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A Book Talk with Cory Doctorow

Starts:
12:45 pm on Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Ends:
2:00 pm on Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Location:
Law, Barristers Hall, 765 Commonwealth Ave
URL:
https://lawdocket.bu.edu/rsvp?id=375911
Boston University School of Law is pleased to welcome Cory Doctorow, science fiction author of “The Bezzle,” “The Lost Cause,” and his most recent nonfiction book “The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.” Mr. Doctorow is a journalist, technology activist, and New York Times bestselling author. Please join us on Tuesday, September 24th, for Doctorow’s talk about his forthcoming book “The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation” and the “enshittification” of the internet, his “theory explaining how the internet was colonized by platforms, why all those platforms are degrading so quickly, and what we can do about it.” This book talk will be moderated by Professor Woody Hartzog. Lunch will be available starting at 12:00pm.