{"product_id":"3iatlas-pawel-pawlicki-9798244376340","title":"3i\/Atlas: The Meme Plague","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if nothing happened-and everything changed?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an interstellar object known as \u003cb\u003e3I\/ATLAS\u003c\/b\u003e passes close to Earth, scientists expect nothing more than data. And for seven minutes, that expectation seems correct. No collision. No measurable anomaly. No signal that should matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, in the days that follow, something spreads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillions of people across the world begin reporting a shared, deeply personal experience-an undefined \"shift\" in perception, meaning, or consciousness. There is no common doctrine. No clear belief system. No single narrative. Only a growing conviction that \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e happened, even if no one can say exactly what.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as uncertainty evolves into belief. Belief fragments into competing explanations. Fragmentation gives way to panic. Panic becomes contagious. And soon, the crisis is no longer about a comet at all-but about truth itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Meme Plague\u003c\/b\u003e is a work of philosophical science fiction about how reality fractures in an age of algorithmic amplification, information overload, and epistemic instability. Through the eyes of Dr. Rachel Moore-a cognitive scientist drawn into the aftermath of the event-the novel traces the transformation of a non-event into a global psychological and cultural phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about aliens, hidden messages, or secret technologies. There is no revelation waiting at the end. Instead, the book explores how meaning forms in the absence of facts, how belief spreads without persuasion, and how systems designed to optimize attention quietly reshape human consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs social media algorithms begin amplifying ambiguity itself-rewarding uncertainty, emotional resonance, and participation over clarity-ideas start evolving faster than truth can keep up. Narratives replicate not because they are accurate, but because they are \u003ci\u003efit\u003c\/i\u003e. Eventually, even meaning becomes optional. Behavior spreads without belief. Panic spreads without narrative. And shared reality begins to collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the novel is a disturbing question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat happens when people can no longer agree on how to know what is true?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs scientists, policymakers, and institutions struggle to respond, they discover that the problem cannot be solved with better fact-checking or stronger debunking. The crisis is not misinformation-it is \u003cb\u003eepistemic collapse\u003c\/b\u003e: the breakdown of the shared frameworks that once allowed societies to distinguish knowledge from belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a restrained, reflective style, \u003cb\u003eThe Meme Plague\u003c\/b\u003e blends hard science fiction, philosophy of science, systems theory, and psychological realism. It draws inspiration from real research into information contagion, network effects, cognitive bias, and the attention economy, while remaining grounded in human relationships-between colleagues, families, and communities divided not by ideology, but by incompatible ways of knowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a novel for readers who are less interested in answers than in questions. For those who recognize that certainty can be as dangerous as ignorance. For those living in a world where truth feels fragile, contested, and perpetually provisional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Meme Plague\u003c\/b\u003e does not offer comfort. It offers clarity of a different kind: an honest examination of what it means to think, to doubt, and to remain human in an environment where meaning spreads faster than understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause when everything seems possible, knowing becomes the hardest task of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pawel Pawlicki,Rachel K. Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798244376340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Pawel Pawlicki","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171924156671,"sku":"9798244376340","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/3iatlas-pawel-pawlicki-9798244376340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}