Pluralistic: Pluralistic is four; The Bezzle excerpt (Part III) (20 Feb 2024)

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Pluralistic is four: Reflections on four years of Memex Method, Phase II.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part III): In which Steve Soul lawyers up.
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Middlemen without enshittification: Not every author can be a DIY author.
The Bezzle excerpt (Part II): Let's learn about copyright termination!
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An excerpt from The Bezzle: A George Clinton/Leonard Cohen-inspired royalty-theft caper.
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How America's oligarchs lull us with the be-your-own-boss fairy tale: Temporarily embarrassed millionaires aren't born, they're made.
Come see me on tour!: LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Calgary, Phoenix, Portland, Providence, Boston, New York City, Toronto, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Tucson, Chicago, Amherst, Torino, Tartu.
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How a billionaire's mediocre pump-and-dump "book" became a "bestseller": A convincer to prolong the bezzle.
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Prison-tech is a brutal scam – and a harbinger of your future: My next novel predicts the present.
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Kelly Link's "Book of Love": A deceptively quirky tale with rusty razors at its core.
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Big Tech disrupted disruption: We don't have to care, we're the phone company.
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The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes: Monopoly destroyed America's high-tech capacity.
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Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself": The dictionary definition of malicious compliance.
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