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Cory Doctorow

Ep. 229
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Journalist and author of Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back , Cory Doctorow shares his latest thoughts on the ways the economy andย creativity are being hacked by the perpetrators of chokepoint capitalism.


๐ŸŽ™ In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how Elon Musk may have undermined both authoritarianism and his hopes for a techno-monarchy.


๐Ÿ“ฐ You can read Rushkoffโ€™s monologue, How Elon Upstaged Trump, on Medium.


๐Ÿ“– Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back is now available.


๐ŸŒ Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed.

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