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The Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle (www.humblebundle.com)

submitted 8 months ago by flumph@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Lose yourself in the visionary fiction of Cory Doctorow, the celebrated author and digital rights activist known for his masterful explorations of the intersection of tech and society. And help support the Electronic Frontier Foundation with your purchase.

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[–] Lukario@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

I don't read many books, but I've read both "Little Brother" and "Homeland" quite some time back and they were honestly some of my favourites. Though in my opinion it can suffer slightly from the main character being too technically capable than most people today. I believe at one point in one book they go through their computers entire kernel to find some backdoor or rootkit, which I found to be probably the most unbelievable part of it all.

Other than that minor gripe, I actually really appreciate the stories for how engaged I was and their warnings of what could quite easily happen. Also I appreciate the technical level that Cory engages the stories with. I'm a developer, so I appreciate those technical explanations a little more than just 'hackerman does a hacker on the keyboard to gain access' type dialogue.

I don't really follow specific authors but with Cory's "enshittification" article combined with his recent publicity, some of his stories and messages are quite relevant still today with the implementation of our primitive AI.

I'm quite tempted to get a copy of this bundle because I didn't know there was a third/related book but I am honestly a little sad they are not physical copies.