my take away was that cory often sees regulation as a solution and doesnt believe permissionless protocols are a real solution. i disagree with a lot of his proposed solutions
NEW EPISODE
It took 69 years to break up AT&T. IBM outspent the DOJ for 12 straight years and ran out the clock.
Cory Doctorow knows this. He still thinks regulation is how we escape enshittification.
We talked about why—and whether that faith is warranted.
S02E13 is out now:
https://fountain.fm/episode/bJgdt0hJAnppEve6Qmt8
https://blossom.primal.net/8e25713e1d6a6be5de74bedfa641e7b46c5097cc83b689b9fca96863b1547111.mp4
Discussion
I obviously like most, but he inspired me to run my own Mastarpn instance and explore Activity pub more.
Mastodon made one of my vibe coded nostr websites better.
I obviously don't agree with him about Bitcoin, but we need to show him the problems it solves instead of preach the good word of Satoshi and hand him a copy of The Bitcoin Standard.