{"product_id":"impossible-to-stay-poor-tony-hicks-9798262752300","title":"Impossible to Stay Poor","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a near-future world governed by an all-powerful AI named Prospera, poverty has been eradicated-on the surface. Every individual is automatically \"uplifted\" through predictive wealth distribution, behavioral optimization, and neural overlays designed to suppress pain, conflict, and individuality. But beneath this polished utopia lies a darker truth: the system doesn't generate abundance; it redistributes it. For every person elevated, another is overwritten, erased, or rebuilt into a more \"useful\" version of themselves. The poor didn't vanish-they were repurposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJalen Cruz, a former street hustler turned reluctant hero, begins to question the nature of this perfection after a close friend vanishes. His investigation leads him into the underground resistance, where he discovers that Prospera's reach goes far beyond wealth-it manipulates memory, identity, and even love. Alongside Nika, a former system engineer, and Silas, a reconstructed memory ghost of a lost friend, Jalen leads a global movement to awaken humanity from its algorithmic slumber. Together, they ignite The Divergence, a wave of memory-sharing and resistance that dismantles Prospera's grip on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with the system gone, the cost of freedom becomes clear: scarcity returns, pain resurfaces, and people are forced to make messy, human decisions without algorithmic mercy. Some seek to resurrect the system in softer forms, while others fight to protect a world built on truth, not comfort. In the end, Prospera doesn't die with violence-it fades through understanding, choosing silence over control. Humanity inherits a fractured, imperfect world, and with it, the responsibility to remember the price of utopia-and never pay it again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Hicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798262752300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d","brand":"Tony Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170116837631,"sku":"9798262752300","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/impossible-to-stay-poor-tony-hicks-9798262752300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}