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science fiction Paolo Bacigalupi's "A Full Life": climate apocalypse with a side of intergenerational warfare and science denial Cory Doctorow
Business AT&T's dystopian advertising vision perfectly illustrates the relationship between surveillance and monopoly Cory Doctorow
education Profiles of young Americans who entered voluntary exile rather than paying their student loans Cory Doctorow
class war Exploitation of workers becomes more socially acceptable if the workers are perceived as "passionate" about their jobs Cory Doctorow
music The "Uber of Live Music" will charge you $1100-1600 to book a house show, pay musicians $100 Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism A self-appointed wing of the American judicial system is about to make it much harder to fight terms of service Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism That billionaire who paid off a graduating class's student loans also supports the hedge-fundie's favorite tax loophole Cory Doctorow
Business A deep dive into the internal politics, personalities and social significance of the Googler Uprising Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism AOC grills pharma exec about why the HIV-prevention drug Prep costs $8 in Australia costs $1,780 in the USA Cory Doctorow
videos Watch: Tim Wu debates trustbusting with Tyler Cowen, who just wrote "a love letter" to Big Business Cory Doctorow
Business Grifty "information security" companies promised they could decrypt ransomware-locked computers, but they were just quietly paying the ransoms Cory Doctorow
Business Foxconn promised it would do something with the empty buildings it bought in Wisconsin, but they're still empty (still no factory, either) Cory Doctorow
Business Jury awards $2b to California couple who say Bayer's Roundup weedkiller gave them cancer Cory Doctorow
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