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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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There's a technical term for the kind of criticism that inadvertently helps tech bros sell the swindle: "criti-hype," Lee Vinsel's term for "tak[ing] the sensational claims of boosters and entrepreneurs, flip[ping] them, and start talking about 'risks'":
https://peoples-things.ghost.io/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype/
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2026-08-19T07:46:06.010Z