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I will check out that book.
Toffler inspired science fiction writer John Brunner. Brunner wrote a book in 1969 and set it in the early 21st Century. He predicted things like middle class folks needing a room mate to make the rent, legalized marijuana, AI, and mass shootings. "Stand On Zanzibar."
https://bookshop.org/p/books/stand-on-zanzibar-john-brunner/7252770?ean=9781250781222&next=t
Thanks, I looked it up and it's all you say.
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