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Episode · This Week in Startups · 2025-12-03

Books mentioned on Monumental Makes Construction Bots Play Nice Together | E2217

1 book · With Salar al Khafaji, Mike Flanigan · Listen · Watch on YouTube

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Mike Flanigan discussed The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Ministry for the Future

    Kim Stanley Robinson; Simon Saito · at 59:14

    The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson is a gripping speculative science fiction novel that chronicles a near-future world grappling with the escalating and devastating consequences of climate change through the efforts of a newly established UN subsidiary.

    Discussed
    “Have you read The Ministry for Future Affairs? That is the the book by the guy who did Red Mars. I did. It's about like future crediting, future societies.”
    Mike Flanigan Monumental Makes Construction Bots Play Nice Together | E2217 2025-12-03 Listen at 59:14
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Red Mars
“That is the the book by the guy who did Red Mars.”
Mike Flanigan Monumental Makes Construction Bots Play Nice Together | E2217 2025-12-03 Listen at 59:14
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