rigged games Wealth is correlated with greed, dishonesty and cheating — are these effects or a causes? Cory Doctorow
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randroids 20 years ago, Ted Cruz published a law paper proving companies could always beat customers with terms of service Cory Doctorow
perverse incentives India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research blew so much money on rubbish patents, it's gone broke Cory Doctorow
motivated reasoning How Big Tobacco invented Donald Trump and Brexit (and what to do about it) Cory Doctorow
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