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LearnedHand

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2. Doctorow is an extremely gifted thinker about the digital economy and online privacy

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Tue Dec 16, 2025, 01:39 PM

Dec 16

And so much more. I follow him as well, and he seriously clarifies how we ought to frame the issues we face. His writings are especially good about how neoliberalism has brought us to this place. Enshittification is a logical outgrowth of congress failing to protect citizens from surveillance capitalism.

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Pluralistic: America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity (16 Dec 2025) [View all] usonian Dec 16 OP

Wow, I just learned a whole lot. Thank you. Biophilic Dec 16 #1

Doctorow is an extremely gifted thinker about the digital economy and online privacy LearnedHand Dec 16 #2

Habit Broken OC375 Dec 16 #3

I have been downsizing. At 76! Still healthy and busy as hell. usonian Dec 16 #4

That snips a whole lot more than 4 paragraphs! maxsolomon Dec 16 #5

The 4 paragraph limit is due to copyright and fair use. See the CC copyright at the top. usonian Dec 16 #6