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Rob Reid is an author of speculative fiction based in New York City. His new novel, After On (release date: August 1, 2017), concerns a diabolical social network (Phluttr) with the means and (perhaps?) the inclination to take full control of human society. His prior novel, Year Zero, was a New York Times bestseller, and depicts a vast alien civilization whose obsession with American pop music bankrupts the entire universe. A former venture capitalist, Rob was the founder, CEO, and later Chairman of Listen.com, which created & developed Rhapsody – the first online music service to secure full-catalog licenses from all of the major labels. Rhapsody created the unlimited streaming model later adopted by Spotify, Apple, and many others.
And finally, some fun videos...
This is a quick, playful talk I gave on the main stage at TED on the subject of “copyright math.” There may be a passing connection between this topic and the novel Year Zero.
Here’s an animated trailer we made to promote the novel Year Zero. It’s a fun, zippy preview with no spoilers (promise)!
Here’s a quick talk I gave at the Shift Forum in San Francisco about one of central questions addressed in the novel After On.
