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Enshittification & Renewal
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| With Cory Doctorow (Author & Co-Founder, BoingBoing), James Grimmelmann (Prof. Digital & Information Law, Cornell Tech). |
| Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech, 2 W Loop Road, Rm 591 |
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Sep 19 (Fri) , 2025 @ 05:00 PM
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Join us for an evening discussion with Cornell University A.D. White Professor-at-Large Cory Doctorow, led by Professor James Grimmelmann.
As part of the A.D. White Professors-at-Large program at Cornell University, we are pleased to welcome author & thought leader Cory Doctorow to campus on Friday, September 19, for a discussion with the Cornell Tech community.
Doctorow is widely recognized for his extensive contributions to, & advocacy in, the arena of digital rights discourse, particularly as it relates to digital sovereignty & emerging AI. An author of over 20 books, both in fiction & non-fiction, Doctorow served as co-editor, & current co-owner, of one of the earliest & most successful blogs, Boing Boing, a digital nucleus intermixing themes of technology, futurism, science fiction, & intellectual property.
Agenda
5:00-6:00 PM - Reception
Light refreshments will be provided.
6:00-7:00 PM - Evening Discussion: Enshittification & Renewal
Moderated conversation with Cory Doctorow & James Grimmelmann, Tessler Family Professor of Digital & Information Law, followed by an audience Q&A.
About Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist & journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently PICKS AND SHOVELS & THE BEZZLE (followups to RED TEAM BLUES) & THE LOST CAUSE, a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency. His most recent nonfiction book is THE INTERNET CON: HOW TO SEIZE THE MEANS OF COMPUTATION, a Big Tech disassembly manual. Other recent books include RED TEAM BLUES, a science fiction crime thriller; CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly & creative labor markets; the LITTLE BROTHER series for young adults; IN REAL LIFE, a graphic novel; & the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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About James Grimmelmann
James Grimmelmann is the Tessler Family Professor of Digital & Information Law at Cornell Tech & Cornell Law School. He studies how laws regulating software affect freedom, wealth, & power. He helps lawyers & technologists understand each other, applying ideas from computer science to problems in law & vice versa.
Grimmelmann is the author of the casebook Internet Law: Cases & Problems & of over seventy scholarly articles & essays on digital copyright, content moderation, search engine regulation, online governance, privacy on social networks, & other topics in computer & internet law.
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