TalksTalks
Venue
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Date
Sun 16 Aug 2026
Time
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Cory Doctorow: Enshittification image
Synopsis:

Tech critic, sci-fi author, and seer of digital dystopia, Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It is a blistering take-down of formerly utopian tech companies’ constant chase for bigger profits. In this urgent discussion with Heather Parry, Doctorow sets out the case for how to cure ourselves from the lure of big tech, resist the monetisation of every aspect of our lives, demand regulation, and reclaim our privacy online.
 
Supported by Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation and the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom