm on tour with my new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI. Catch me in LA TONIGHT (Jun 19) at Skylight Books: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig... And on SUNDAY (Jun 21) at Kepler's in Menlo Park: www.keplers.org/upcoming-eve... eof/skylightbooks.comJune 19: Cory Doctorow w/ Brian Merchant, "THE REVERSE CENTAUR'S GUIDE TO LIFE AFTER AI"Independent bookstore in Los Angeles, featuring fiction, nonfiction, arts, and children's books. 1412