1Introduction
6Chapter 5 — The Confession Economy
2Chapter 1 — Prologue: The Curtain That Never Closed
7Chapter 6 — The Spectator’s Burden
3Chapter 2 — The Arena and the Algorithm
8Chapter 7 — Epilogue: The Infinite Stage
4Chapter 3 — The Sideshow Mirror
9Appendix A — Timeline: The Spectacle Century (1900 – 2025)
5Chapter 4 — The Game of Chance and Choreography
10Appendix B — Glossary of the Real
