In 2029, from S o Paulo, Xavier, a young IT worker, publishes-with little expectation-an incredible discovery: Historical Time is guided by the Golden Ratio, accelerating in ever-shorter phases. Anyone can verify it. His calculations mysteriously align the dates of neoliberal Globalization, World War I, and the French Revolution... even the birth of Jesus. Coincidence or trend? Fanaticism or 'Psychohistory'? The discovery also points to future social crises in the West: the next one is predicted for 2039. The formula and the information released go viral and spiral out of control-on virtual networks; in the race for AI; among delivery workers; and, finally, in neighborhoods, social movements, and trendy mass 'animations.' All of this sparks a wave of social and psychological unrest that surfaces in a chaotic, suffocatingly hot planet, where temperatures have been rising relentlessly in those last years...
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