Science fiction for a dystopian present | Cory Doctorow full interview

Watch Cory Doctorow discuss AI, crypto bros and the regulatory power of the state.

Did the Luddites have something right?

Prolific science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow discusses his high-tech heist novel 'Red Team Blues,' a book that educates as much as it enthrals, that has been described as 'Panama Papers fanfic'. In this interview, Doctorow pulls apart the façade of cryptocurrency culture, excoriates the abilities of our supposed tech overlords, and offers a piercing insight into our ever-increasing entanglement with technology.

#scifi #ai #bigtech

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a prolific science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently 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. Other recent books include Red Team Blues, a science fiction crime thriller.

Interviewed by Darcy Bounsall.

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00:00 Intro
00:45 How do you make advanced technological
concepts accessible to readers?
06:20 How do you create a character like Marty Hench?
10:17 How much is exploitative business practice down to ineffective anti-trust regulation?
16:05 How do you raise awareness of important issues
without being didactic?
18:44 Why has cryptocurrency lost its appeal?
19:53 Is AI the next big threat?
24:28 Is society becoming underwritten by machine intelligence?
28:42 Are we losing trust in markets?


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