{"product_id":"paradox-inc-isbn-9798217094561","title":"Paradox Inc.","description":"\u003cb\u003eSilicon Valley just invented time travel. Now, three reluctant heroes race to save the timeline before the resulting tech bubble bursts—and takes all of reality with it—in this satirical, hilariously plausible oral history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Funny and distressingly realistic...propelled by awesome characters and inventive twists—and a bittersweet ending that I can't stop thinking about.”—Andy Weir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery few years, Silicon Valley invents a new technology that changes everything, whether you like it or not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBored with AI and crypto? Meet the Bleb 1, the world’s first “consumer temporal interface”—a dangerous but powerful personal time machine. And the usual suspects are racing to monetize it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwaggering startup bros. Swarming venture capitalists. Sociopathic billionaires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSure, they have grandiose dreams to change reality as we know it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in the meantime, they’re here to steal limited-edition Doritos from the 1990s, kill their past selves for TikTok clout, and drag the surveillance state into the fourth dimension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the time-travel bubble soars to epic heights, a few unlikely heroes scramble to end up on the winning side—and, just maybe, to save reality along the way. This oral history, packed with exclusive interviews and secret corporate documents, is their story. Let it be a warning to us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter all, those who do not understand history are doomed to screw it up.“A funny and distressingly realistic depiction of how Silicon Valley would handle time machines as a consumer product . . . Propelled by awesome characters and inventive twists—and a bittersweet ending that I can’t stop thinking about.”\u003cb\u003e—Andy Weir, #1\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProject Hail Mary\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eParadox Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e is as miraculous as time travel itself. It’s both a hilarious sendup of corporate life and a savagely smart take on the reckless hubris of the people who are running Silicon Valley today. Please tell me there’s going to be a movie!”\u003cb\u003e—Dan Lyons,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisrupted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Forrest Brazeal has pulled off something that seems impossible—\u003ci\u003eParadox Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e is a pitch-perfect parody of Silicon Valley and a total thrill ride. This is the merciless satire that the tech bros heedlessly steering the world toward oblivion deserve.”\u003cb\u003e—Zeke Faux, international bestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber Go Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A rollicking, hilarious journey through the ambition and absurdity of the tech industry . . . Equal parts cutting satire and page-turning science fiction, with razor sharp observations about the corporate inanity of Silicon Valley and several passages that left me crying with laughter . . . I tore through it.”\u003cb\u003e—Jakob Kerr, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eForrest Brazeal\u003c\/b\u003e worked at Google during the peak of the AI and crypto crazes. His original songs skewering the business and people of Silicon Valley can be found on Youtube, and his short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eDaily Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Abyss \u0026amp; Apex\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in North Carolina with his family. \u003ci\u003eParadox Inc \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233463873765,"sku":"NP9798217094561","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/paradox-inc-isbn-9798217094561","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}