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The Ezra Klein Show
The host said it was a 2010 novel that had eerily predicted many aspects of today's hypervisual, screenobsessed society and rankedbyappearance culture.
it is a 2010 book by Gary Shteyngart and I think more than any other book, it predicted the strangeness of the world we live in today
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The host said it was a 2010 novel that had eerily predicted many aspects of today's hypervisual, screenobsessed society and rankedbyappearance culture.
it is a 2010 book by Gary Shteyngart and I think more than any other book, it predicted the strangeness of the world we live in today
everyone carries a device called the Apparat... they are constantly being ranked everywhere, credit poles showcase your credit, women are hypersexualized, America is run by a fascist leader...
there is an invasion of Venezuela in this book... Security State Israel... the Rate Me Plus Technology constantly ranks people over and over