By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026AI is an ordinary technology, but the AI bubble *is* extraordinary: extraordinarily toxic and extraordinarily dangerous. 38/ 234549
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026The source of that danger is financiers, and they are motivated by a mix of solipsism and a belief in *other people's* solipsism. For them, the most exciting investment hypothesis is that "hell is other people": locusmag.com/feature/comm... 39/locusmag.comCommentary: Cory Doctorow: Hell Is Other People“So this is hell. I’d never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the ‘burning marl.’ Old wives’ tales! There’s… 525421
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026Hey, UK folks! Waterstones is having a 3-day pre-order sale that includes the UK paperback of Enshittification (which drops on Sept 1). Use SUMMER26 to get 25% off: www.waterstones.com/book/enshitt... 40/waterstones.comEnshittification by Cory Doctorow | WaterstonesBuy Enshittification by Cory Doctorow from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. 310213
Ray @raymondgibson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026People always think they can screw someone else over without ramifications to everyone. That’s not how any of this works. 100
Dutchess1970 @dutchess1970.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I have liked every single part of this thread, and I would like some parts of this thread another ten times if I could. 031
Steve Puma @stevepuma.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I love your doom essays, but they don't engender a lot of hope. They make the answer to the Fermi paradox appear to be capitalism. Do you see a way out? 000
