The Ship We Build
A field guide for three brothers in the AI transitionBy Johann FloresRecorded TrackLength1h 2m
About this audiobook
In the summer of 2026, my older brother sent my other brother and me a letter. It counted every time the three of us should have died and didn't, read the AI forecasts, and concluded we were saved for a purpose, with maybe two years to get rich before the door closed on families like ours. This audiobook is my reply. The Ship We Build answers his letter with research instead of comfort: what the AI 2027 and AI 2040 forecasters predict, what the fear merchants added on top, what holds its value in every future, and what three brothers with different skills should build when nobody knows the timeline. It says yes to him, and it raises. Not a desperate sprint, but a doctrine: own things, finish things, forecast quarterly, protect the family above the venture. He told us to get on the ship before it leaves. There is no ship. We are the shipyard. Fourteen chapters, about an hour, written for two brothers and published for anyone who got the same letter in their own house.
Audiobook details
GenreSelf-Help, Science and Nature
Length1 hr 2 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A field guide for three brothers in the AI transition
2Prologue: Why I Made This
3Chapter One: What the Letter Got Right
4Chapter Two: The Pattern, Run Forward
5Chapter Three: What the Research Actually Says
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6Chapter Four: The Dark Ending, Faced Honestly
7Chapter Five: The Bright Ending, Taken Seriously
8Chapter Six: The Wide Middle, Where We Actually Live
9Chapter Seven: The Human Factor
10Chapter Eight: There Is No Boarding Pass
11Chapter Nine: What Survives in Every Branch
12Chapter Ten: The Triangle
13Chapter Eleven: The Doctrine
14Chapter Twelve: The First Work
15Chapter Thirteen: The Dashboard
16Chapter Fourteen: The Children
17Epilogue: The Good Tuesday
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