Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow reads from his “Enshittification” on Oct. 7 at The Brattle Theater in Cambridge.

Writer, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow coined the term “enshittification” as a means of explaining the state of the digital world (or the “Enshitternet”) and how it came to be. In his new book “Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It,” Doctorow details the policy choices that brought the Internet to what it is today, and how organizing and joining a movement is our path forward. We spoke with Doctorow ahead of his appearance Oct. 7 in Cambridge. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Where does the term “enshittification” come from?

I have worked for this nonprofit digital human rights group called the Electronic Frontie

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