Book angle
This chapter turns deepfakes and feed personalization into a civilizational problem: not misinformation alone, but the loss of a common floor for disagreement.
Why now
The concept names why modern political conflict feels ontological rather than merely ideological.
Chapter references
- Chapter 4 - The Last Shared Reality
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FUTUROSHOCK: When Reality Gets Outsourced
Primary manuscript and conceptual spine for the entire atlas.
Simulacra and Simulation
The classical language for copies, maps, and realities that precede their territory.
Alone Together
A foundational text on companionship without reciprocity and technologically mediated solitude.
Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
A global rights-and-dignity framework that fits the book's concerns with personhood and legibility.