Oddbean new post about login | logout My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books: http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org Signed copies available from Book Soup: https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245 -- My latest novel is Red Team Blues, available wherever books are sold! Signed copies at Dark Delicacies (US): https://www.darkdel.com/store/p2873/Wed%2C_Apr_26th_6pm%3A_Red_Team_Blues%3A_A_Martin_Hench_Novel_HB.html#/ and Forbidden Planet (UK): https://forbiddenplanet.com/385004-red-team-blues-signed-edition-hardcover/ 9/
My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements." https://craphound.com/shop/ 10/ https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/111/177/553/022/823/284/original/245daf2f990ba18f.jpg
Upcoming appearances: * Wired Nextfest/#WNF23 (#Milano), Oct 7-8 https://eventi.wired.it/nextfest23-milano * #TheInternetCon at #MoonPalaceBooks (#Minneapolis), Oct 15 https://moonpalacebooks.com/events/30127 * 26th #ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing keynote (#Minneapolis), Oct 16 https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/ * 41st annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities (#Charleston, WV), Oct 19 https://festivallcharleston.com/venue/university-of-charleston/ 11/ https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/111/177/554/567/158/821/original/13207b657f0795f3.jpg
Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * Seizing the Means of Computation (Edinburgh Futures Institute), Oct 25 https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/seizing-the-means-of-computation-with-cory-doctorow/ * The Internet Con at the @30e515be (virtual), Oct 31 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-the-internet-con-tickets-730939137637 12/ https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/111/177/555/255/865/370/original/88d39ddf2afa6eb5.jpg
Recent appearances: * DIY isn't enough: systematic change (#FarmToTaber) https://shows.acast.com/farm-to-taber/episodes/diy-isnt-enough-systematic-change-with-cory-doctorow * Seize the Means of Computation (#MovementMemos) https://open.spotify.com/episode/3OXPCnbiZHdIxUf8UTFnnu * How to Seize the Means of Computation (#rHatchery) https://www.podpage.com/rhatcherylive/how-to-seize-the-means-of-computation/ 13/ https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/111/177/555/932/313/332/original/54f05ab7b3aa893c.jpg
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