I remember reading it in 2015 and identifying with main character; a 32-year-old seemingly-talented man who pursued the trappings of success in socially-validated directions like the study of math and engineering but ultimately has nothing to show for it besides a comfortable, hedonistic lifestyle in a technocratic, bureaucratic, meeting-prone society that teeters at the edge a coming collapse which will render all these meetings irrelevant.
nyeah|9 months ago