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Podcast: The Joe Reis Show
Episode: Cory Doctorow on Enshitification, The AI Bubble, Reverse Centaurs, and The Post-American Internet
Description: In this episode, I sit down with science fiction author, activist, and journalist Cory Doctorow to unpack his viral concept of Enshitification, the three-act tragedy of platform decay: 1. be good to users 2. lock them in 3. extract value from users to feed advertisers and shareholdersWe also dive into:- The AI bubble: Cory’s case that parts of the sector are propped up by aggressive accounting and incentives, not durable value.- The “Reverse Centaur”: How workers (from Amazon drivers to radiologists) are being reorganized to serve machin...