Talks

On his podcast (subscription feed), Cory Doctorow publishes talks, interviews, readings of his books and general thoughts.

On this page we transcribe his talks, many of which are published on his podcast, to make them searchable and readable. There is also a page for his interviews and one for all of his podcast episodes.

How Stupid Laws and Benevolent Dictators can Ruin the Decentralized Web, too
Doctorow's opening talk at the Internet Archive Decentralized Web Summit, June 2016.

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My talk on the Internet of Things, wealth disparity, surveillance, evidence-based policy and the future of the world
Here’s the audio from last night’s talk on the Internet of Things at Central European University in Budapest! It was recorded by the Mindenki Joga Radio Show.

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Sense About Science lecture
I gave the annual Sense About Science lecture last week in London, and The Guardian recorded and podcasted it. It’s based on the Waffle Iron Connected to a Fax Machine talk I gave at Re:publica in Berlin the week before.

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DEF CON 23 – Fighting Back in the War on General Purpose Computers
EFF's Apollo 1201 project is a 10-year mission to abolish all DRM, everywhere in the world, within a decade. We're working with security researchers to challenge the viability of the dread DMCA, a law that threatens you with jail time and fines when you do your job: discover and disclosing defects in systems that we rely on for life and limb.

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