{"id":"evt_e10392397b4c","title":"Enshittification: In Conversation With Cory Doctorow","date":"2026-04-29","timezone":"America/New_York","start_time":"18:00","time_of_day":"evening","venue":null,"location":{"basis":"unresolved","likely_area":null,"likely_area_granularity":null,"evidence":null},"description":"Commonweal Ventures is hosting a discussion with Cory Doctorow on his bestselling book Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, exploring how digital platforms decay over time and the political and economic forces behind it. Cory Doctorow, joined by Nate Loewentheil, Managing Partner of Commonweal Ventures, will examine how weakened antitrust enforcement, captured regulators, and shifting incentives have shaped the modern internet—and what it would take to reverse course. The evening will include a moderated conversation, audience Q&A, and networking.","access":{"free":null,"application_required":null},"audience_roles":["general"],"audience_orientation":"nontechnical","company_stage":null,"interaction":["content"],"topics":["other"],"modality":"in_person","meal_context":"none","series":null,"mentions":[{"text":"Commonweal Ventures","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Obama White House","kind":"organization","subtype":"government","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Commonweal Ventures","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"host"},{"text":"Cory Doctorow","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"speaker"},{"text":"Nate Loewentheil","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"speaker"}],"sources":[{"id":"nextnyc","class":"newsletter","publisher":"nextNYC","first_observed_at":"2026-04-13T11:45:55.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2026-04-27T11:46:31.0000000Z"}],"discovery":{"first_party":[],"newsletter":["nextnyc"],"provider":null},"basis":{"audience_roles":{"general":"inferred"},"topics":{"other":"inferred"},"audience_orientation":"inferred","company_stage":null,"interaction":"observed","modality":"default"},"canonical_url":null,"first_seen":"2026-04-13T11:45:55.0000000Z","last_seen":"2026-04-27T11:46:31.0000000Z","observation_count":3}