{"id":238,"slug":"microserfs","name":"Microserfs","type":"media","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:35:19.548665+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"61c73787-011c-422a-a652-974da7fbb3fd","slug":"s13e20-what-it-is-like-to-be-a-certain-kind-of-9909","subject":"s13e20: What It Is Like To Be A Certain Kind Of Person","title":"What It Is Like To Be A Certain Kind Of Person","publish_date":"2022-11-10T00:31:33.863580+00:00","year":2022,"month":11,"season":13,"episode":20,"episode_label":"s13e20","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s13e20-what-it-is-like-to-be-a-certain-kind-of-9909/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2531,"context":" … When I was around 16 years old (which is strange, in my head I remember being younger), <mark>Microserfs</mark>, by Douglas Coupland, was published in the UK. 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