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SUMMARY:Enshittification: How the Internet Went Bad and How to Get it Back
DESCRIPTION: \n\nThe collapse of the internet into "five giant websites\, 
 each filled with screenshots of text from the other four" wasn't 
 inevitable. From privacy to harassment to garden-variety ripoffs\, the 
 internet's degradation was the result of identifiable policy choices that 
 can - and must - be reversed. Learn how they broke the internet - and how 
 we can fix it.\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\nCory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science 
 fiction author\, activist\, and journalist. His latest book is THE LOST 
 CAUSE\, a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate 
 emergency. His most recent nonfiction book is THE INTERNET CON: HOW TO 
 SEIZE THE MEANS OF COMPUTATION\, a Big Tech disassembly manual. Last 
 April\, he published RED TEAM BLUES\, a technothriller about finance crime. 
 He is the author of the international young adult LITTLE BROTHER series. He 
 is also the author of CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM (with Rebecca Giblin)\, about 
 creative labor markets and monopoly\; HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE 
 CAPITALISM\, nonfiction about conspiracies and monopolies\; and of 
 RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY\, science fiction for adults\, a YA graphic novel 
 called IN REAL LIFE\; and other young adult novels like PIRATE CINEMA. His 
 first picture book was POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER (Aug 2020). His next novel 
 is THE BEZZLE (February 2024). He maintains a daily blog at 
 Pluralistic.net. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation\, is a MIT 
 Media Lab Research Affiliate\, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science 
 at Open University\, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of 
 North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded 
 the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto\, Canada\, he now lives in Los 
 Angeles. In 2020\, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and 
 Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2022\, he earned the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination 
 in Service to Society Awardee for lifetime achievement. York University 
 (Canada) made him an Honourary Doctor of Laws\; and the Open University 
 (UK) made him an Honourary Doctor of Computer 
 Science.\n.dl-horizontal{background-color: 
 #E2E9F5\;}\n\n\n	Location:\n	*ONLINE* Registration 
 required.\n\n\nAdditional Information\n\nIf you have any questions\, 
 concerns\, or accessibility needs please email open.ubc@ubc.ca.
ORGANIZER;CN="Scholarly Communications Unit":MAILTO:scholarly.communications@ubc.ca
CATEGORIES:Open Education Week , Open Scholarship, Research Commons, Scholarly Communications and Copyright
CONTACT;CN="Scholarly Communications Unit":MAILTO:scholarly.communications@ubc.ca
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