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It was described as a pre-apocalyptic book with strong female characters and exciting adventure leading up to the apocalypse.
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It's called 'The Future' by Naomi Alderman. And it is a, right now in the middle, it's a pre-apocalyptic strong female techie girl leads and the apocalypse is coming. There's fucking tech billionaires...
— Episode: 403 - Thrive & Survive
Episode: 403 - Thrive & Survive
It was described as a pre-apocalyptic book with strong female characters and exciting adventure leading up to the apocalypse.
"
It's called 'The Future' by Naomi Alderman. And it is a, right now in the middle, it's a pre-apocalyptic strong female techie girl leads and the apocalypse is coming. There's fucking tech billionaires that you hate.
It's just like this adventure leading up to the apocalypse. It's like really exciting. It's so good. I love the characters. I highly recommend it.
It tells the story of three tech billionaires who are preparing for the impending climate apocalypse while others are trying to stop them. It was called a complex novel of ideas, slightly hidden inside a satirical dystopian tech thriller.
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The Guardian called it a complex novel of ideas, slightly hidden inside a satirical dystopian tech thriller.
— Episode: Epic Games Wins Against Google, COP 28,...
Episode: Epic Games Wins Against Google, COP 28, and Guest...
It tells the story of three tech billionaires who are preparing for the impending climate apocalypse while others are trying to stop them. It was called a complex novel of ideas, slightly hidden inside a satirical dystopian tech thriller.
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The Guardian called it a complex novel of ideas, slightly hidden inside a satirical dystopian tech thriller.
The mental health of humanity continued to be strip-mined.
I think this one could be Larry Page or Sergey Brin. I think this, now, obviously, I don't wanna get sued by the richest people in the world.
We thought 15 years ago that you were actually incredible and you had a brilliant mind and you were working on some of the big problems. And now you seem to have gone crazy from power toxicity somehow.
I am interested by how somebody ends up calling some cave rescue people in Thailand, paedophiles. I am very interested in how that happens, which is a real thing. I'm sure listeners to this know that.
Rima Grace consistently highlighted the title as a page‑turning novel that examined uncomfortable issues around money, class, and work. It was featured as a key recommendation for the podcast’s summer book club and praised by the team for its relevance to economic discussions. The overall tone was enthusiastic, positioning it as a highly recommended read.
Highly Recommended
Episode: Health care is still hot in the job market
It was mentioned as a page turning novel that was loved by the team and gets at some uncomfortable topic around money, class, and our relationship to work.
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We'll feature a wide range of recs, including classics like E.M. Forrester's A Passage to India, page turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future and personal finance books like Paco de Leon's Finance for the People.
Episode: Homelessness criminalized as home sales fall and p...
It was mentioned as a page-turning novel that tackles uncomfortable topics around money, class, and our relationship to work.
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page-turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future
It was recommended as a page-turning novel exploring uncomfortable topics around money, class, and work.
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page-turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future
page-turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future
Episode: Credit card debt data reveals “two different Ameri...
It was recommended as a page-turning novel that gets at uncomfortable topics around money, class, and the relationship to work.
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page-turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future
Episode: The economy doesn’t love the heat, either
It was mentioned as a page-turning novel that deals with the uncomfortable topic of money, class, and our relationship to work.
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We'll feature a wide range of recs, including classics like E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, page turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future and personal finance books like Paco de Leon's Finance for the People.
Episode: Breaking Ground: Change isn’t coming — it’s here
It was mentioned as a page-turning novel that deals with uncomfortable topics around money, class, and our relationship to work.
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page turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future
Episode: Why’s my coffee so expensive?
It was mentioned as a page-turning novel that gets at an uncomfortable topic around money, class, and work.
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We'll feature a wide range of recs including classics like E.M. Forrester's A Passage to India, page-turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future, and personal finance books like Paco de Leon's Finance for the People.
Episode: Bad housing news comes in threes
It was mentioned as a page-turning novel recommendation during the "This is Uncomfortable" summer book club.
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We'll feature a wide range of recs, including classics like E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, page-turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future, and personal finance books like Paco de Leon's Finance for the People.
Episode: A higher-than-expected CPI
The Future was recommended as a page-turning novel that deals with uncomfortable topics around money, class, and our relationship to work.
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We'll feature a wide range of recs, including classics like E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, page turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future, and personal finance books like Paco de Leon's Finance for the People.
Episode: What do rising unemployment claims mean for the ec...
This novel was recommended as part of the This Is Uncomfortable summer book club, focusing on topics related to money, class, and work.
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We'll feature a wide range of recs, including classics like E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, page turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future and personal finance books like Paco de Leon's Finance for the People.
Episode: Talking the (workplace) talk
It was recommended as a page-turning novel that gets at some uncomfortable topic around money, class, and our relationship to work.
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page turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future
Episode: Where’s the AI spending payoff?
The Future is described as a page-turning novel that explores uncomfortable topics related to money, class, and work.
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page turning novels like Naomi Alderman's The Future
It was mentioned in the context of China's demographic crisis, discussing the projected loss of working-age adults and gain of senior citizens each year.
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China will lose 5 to 10 million working age adults and gain 5 to 10 million senior citizens every year for the foreseeable future.
— Episode: 1/19/23: Trump Returns to Social Media,...
Episode: 1/19/23: Trump Returns to Social Media, Twitter Lo...
It was mentioned in the context of China's demographic crisis, discussing the projected loss of working-age adults and gain of senior citizens each year.
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China will lose 5 to 10 million working age adults and gain 5 to 10 million senior citizens every year for the foreseeable future.
Episode: 1/19/23: Trump Returns to Social Media, Twitter Lo...
It was mentioned in the context of a demographic crisis in China, where the country is projected to lose millions of working-age adults and gain millions of senior citizens annually for the foreseeable future.
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China will lose 5 to 10 million working age adults and gain 5 to 10 million senior citizens every year for the foreseeable future.
Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.
