Monday 17 November 2025
12:30
Cory Doctorow
Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It
Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are drowning the internet. For the monopolists who dominate online – X, TikTok, Amazon, Meta, Apple – this is all part of the playbook. The process is what Cory has dubbed ‘enshittification’. He joins us to enumerate the symptoms, lay out the diagnosis, and identify the best responses to these diseased platforms.
Cory (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books, most recently Enshittification and the novels, Picks and Shovels and The Bezzle. He maintains a daily blog at Pluralistic.net and works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He co-founded the UK Open Rights Group and holds visiting appointments at the Open University, MIT, Cornell, and the University of North Carolina. In addition, he has been inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and has been honoured with the Arthur C. Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Award.
'Punchy, pungent and utterly compelling - a book that will change the way you see the world, and just might change the world itself. You simply must read it.'
Author, Activist and Journalist
Cory (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books, most recently Enshittification and the novels, Picks and Shovels and The Bezzle. He maintains a daily blog at Pluralistic.net and works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He co-founded the UK Open Rights Group and holds visiting appointments at the Open University, MIT, Cornell, and the University of North Carolina. In addition, he has been inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and has been honoured with the Arthur C. Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Award.