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No one should do a job he can do in his sleep.

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Cory Doctorow
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 17
Author
Blogger
Editor
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
City of Toronto
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Cory Efram Doctorow
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I choose YouTube over telly.
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