2026-10-28T16:06:53Z https://nostr.now Per Nystrom https://nostr.now/npub160wleflan79x02ex70zjyz999mu5yefs5jmd0kqx3dad0de9k3hswx0dm9 https://media.universeodon.com/accounts/avatars/109/371/181/235/541/114/original/128c81e44221baae.jpg https://media.universeodon.com/accounts/avatars/109/371/181/235/541/114/original/128c81e44221baae.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxtedmugc7p8fauuekjhatrp7n0je3srlveeh6rk43dvryhgnkszczyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x75sxmaz <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&#34;Cheating is so profitable that it&#39;s cheaper for firms to buy off regulators and pay fines than it is for them to stop criming.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/28/principle-agent-problem/#i-could-tell-you-but-id-have-to-kill-you">https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/28/principle-agent-problem/#i-could-tell-you-but-id-have-to-kill-you</a> 2026-10-28T15:20:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyk8c0pd82f0p99kdvsypk9ad29jsamhmpa49ur04am83egwgrpeqzyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x7706mve <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&#34;...the beauty and terror of being able to manipulate the world without studying or understanding it is that it can be done with money alone.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/06/nonfungible/#FreeWillWasAFunTheoryWhileItLasted">https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/06/nonfungible/#FreeWillWasAFunTheoryWhileItLasted</a> 2026-10-06T13:56:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8vdr9d3u0gfrml5ax3tqdxfdhjuhq7wdw432pjvhncj62arw3wrszyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x7qmlk6y <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>You know the stories like Terminator and the Matrix where real AI takes over the world? We seem to live in a stupid alternate timeline where the Epstein class is trying to take over the world by selling fake AI. 2026-03-19T15:21:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs28scgm55esljegy0m8hzlrnuxg60ejgzfltmx4h56gwhud2dukgczyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x77sn9pk <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&#34;Billionaire class&#34; doesn&#39;t properly describe the evil involved in amassing that much wealth. Cory Doctorow nails it again: call them the Epstein class. 2026-02-03T16:13:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyy8dgyndepg6vmexq9hkcvyxtjgcrjjj5j7xuxw3vn6pvuxcj7szyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x7qgqwtu <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&#39;Powerful people are suckers for AI, because AI fuels the fantasy of a world without people: just a boss and a computer, and no ego-shattering confrontations with people who know how to do things telling you &#34;no.&#34;&#39;<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition</a> 2026-01-01T19:44:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdayahpqnzu8symgjtqkcugwm9x4s705jev5dfcg0ug9n3r99eeeczyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x7r3dlju <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>It has become increasingly clear to me that the stock market is an insider&#39;s game, rigged to extract as much money as it can from small investors. Today&#39;s piece sums it up nicely: <br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/#job-creators">https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/#job-creators</a> 2025-12-18T16:01:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhexam352vm8e49qa20025wpawxyvtqyw8eh27fa43q3qtguqc7qzyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x78ggpqr <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Fighting the the anti-enshittification fight:<br/><br/>I&#39;m tired of spending $$$/month on streaming services, only to find the titles I want to watch cost extra. I&#39;m starting to use the library more and more, and for the ones they don&#39;t (yet) have, I&#39;m seriously thinking about buying, watching, and then donating the DVD/Blu-Rays. 2025-06-07T22:24:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7dlccmte0kqayncwte4qnlj8s4ht0wxdagve5dwesf4ne6xactqzyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x7r8xtq6 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Something that might hit home with the 2A crowd: &#34;That&#39;s what getting rid of anticircumvention would do: it would give us – internet users – the right to defend ourselves against exploitation, manipulation and abuse.&#34;<br/><br/>They&#39;re all really big on the right to defend themselves.<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/26/babyish-radical-extremists/#cancon">https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/26/babyish-radical-extremists/#cancon</a> 2025-05-27T16:36:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxmdl6w57lccjshtr94rujxqxl4gd9u4geggaar62neugx6yaya7qzyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x77m2s44 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Another epic slam on libertarians:<br/><br/>&#34;That&#39;s right: at the first hint of competition, the self-described libertarians who insisted that computers would make governments obsolete went running to the government, demanding a state-backed monopoly that would put their rivals in prison for daring to interfere with their business model.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/04/object-permanence/#picks-and-shovels">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/04/object-permanence/#picks-and-shovels</a> 2025-03-04T16:26:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspwfv080rr0epnc73sdkeet5adveyx98xj9w9nsafehuggzjau76czyrfaml98lk0c5eatymeu2gsg55h0jsn9xzjtd47cq69h44ahyk6x70299qr <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&#34;Let me put this in terms that even the most ideological libertarians can understand. Say you think there should be precisely one regulation that governments should enforce: honoring contracts. For the government to serve as referee in that game, it must have the power to compel the players to honor their contracts. Which means that the smallest government you can have is determined by the largest corporation you&#39;re willing to permit.&#34; 2025-02-26T18:10:35Z