Anurag Shukla·May 3The Strait That Cannot Be ControlledThe Strait of Hormuz is often seen as a fragile chokepoint, but history shows it functioned as a resilient hub sustained by adaptive…
CavsTheBlockFan2016·Nov 22, 2025Why ChatGPT Initially Denied ChokePoint 3.0 And How Persistence Forced the Truth Into the OpenFor anyone who lived through the era of crypto debanking the sudden bank freezes, the blocked ACH transfers, the payment declines, the…
Cory Doctorow·Nov 18, 2024Harpercollins wants authors to sign away AI training rightsRights come from power.A response icon8A response icon8
Cory Doctorow·Jun 21, 2024Neither the devil you know nor the devil you don’tCreative workers deserve better than a choice as to who rips them off.A response icon7A response icon7
Cory Doctorow·Sep 15, 2023Bill Willingham puts his graphic novel series “Fables” into the public domainA magnificent table flip (but the devil is in the details).A response icon1A response icon1
CavsTheBlockFan2016·Sep 15, 2023Chokepoint 2.0Continuing with my #NFT #Crypto posts series if your just seeing this one you might also be interested in my previous post here on Medium
Kevin Cox·Feb 18, 2023The Bookkeeping Change to Counter ChokePoint CapitalismGiblin and Doctorow in ChokePoint Capitalism say, “we have structured society to make rich people richer at everyone else’s expense”. They…
David Blumenstein·Feb 12, 2023A quick book review — Chokepoint CapitalismThe authors of Chokepoint Capitalism, Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow, are speaking in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra this week. Some…
Cory Doctorow·Sep 22, 2022Twitch does a chokepoint capitalism“Amazon is charging Amazon so much money to run the business via Amazon that it has no choice but to take more money from streamers.”A response icon4A response icon4
Cory Doctorow·Sep 14, 2022The Chokepoint Capitalism tourOttawa, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles (and beyond!)A response icon3A response icon3