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He Coined the Word of the Decade. And Wrote a Book About It.
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“Enshittification” doesn’t hide what it means. And a few years ago, Cory Doctorow coined it to describe, well, the “enshittification” of the digital world. Pay to play games. Scammy apps and websites. And in his new book, he expands the idea into the material world If I may be so bold, it is a term that is extraordinarily useful to describe our political and cultural moment as well. Even if you don’t read the book, this NYT profile is worth reading.A Guardian and a Thief is Becoming the It Book of the FallI thought it might be the new Lockwood....
