Length6h 39m
About this audiobook
Nobody and the Ladder: Everybody Was Climbing. Nobody Asked Who Built It. is a Poetic Cinema investigation by Vernon Snell that turns society into one enormous building called The Human System. Inside, Nobody follows the invisible ladders of money, education, law, government, health, property, technology, ownership, history, access, and power. Along the way, Money talks, History carries the receipts, Science demands evidence, Law never stops explaining, Power keeps changing locations, and Vendor somehow finds something to sell on every floor. But beneath the comedy is a serious investigation: Who writes the rules? Who understands them? Who benefits? Who pays? Who gets through the door—and who cannot? As Nobody climbs higher, he discovers there may be no single top at all. Then a child does something nobody expected: she turns the ladder sideways and makes a bridge. Funny, philosophical, cinematic, and deeply human, this book asks whether the systems we built to organize society .
Audiobook details
GenreHumor, Philosophy
Length6 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter Eleven
2EPILOGUE
3THE CASE FILE
4CHAPTER ONE
5apps. Political power. Corporate titles."
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6Nobody.
7CHAPTER TWO
8The First Addiction Nobody Didn't Recognize Nobody remembered wanting to win.
9He was participating. Buying. Selling. Choosing. Influencing. Risking.
10CHAPTER THREE
11Nobody noticed. "Technology."
12Nobody.
13CHAPTER FOUR
14CHAPTER FIVE
15Reading demand. Managing people. Negotiating. Calculating risk. Building networks. Moving products.
16CHAPTER SIX
17CHAPTER SEVEN
18CHAPTER EIGHT
19Imagination.
20Some couldn't.
21CHAPTER NINE
22Wanting and Liking Return to Court
23That applied far beyond sex. Money. Fighting. Working. Eating. Posting. Drinking. Silence.
24Science nodded. Nobody added: A MARKET CAN SELL A PRODUCT.
25CHAPTER TEN
26CHAPTER ELEVEN
27CHAPTER TWELVE
28Then:
29CHAPTER THIRTEEN
30The child wanted family. Security. Belonging. Later: money. Status. Proof.
31CHAPTER THIRTEEN
32The child wanted family. Security. Belonging. Later: money. Status. Proof.
33CHAPTER FIFTEEN
34Commerce whispered: "Yet." Everybody stared. Commerce shrugged. "Just saying."
35impossible scoreboard.
36CHAPTER SIXTEEN
37The bed.
38CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
39Nobody.
40CHAPTER NINETEEN
41A PERSON CAN PARTICIPATE IN A SYSTEM WITHOUT BEING COMPLETELY DEFINED BY
42Nobody.
43The Commodity Finally Breaks
44EPILOGUE
45meaning.
46FOR BOOK CLUBS AND CLASSROOMS
47investigations.
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