It is a fantastic game.

Speed runners have done it in 1:40:05, first runs can take 8 - 12 hours or more. A first run report, with advice but no spoilers https://fogknife.com/2017-10-11-i-played-universal-paperclip...

Some interviews with the designer, and previous postings: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Other great idle/clicker/growth games include:

* Drowning in Problems: http://game.notch.net/drowning/#

* Derivative Clicker: https://gzgreg.github.io/DerivativeClicker/

* 2nd Derivative Clicker: https://jamuspsi.github.io/second/