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The Years of Rice and Salt
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And the idea that kept coming to my head about this was from Kim Stanley Robinson's book the ministry for the future which takes place sort of in the near future as societies come to grips with climate change.
Ezra Klein · The Ezra Klein Show · Feb 2023 Listen at 1:26:44 The best things said about it
And then I'm reading the ministry for the future by Kim Stanley Robinson I love Kim Stanley Robinson.
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The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson is an imaginative alternative history novel that explores a world where the Black Death wiped out most of Europe. On an episode of Pod Save America titled "The Worst Takes About Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's 2024 Election," a host discussed participating in a book event with Terry Slat, mentioning that Slat's new book shares insights regarding his disappointment with Barack Obama during a specific speech. Later, on another episode of Pod Save America titled "Answering Your Questions on Midterms, Tim Ryan, Kari Lake, Herschel Walkers and..." the host Lovett shared that he was reading The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, expressing his strong appreciation for the author's work. Additionally, Ezra Klein discussed Robinson's The Ministry for the Future on The Ezra Klein Show in an episode titled "A Guide to the ‘Legal Fictions’ That Create Wealth, Inequality and Economic Crisis." During this conversation, Klein reflected on an idea from the book concerning how societies confront and come to grips with climate change in the near future.
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Ezra Klein and the idea that kept coming to my head about this was from Kim Stanley Robinson's book the ministry for t… 1
“and the idea that kept coming to my head about this was from Kim Stanley Robinson's book the ministry for the future which takes place sort of in the near future as societies come to grips with climate change”
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“Our friend Terry Slat has a new book out, and I was doing a book event with him. In his book, he talks about how the only time in his life he'd ever been disappointed with Barack Obama was during that speech.”
“and then I'm reading the ministry for the future by Kim Stanley Robinson I love Kim Stanley Robinson”
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