Book angle
The manuscript moves away from abstract 'AI civilization' talk toward a world of chokepoints, export controls, regulation, and infrastructural divergence.
Why now
This is the concept that ties the private future of apps to the public future of statecraft.
Chapter references
- Chapter 12 - Geopolitics of Friction
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FUTUROSHOCK: When Reality Gets Outsourced
Primary manuscript and conceptual spine for the entire atlas.
Atlas of AI
Re-materializes AI into minerals, labor, logistics, energy, and planetary cost.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 - AI Act
The clearest public sign that institutional clocks lag but still reshape the terrain.
Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
A global rights-and-dignity framework that fits the book's concerns with personhood and legibility.
AI Index Report 2026
The strongest public benchmark for capabilities, deployment, investment, and governance gaps.