By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026Zuckerberg refuses to acknowledge that he owes his fortune to the fact that his users love each other more than they hate him, so he has set out to shatter those bonds of love and sharpen that hatred. 43/ 124942
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026It won't end well. Zuck and people like him call themselves "high agency," a disgusting bit of jargon meant to denote someone who has real interiority, wishes and desires (as opposed to the rest of us, who do as we're told and stay where we're put). 44/ 526036
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026Zuck's "agency" isn't higher than yours or mine. The difference between him and us is that he doesn't think we're really real, and we know that he's really a monster. eof/ 1446361
Cold Snacks @hautetamale.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This high agency POV is as common as pine needles in places like Greenwich CT and Westchester county, NY Luxe villages of finance types believe this about themselves, and would dynamite the diner you buy coffee at to make just 1 more dollar 0223
Fenchurch @glossylioness.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Forgive me the segue but dividing society between high and low agency individuals called 'high drive' and 'low drive' is a key plot point of Nigel Kneale's classic dystopia 'The Year of the Sex Olympics' 080
Salepis @salepis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The irony is that it’s exactly these people who have no interior life, as Marc Andreessen unwittingly admitted. 0431
Tony @tony.zone · 06/08/2026Didn't he learn his lesson from the empty "metaverse" bullshit?static.klipy.comHow Many Times Do We Have To Teach You This Lesson MemeAlt: How Many Times Do We Have To Teach You This Lesson Meme 000
