Apple’s Epic Battle Royale (Part 2)

Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

What do Apple, Tyson Foods and Worldwide Wrestling (WWE) all have in common? And what is "chickenization"? In part 2 of my interview with Cory Doctorow, he explains how some markets in the US economy are completely distorted by dominant sellers as well as dominant buyers. Seeing all of these specific markets as facets of a single economic problem, we can find common cause and perhaps a common solution. Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. He is the author of RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults, a YA graphic novel called IN REAL LIFE, the nonfiction business book INFORMATION DOESN’T WANT TO BE FREE, and young adult novels like HOMELAND, PIRATE CINEMA and LITTLE BROTHER. His latest book is POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER, a picture book for young readers. His next book is ATTACK SURFACE, an adult sequel to LITTLE BROTHER. He maintains a daily blog at Pluralistic.net. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles. Further Info: Buy Attack Surface: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250757531 Back Attack Surface audio book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/attack-surface-audiobook-for-the-third-little-brother-bookBuy Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1484261887 Watch The Social Dilemma!: https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224 Donate to EFF: https://supporters.eff.org/donate/join-4 Be very wary of disinformation right now: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/fake-news-be-highly-wary-right-now/VOTE!! https://www.vote.org/