Book angle
The book treats curiosity not as a simple virtue but as a seduction that can quietly eat execution, commitment, and meaning.
Why now
This is a critical concept for founders, creators, researchers, and anyone whose tools make rabbit holes frictionless.
Chapter references
- Chapter 5 - The Infinite-Curiosity Trap
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FUTUROSHOCK: When Reality Gets Outsourced
Primary manuscript and conceptual spine for the entire atlas.
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
A crucial precursor on temporal dislocation and perpetual presentness.
How to Do Nothing
An essential counterpoint on attention, refusal, place, and selective disengagement.
Work Trend Index 2026
Useful evidence on workplace agents, delegation, and the managerial normalization of AI assistants.