Should societies aim to be open or stable? Is it possible for a society to have total free speech?  This week we discuss the ideas of the Chinese political novel The Fat Years.

This is the last novel in our Contemporary Chinese Sci-Fi series. We previously reviewed and discussed Vagabonds and The Three-Body Problem which you can find in our archives.  Want to talk about The Fat Years? Join our book club discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanonicalPod where you can also find show notes, credits and extended discussions for every episode.

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