Cory Doctorow

You know, Elon Musk pops his clogs tonight from too much ketamine.

There will be an overnight succession battle.

And 12 horrible big balls will battle to the death.

And whoever emerges victorious will be indistinguishable from him.

The real culprits are the policymakers who created the enshitogenic policy environment that guarantees that people who do the worst things in the worst way will make the most money.

In living memory, named individuals took policy decisions that they were warned about at the time that this would be the end result.

They did it anyway.

And they walk around polishing their fake Nobel Prizes in economics, doing six-figure consulting jobs for blue chip companies, and never worrying that someone's sizing them up for a pitchfork.

And this is one of the things I...

I aim to change with this book.

Sure.

Lawmakers, economists, regulators.

I wish it was that simple, right?

But if you're on Facebook because that's where the people who have the same rare disease as you are hanging out, or that's the only way you can stay in touch with the family you left behind when you emigrated.

It's okay.

Forget about them.

I mean, I hear you, right?

But it's a big lift, right?

It is a big lift.

And the thing is, it doesn't have to be.