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References

Much of what I write here is cobbled together from random thoughts that have popped into my head, but where I have a clear understanding of where those ideas originated I try to cite the reference. References appear as footnotes on individual posts, but a full list of works cited on this blog follows:

  1. Anthropic. (2023). Claude (AI). https://claude.ai/. [1] [2]
  2. Asimov, Isaac. (1954). The Caves of Steel. [1]
  3. Bakan, Joel. (2004). The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. https://joelbakan.com/the-corporation-book/. [1]
  4. Beato, Rick. (2026). The Internet Is Dead…And Nobody Cares. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUSY6mtqQDI. [1]
  5. Bellefontaine, Michelle. (2026). Meta building its first Canadian data centre northeast of Edmonton. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meta-data-centre-sturgeon-county-alberta-9.7263271. [1]
  6. Bloomberg Podcasts. (2026). Anthropic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKDmkJPVvI. [1]
  7. Ciolli, Joe. (2026). 3 stats that explain SpaceX's $1 trillion stock wipeout. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-stock-crash-outlook-selloff-post-ipo-performance-key-stats-2026-7. [1]
  8. Doctorow, Córy. (2022). Enshittification, Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.
  9. Doctorow, Cory. (2026). The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It's Too Late. Verso Books. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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  13. Giants Software. (2024). Farming Simulator 25. https://www.farming-simulator.com/. [1]
  14. Hawley, Michelle. (2024). Exploring Air Canada's AI Chatbot Dilemma. CMSWIRE. https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/exploring-air-canadas-ai-chatbot-dilemma/. [1]
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  16. Li, Justin; Maimann, Kevin. (2026). Google updates maps to show Lake America in the U.S. — but Canadians are now seeing it, too. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/google-updates-maps-lake-ontario-9.7325922. [1]
  17. Lovett, Jon. (2026). DERANGED Elon Musk CRUMBLES In Shocking Interview. Pod Save America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgwcwhRrf1M. [1]
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  19. Moore; Larson. (2004). Battlestar Galactica. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/. [1]
  20. Muzumdar, P et al.. (2025). The Dead Internet Theory: A Survey on Artificial Interactions and the Future of Social Media. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.00007. [1]
  21. Ndetei, D; Nyamai, P; Mutiso, V. (2023). Boredom–understanding the emotion and its impact on our lives: an African perspective. Front Sociol. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10342197/. [1]
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  23. Ollama Inc. (2023). Ollama. https://ollama.com/. [1]
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  25. Penrose, Roger. (1989). The Emperor's New Mind. Oxford Landmark Science.
  26. Petersen, Wolfgang. (1984). The NeverEnding Story. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088323/.
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  28. Roddenberry, Gene. (1987). Star Trek: The Next Generation. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/. [1]
  29. Smith, Daniel, et al.. (2017). Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling. Nature Communications. 8(1853). https://rdcu.be/fqDbX. [1]
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  31. Stewart, Jon. (2026). AI and the Enshittification Era w/ Cory Doctorow. The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dAIJRjb-Bw. [1]
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  33. this ecommerce life. (2026). History's greatest thinkers… with AI. https://www.patreon.com/thisecommercelife/posts/historys-with-ai-160191739. [1]
  34. Tolkien, J. R. R.. (1954). The Lord of the Rings. Allen & Unwin. [1]
  35. Torvolds, Linus. (2026). Keynote, Open Source Summit North America 2026. [1]
  36. Ullrich, Volker. (2016). Hitler: Ascent: 1889-1939. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. [1]
  37. University of California, Berkeley. (1999). SETI@Home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home. [1]
  38. Vanderhelm, Joe; Rapid Fire Theatre. (2026). Plays by [Blanks]. Edmonton International Fringe Festival. [1]
  39. Wachowski, Lana; Wachowski, Lilly. (1999). The Matrix. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/. [1]

Note: I add citation references to articles when I write and schedule them, not when the article is actually published. There may be referenced listed on this page for unpublished articles ( and in some cases this is a week or two ahead.)