Culture
Like in the book, what Game show in the modern world similarly forces people to contend for money?
What are Jeopardy, Family Feud, Love Island, Wipeout etc.
In the book The Running Man, the audience's obsession with watching daily runs of the show mirrors today's culture of binge-watching what popular reality tv show? (Hint: season 7 (arguably the worst season) just aired this past summer)
In the book, Ben Richards explains that from a young age, he and his brother had to take on dangerous, even life-threatening jobs just to be able to barely survive. What big companies exist today that are often reported for poor treatment of their workers?
Amazon, Shien, Nike, Apple, literally anyone working in healthcare
Reality TV in the book was solely aimed at exploiting people's pain, desperation, and humiliation for entertainment. What genres of media exist today that can be argued to have similar intentions? (Hint: Netflix docuseries like Dahmer and many podcasts with this topic exist)
What is true crime