08/10/2026
At Brain Bar 2026 Cory Doctorow taught us how to survive the age of dominant machines!
For more than a decade, Brain Bar has been bringing the world's leading thinkers to Hungary. Canadian sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow is certainly one of them, who was our day 1 headliner this year, talking with Tom Hidvegi.
Doctorow is a defining voice in digital culture. He has written close to 40 books (many of them published in Hungarian as well), most of them near-future dystopian science fiction and yet, his most important works are his critical analyses of contemporary technology.
In 2022 he coined the term "ensh*ttification": the idea that the internet is steadily becoming a worse place, because digital platforms start out genuinely good for their users, then shift to serving advertisers, and finally exploit both groups in the name of maximising profit.
For an audience that thinks about the future consciously and critically, meeting him in person — talking with him, arguing with him — is an exceptional experience.
The full talk is in the comments below! 👇
