“History is not on rails—it’s got a steering wheel. And we can grab it, and we can yank it.”
– Writer
Cory Doctorow, praising sci-fi that shows “human agency matters,” and the march of progress does
not lead to pre-ordained outcomes. In a broad conversation about capitalism and technology, the Canadian thinker explains how scams and cryptography intersect in
Red Team Blues (2023), his first novel in a new series about a legendary forensic accountant.