Podcast 710 – Cory Doctorow – “Disenshittify or Die!”

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Psychedelic Salon

Lorenzo Hagerty

781 episodes

2 weeks ago

Since 2005, Lorenzo Hagerty has been podcasting interviews and talks concerning the use and benefits of psychoactive plants and chemicals, both in their natural settings and in medical research institutions. Past speakers include Sasha Shulgin, Annie Oak, Rick Doblin, Daniel Pinchbeck, Shonagh Home, Bruce Damer, Aldous Huxley and others. And there have been over 200 programs featuring talks by Terence McKenna. Also interviews with several of the now long gone elders, such as Gary Fisher, Myron Stolaroff, and Al Hubbard have also been featured.

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Podcast 710 – Cory Doctorow – “Disenshittify or Die!”

Psychedelic Salon

1 hour 5 minutes 8 seconds

11 months ago

Podcast 710 – Cory Doctorow – “Disenshittify or Die!”

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Guest speaker: Cory Doctorow

PROGRAM NOTES:

In this 2024 Palenque Norte lecture, Cory Doctorow discusses "inshitification," the process by which initially good online services degrade over time.

He argues this occurs because four constraints—competition, regulation, interoperability, and worker power has weakened, allowing companies to prioritize profit maximization over user experience. Doctorow proposes solutions including strengthening antitrust enforcement, passing new privacy laws, promoting right-to-repair legislation, and empowering tech workers through unionization.

The ultimate goal is to create a "new good internet" that is resistant to inshitification and serves users' needs.

Cory Doctorow's Website

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Repair Coalition