TalksTalks
Venue
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Date
Mon 17 Aug 2026
Time
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Edinburgh International Book Festival

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The Front List: Cory Doctorow and Jimmy Wales image
Synopsis:

Remember when the internet was exciting and full of possibilities? As online content becomes darker, more divisive, and sensationalist over truthful, join Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust, and journalist and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow (author of Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It) for a frank and fascinating discussion on the current state of our online lives. Can the internet ever be good again? Chaired by Gabriel Gatehouse.
 
Supported by Edinburgh Futures Institute and Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation and the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom