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03/05/22: Seize the Means of Computation: the Big Tech Disassembly Manual with Cory Doctorow

03/05/22: Seize the Means of Computation: the Big Tech Disassembly Manual with Cory Doctorow

FromBoston Computation Club


03/05/22: Seize the Means of Computation: the Big Tech Disassembly Manual with Cory Doctorow

FromBoston Computation Club

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Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist.  In my circles, he's probably best known for his work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Boing Boing, but he's also a renowned science fiction author in his own right, an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science, and co-founder of the UK Open Rights Group.  In short: Cory is precisely the kind of polymath we love to engage with at the Boston Computation Club!  Today, Cory joined us to discuss Big Tech - what's wrong with it and how to fix (read: DISMANTLE) it.  The talk was engaging, exciting, elucidating - all that and a bag of chips.  We really enjoyed talking to Cory and we hope you enjoy the recording!  You can also view this talk in video form HERE.
Released:
Mar 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (53)

The Boston Computation Club is a small seminar group focused on mathematical computer science, and computational mathematics. Its name is plagiarized from the London Computation Club. Boston Computation Club meetings occur roughly every other week, on weekends, around 5pm EDT (modulo speaker availability). The usual format is a 20m presentation followed by 40m of discussion. Some, but not all, meetings are posted on YouTube and in podcast form.