Episode · Sources with Alex Heath · 2025-10-30

Books mentioned on Eugenia Kuyda on software’s “YouTube moment”

1 book · With Eugenia Kuyda · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Ellis and Alex chat about turning life into an RPG video game, and are then joined by Replika and Wabi CEO Eugenia Kuyda to discuss her new app — for building your own hyper-personal apps in 5 minutes flat.

Eugenia Kuyda discussed The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. The Futurological Congress

   The Futurological Congress

   Stanisław Lem; Michael Kandel · at 55:54

   Discussed

   “it's probably the main way people are still using chat bots today is for this kind of companionship stuff a lot of these things were already covered by have already been covered by uh sci-fi there's for example there's the book by Stenisam Congress right that shows a very dystopian future of VR”

   Eugenia Kuyda Eugenia Kuyda on software’s “YouTube moment” 2025-10-30 Listen at 55:54

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