In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of Cory Doctorow’s weekly podcast, in which he has a live (and lively) discussion with Angie Coiro about his new book The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI.

 

PARALLEL STREAMS

EPISODE 07 | JULY 10 | 2026

 

PARTICIPANTS

Angie Coiro | Cory Doctorow | Owen Kelly

 

COMMENTARY

Cory Doctorow’s website says that he “is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books, most recently ENSHITTIFICATION: WHY EVERYTHING SUDDENLY GOT WORSE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT (nonfiction); and the novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Born in Toronto, Canada, he lives in Los Angeles and London”.

He also works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and has a daily newsletter, a weekly podcast, and several websites.

In a recent episode of the podcast he put out a discussion he recorded at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park as part of his book tour.

That is what we are listening to today.

 

REFERENCES

Cory Doctorow’s daily link blog https://pluralistic.net

Cory Doctorow’s book and podcast website https://craphound.com

The Reverse Centaur book website https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621575/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/

An hour-long excerpt from the audiobook https://craphound.com/podcast/2026/05/17/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai/

The discussion at Kepler's Books on video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/cWN6XBa73xA

Book review by Dorian Lynskey at The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/22/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence

Book review by NerdyNerdyBooks on Substack https://nerdynerdybookbook.substack.com/p/book-review-the-reverse-centaurs