Feels like we should have a link to the article that coined the term (www.wired.com)

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[-] irkli@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Cory Doctorow, the author of the article and coiner of the word, writes voluminously at his blog, pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/

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