Group field theory condensate cosmology: An appetizer
  This contribution is an appetizer to the relatively young and fast evolving
approach to quantum cosmology based on group field theory condensate states. We
summarize the main assumptions and pillars of this approach which has revealed
new perspectives on the long-standing question of how to recover the continuum
from discrete geometric building blocks. Among others, we give a snapshot of
recent work on isotropic cosmological solutions exhibiting an accelerated
expansion, a bounce where anisotropies are shown to be under control and
inhomogeneities with an approximately scale-invariant power spectrum. Finally,
we point to open issues in the condensate cosmology approach.
