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It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do.

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Cory Doctorow
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 17
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City of Toronto
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Cory Efram Doctorow
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Technology giveth and technology taketh away.
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I choose YouTube over telly.
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Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.
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