My University of Waterloo talk: No Matter Who’s Winning the War on General Purpose Computing, You’re Losing

Late last year, the Computer Science Club at the University of Waterloo (a university I am proud to have dropped out of!) invited me to give a lecture: No Matter Who’s Winning the War on General Purpose Computing, You’re Losing. They’ve posted it in many formats for your enjoyment.

http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/cory-doctorow-f2015.mp4

If cyberwar were a hockey game, it’d be the end of the first period and the score would be tied 500-500. All offense, no defense.

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