Cory Doctorow is a writer and digital activist who works to defend electronic freedom.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Criminologist Nils Christie's Dangerous Idea? Treat prisoners as people.
Novelist Richard Powers bookmarks "Objects and Empathy" by Arthur Saltzman.
Bryandt Urstadt tells Steve Paulson about the grim future the peak oilers are already getting ready for and thinks we should all buy gold.
Christopher Buckley talks with Steve Paulson about his novel "Boomsday," which posits a piece of runaway legislation providing tax incentives for Boomers who choose to commit suicide...sort of an updated "Modest Proposal."
Daniel Tammet has memorized the number pi into the tens of thousands of digits. He's learned new languages in a few weeks. He describes the gift - and the burden - of being an autistic savant.
Ariel Levy tells Anne Strainchamps we are living in a Feminist’s nightmare.
Writer David Morris explains why "Solo Faces" by James Salter is one of his favorite books.
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