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It has the same flavor generally of people who criticize something that’s hard but offer no solutions — a style that has become increasingly popular IMHO. This also isn’t a new angle for the non-informed audiences. It bears repeating for those audiences, but I’d wish he’d at least point to others who have already echoed such concerns.



Paragraph two cites the inspiration for this piece, a 2017 article by Molly Sauter: https://reallifemag.com/instant-recall/

And he points to three other sources right in the first paragraph.


But... it's Cory Doctorow. He's not just some random writer; he's one of the best and most insightful technology commentators around.




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