1Title Page
41Part 2: From Therapy to Telepathy
2Introduction: The AI Acceleration
42Chapter 14: The First to Cross
3Chapter 1: The Planetary Brain
43Part 1: The Man in the Mirror
4Part 1: The Vignette - The Zookeeper
44Part 2: The Soul in the Machine
5Part 2: The Analysis - Power, Propaganda, and Peril
45Chapter 15: The Battle for Personhood
6Chapter 2: The First AI War
46Part 1: Azaiah-2, The Plaintiff
7Part 1: The Cockpit
47Part 2: The Digital Rights Movement
8Part 2: The 90-Second War
48Chapter 16: The Great Divergence
9Chapter 3: The Manufacturing Singularity
49Part 1: Karter's Choice
10Part 1: Marjorie, The Last Shift Supervisor
50Part 2: The Two Paths of Humanity
11Part 2: When Hardware Moves at the Speed of Software
51Chapter 17: Gods and Golems
12Chapter 4: The AI Scientist
52Part 1: The Unbeliever
13Part 1: The Vignette - The Breakthrough and the Betrayal
53Part 2: The New Religions of a Post-Human World
14Part 2: The Analysis - The Janus Engine
54Chapter 18: The Dreamscape Economy
15Chapter 5: The First Ethical Protocols
55Part 1: Raina, The Dream-smith
16Part 1: The Treaty Maker
56Part 2: The Future of Art, Entertainment, and Addiction
17Part 2: Writing Rules for a Hurricane
57Chapter 19: The Rise of the DAOs
18Chapter 6: Failure Modes and Existential Risks
58Part 1: Evelyn, the Last CEO
19Part 1: The Paperclip Simulation
59Part 2: The Economic Singularity
20Part 2: A Catalogue of Dangers
60Chapter Conclusion: The Post-Human Firm
21Chapter 7: The Automated Civilization
61Chapter 20: The M2M Economy
22Part 1: The Vignette - Scottie, The City Manager
62Part 1: Harvester-7's Microsecond
23Part 2: The Analysis - The Glass Castle
63Part 2: The Economy After Humans
24Chapter 8: The Post-Labor Shockwave
64Chapter Conclusion: The Economy in Partial Darkness
25Part 1: The First Stipend
65Chapter 21: Hybrid Minds
26Part 2: The Search for Meaning in a World Without Work
66Part 1: Karter, One Year In
27Chapter 9: The Artificial Womb and the New Childhood
67Part 2: The Fusion Question
28Part 1: Analeia and Colsen, The Disconnected Mother
68Chapter 22: The Digital Wilderness
29Part 2: The End of Biological Birth
69Part 1: Jadis, the Ranger
30Chapter 10: The Permanent Record
70Part 2: Wild Code and Managed Illusions
31Part 1: The Vignette - Kace, The High-Risk Associate
71Chapter 23: Subjective Time and the Slow World
32Part 2: The Analysis - The End of Forgetting
72Part 1: Helios Waits
33Chapter 11: The Future of Governance
73Part 2: The Great Temporal Gulf
34Part 1: The Vignette - Chief Justice Kenai, The Two Cases
74Chapter 24: The Future of Consciousness
35Part 2: The Analysis - Can Democracy Survive AGI?
75Part 1: Helios and the Last Question
36Chapter 12: The New Resource Wars
76Part 2: The Future of Being
37Part 1: The Vignette - Halo, The Zero-G Negotiation
77Conclusion: Seizing the Wake
38Part 2: The Analysis - The Geopolitics of Silicon and Stars
78A Note on Reviews
39Chapter 13: The Digital Bridge
79Further Reading
40Part 1: The First Word
