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A Conversation with Cory Doctorow

The author speaks with Citizen contributor David Williams

Thursday, June 25 | 5:30-7:30pm
Fitler Club Ballroom, 1 S. 24th Street, Philadelphia

Cory Doctorow, whose 2025 bestseller, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It, coined a term that has defined the way many people see our current world, is back. Brian Eno calls Dctorow’s new take on our technological future “stunning in its clarity and breadth of vision.” The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After A.I. chronicles the hype about the world-changing disruption that is artificial intelligence, how we got here and how we can get to a place where A.I. works for us, not the other way around. Doctorow will be in conversation with David Williams, Philadelphia-based writer and consultant whose Substack, A Short Distance Ahead, traces the history of A.I. from 1950 to today.

$5 entry fee is free for members of The Philadelphia Citizen and Fitler Club. Doctorow’s book is available for purchase at time of registration for $18 and will also be sold at the event by Head House Books.

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