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Why does the INTERNET suck so bad now? With Cory Doctorow
We all know it - the internet has become a huge garbage heap, guided by malignant algorithms and filled with useless apps, mind numbing social media and AI slop. In a word - it's shitty.
But how did we get here? And how can we restore the better internet of old?
Cory Doctorow, author of the groundbreaking book ENSHITIFICATION: Why Everything Was Built to Break, has a couple of ideas.
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