📚 Surviving the Enshitification of Everything
Countering the Decay of Our Digital Channels
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Can I blame Mercury Retrograde? Tech glitches & summer travels abound! Apologies for missing the last week+ of newsletters. The best laid plans before my trip (more to come) didn't pan out. We get to the point and talk about the rise of the enshitified internet. This moment is only a continuation of a decades-long project by the bros of Big Tech. How we fight back might not be sexy, but it will lead to real change. Read on for more...
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Big Tech Enshitifies the World
We've hit peak enshitification, but we're probably not at the top yet! As wild as it seems, the more aggressive unraveling of our communications & media infrastructure is only the most acute stage so far. In fact, the bros of Big Tech have been enshitifying our lives steadily for decades like a pot of boiling water.
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