Cory Doctorow reveals how he’d fix Big Tech’s domination

**SUBMISSION STATEMENT/SUMMARY:**
They say science fiction is about the present. But here a science fiction author looks at our *present*, and then maps out a better possible *future* for us all…

Before releasing his new book (“Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It”) Cory Doctorow spins up a dystopia that’s actually our present. (Where rich tech giants can block regulations, exploiting both their customers and business allies and becoming increasingly richer…) But in our coming future we can change our trajectory, Doctorow says — and it might even be happening already.

Governments around the world have finally started regulating monopolies. But if the trend continues, then what does the world look like after a massive revolution in trade? Imagine our “solar punk” future with right-to-repair legislation everywhere that finally “strikes a blow against giant tech oligarchs — and right where it hurts. ‘It takes the revenues from those ripoff scams globally from hundreds of billions of dollars to zero overnight.'”

Is there a “techno Robin Hood” future where the powers of big tech are taken from the rich and re-distributed back to the people?