The Connective Tissue in Goon Squad

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I think she is the web of people that she made for goon squad. She had like having characters age in relationship to it is very important. We get some illusions to bix inventing social media as we understand it before he invents the super social media that is in this book. And then there's also this concert at the end of goon squad where people are like the idea of like paid influencers is part of the story.

It only took 500-or-so episodes to revisit the world of Egan's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad. We did, of course, have to wait for Egan to write her sequel (sort of) novel. This follow-up to a post-postmodern classic is focused on memories (digital and otherwise) and relationships (virtual and otherwise). It's got "what if the Meta but for everyone's memories" okay??

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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