Cory Doctorow Book Event

Thursday, June 25 from 5:30-7:30 pm

Presentation and book signing to follow

Fitler Club Ballroom, 1 South 24th Street, Philadelphia PA 19103

Cory Doctorow — whose 2025 bestseller, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It, coined a term (enshittification) that has defined the way many people see our current world — is back with a new take on our technological future that musician and cultural giant Brian Eno calls “stunning in its clarity and breadth of vision.” The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After A.I. chronicles the hype about the world-changing disruption that is artificial intelligence, how we got here and how we can get to a place where A.I. works for us, not the other way around.

Doctorow will be in conversation with David Williams, Philadelphia-based writer and consultant focused on how artificial intelligence is reshaping media, business, and human understanding. He publishes A Short Distance Ahead, a Substack series tracing the history of artificial intelligence through 75 sequential essays — one year at a time, from 1950 to the present.

Tickets are $5.00

Ticket with a book is $23.00

Book price is $18.00 and will be sold at the event by Head House Books

Tickets are nonrefundable, you are able to transfer them.

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