Book angle
The book refuses the lazy comfort that 'being human' will automatically protect us. A premium is not a compliment. It is a cost that someone must pay.
Why now
This concept explains labor-market inversion, intimate media value, and why imperfect human traces become more persuasive in synthetic environments.
Chapter references
- Chapter 9 - More Human Than Human
- Epilogue - The Agency Stack
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FUTUROSHOCK: When Reality Gets Outsourced
Primary manuscript and conceptual spine for the entire atlas.
The AI Mirror
A major philosophical anchor for the book's authorship and human-practice concerns.
Alone Together
A foundational text on companionship without reciprocity and technologically mediated solitude.
The Future of Jobs Report 2025
A strong public lens on skills inversion, labor turbulence, and the premium on human capacities.
The Burnout Society
A compact theory of achievement subjectivity, exhaustion, and self-exploitation.