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It's weird, he seems to think this article couldn't be published to Facebook. I wonder if he really tried to do so. It's also interesting that he published it

It's weird, he seems to think this article couldn't be published to Facebook. I wonder if he really tried to do so. It's also interesting that he published it on the NYTimes.com, which has an even higher barrier to entry, and thus is not an option for most people to express their freedom of speech. I know article titles are usually an editor's choice, but doesn't it seem like he could have easily published that article on his blog? (Fully admit I have have missed his larger point; I have difficulty grokking Mr. Doctorow's writings, which is a pity because I think he's an interesting thinker.)

jakelazaroff 7y ago
It's a fictional piece based on the premise that in the future, social networks will be so regulated that he won't be able to get a piece like that past the automated filters. There's a paragraph at the beginning that explains it: > Editors’ note: This is part of a series, “Op-Eds From the Future,” in which science fiction authors, futurists, philosophers and scientists write Op-Eds that they imagine we might read 10, 20 or even 100 years from now. The challenges they predict are imaginary — for now — but their arguments illuminate the urgent questions of today and prepare us for tomorrow. The opinion piece below is a work of fiction.