Good old Cory Doctorow. I've been a fan of his thinking for most of this century, and it's splendid to see a term he coined - enshittification - growing in use and correctly attributed.

But we're terribly lazy and stupid as a species, and I fear we'll do the same thing to this useful and specific term as we did to another: 'woke'.

Enshittification (like woke) means something quite specific. But I fear within a year it may simply be used (like woke) to mean 'something I don't like'.

That the COP28 president shows his true face as an oil addict is one thing - but it is always heartbreaking to notice the complete disconnect of a man with the reality of climate change.

Thanks to the great and wonderful Mary Robinson! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels

> Which brings me to Elon Musk, a man who seems to have been born without a prefrontal cortex, who has repeatedly and publicly demonstrated that he lacks any restraint, patience or planning. Elon Musk's prefrontal cortical deficit resulted in his being forced to buy Twitter, and his every action since has betrayed an even graver inability to stop tripping over his own dick.

😆 @pluralistic with a nice text on twiddling some digital knobs.

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/14/freedom-of-reach/