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by Forrest Brazeal
Silicon 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.
Every few years, Silicon Valley invents a new technology that changes everything, whether you like it or not.
Bored 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.
Swaggering startup bros. Swarming venture capitalists. Sociopathic billionaires.
Sure, they have grandiose dreams to change reality as we know it.
But 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.
As 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.
After 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." —Andy Weir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian
"Paradox Inc. 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!" —Dan Lyons, New York Times bestselling author of Disrupted
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Forrest Brazeal 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 Daily Science Fiction and Abyss & Apex. He lives in North Carolina with his family. Paradox Inc is his first novel.
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