I'm not sure what's so appealing about the novel. I did finish it though, it's not a very good book. It's fine. It hits the same nostalgia spots as something like Mr. Robot and Stranger Things, both overrated shows imo.
The only positive thing i can say about this is that it's built to be a movie. It offers nothing beyond visuals, but thankfully it looks like Spielberg got that part oh so right.
Soylent is the single saddest thing i've ever heard of. eating is fun. cooking is fun. treating my body like a truck and pumping myself full of gas is just sad.
Investing in crypto-currency is investing in blackhats, password lists, botnets, spam servers, click farms and M(alware)aaS. in currency collapse of struggling small countries and tax evasion in larger ones. it's investing in money laundering, corruption, opinion manipulation, corporate and political espionage and election tampering. in ransomware and plain-old ransom. in child pornography and drug, weapon and organ sales. investing in CC is investing in the ugliest side of humanity, and business.is.booming.
investing in human misery used to be elite exclusive, but now even you can do it!