The City and the Stars
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The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke comes up on Acquired, including episode with Anatoly Yakovenko, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.
The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke appears 2 times across 2 podcast episodes on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.
“I'm reading The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke right now.”
Why people keep bringing this up
Both recorded mentions come from the Acquired podcast. In the Solana special episode the guest, CEO Anatoly Yakovenko, cites The City and the Stars as a point of comparison when discussing the idea of a super connected world, explicitly connecting the book to contemporary conversations about networked systems. The episode title and guest attribution in the evidence anchor that reference to the Solana conversation.
A separate Acquired episode about Ethereum includes a host or guest remark that they are “in the middle of The City and the Stars” and enjoying it, adding that the novel is “set billions of years in the future.” Together those two citations show the book surfacing in technology-focused discussions on Acquired as both a reading-in-progress and a conceptual touchstone for extreme futurity and highly connected systems.
The host mentions 'The City and the Stars' to illustrate a thought experiment about a highly interconnected world. They find the concept of such a world more intriguing than traditional discussions about currency and value.
The host is currently reading 'The City and the Stars' and expresses enjoyment of the book. It is set in a distant future, which adds to its intrigue.
Recent show rotation: Acquired.
Guests tied to these mentions include Anatoly Yakovenko.
Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 52:50 in the episode where we captured it.
Quick FAQ
Answers to common book, episode, podcast, and guest questions.
Which episode mentioned The City and the Stars?
Special: Solana (with CEO Anatoly Yakovenko) on Acquired is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke. Other indexed episodes include Ethereum on Acquired. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 52:50.
Which podcast mentioned The City and the Stars?
Acquired is the main indexed podcast currently tied to The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke.
Who mentioned The City and the Stars on podcasts?
Anatoly Yakovenko is the main guest currently tied to mentioning The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke.
Why do podcast guests bring up The City and the Stars?
The host mentions 'The City and the Stars' to illustrate a thought experiment about a highly interconnected world. They find the concept of such a world more intriguing than traditional discussions about currency and value. It most often appears in conversations about super connected world and current reading enjoyment.
Mentions across episodes
Every mention card links back to the episode page and exact transcript anchor.
“The speaker mentions reading 'The City and the Stars' by Arthur C. Clarke, relating it to the concept of a super connected world.”
“I'm in the middle of the city and the stars right now, which I'm also really enjoying. Set billions of years in the future.”