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In November 2022, Cory Doctorow coined the term “enshittification” to describe the decay of digital platforms as the owners prioritize profit over the experience of their users. Cory’s argument clearly resonated and helped people realize that enshittification is everywhere, creeping into many of the services that we now rely on—so much so that the American Dialect Society named it its 2023 Word of the Year, and it was cited as an inspiration for the 2025 season of the popular dystopic TV series Black Mirror.

Cory Doctorow will discuss his highly anticipated new book Enshittification and help us understand why Big Tech is the way it is, and how we can disenshittify the internet.

The BC Libraries Present collaborative initiative makes the same high-quality, virtual programming available to all public libraries in the province. This season’s line up is focused on Upheaval and will examine major issues like democracy, technology, misinformation, public discourse, and AI through thought-provoking conversations with some of today’s most insightful authors!