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Ezra Klein recalled that the book had profoundly shaped his early thinking about space resources and human ambition, noting its influence on his perspective as a child. He highlighted it as an early science‑fiction work that left a lasting impression on his worldview.
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Ezra Klein recalled that this early sciencefiction work had profoundly shaped his thinking about space resources and human ambition.
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One thing that shaped me as a little tiny person of like age nine or so was a book by Jerry Pournelle called A Step Farther Out.