Why Does It Feel Like Everything is Getting Worse? With Cory Doctorow

Welcome to Intelligence Squared where great minds meet. I'm head of programming Connor Boyle. In this episode, we're joined by author and journalist Corey Doctorau to discuss the concept of inshidification. According to Doctorau, inshidification captures that feeling of a world that is ever worsening. And he believes this feeling isn't just an accident, but built into the design of digital.

platforms. He spoke to journalist, researcher and host of the award-winning podcast Killlist, Carl Miller. Let's join Carl now with more. Corey, very warm welcome to you. Thank you very much.

Pleasure to be here. Alright, well I I don't think there's any other book I've ever seen that that I needs to start with a word, a single word, as much as this one. So the word and shitification itself, Corey, I mean this is your coinage, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, I uh I coined it in 2022. People who've gone through Twitter have found other people who used it before me, but uh in other words, it's been independently coined more than once.

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