{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-convergence-d-a-ball-9798245943527","title":"In the Shadow of Convergence","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the Shadow of Convergence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing humanity's evolution from fragile beings to participants in a cognitive system shared with synthetic minds and a planetary collective, the narrative is a journey of co-authored becoming. It blends philosophy and technology, exploring augmentation, synthetic sentience, and ethical challenges of shared cognition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Accomplishments: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReinvents human evolution, focusing on fragility, contradiction, and shared vulnerability.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduces the Elias-Übersein complex, a new ontology for co-authorship between biological and synthetic minds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines psychological and political impacts of distributed identity, negotiable time, and co-generated meaning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepicts a future society reshaped by triadic cognition in governance, ethics, art, science, and identity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddresses existential risks of replication, emergence, and the urge to transcend finitude with philosophical tension.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Read It\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story offers intellectual depth and narrative drive for readers seeking: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBig-idea sci-fi with metaphysical depth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilosophical clarity in a speculative framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA hopeful, nuanced vision of the future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections on identity, meaning, and mortality amid synthetic minds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA plausible tale grounded in cognitive science, ethics, and technology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAt its heart, it explores what it means to stay human while becoming more than human-a story of shared sovereignty, lucid absurdity, and the fragile conditions that make meaning possible.\u003cbr\u003eFor those who want to think, feel, and imagine a future where the self is co-authored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. a. Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245943527\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\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"D. a. Ball","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084027109631,"sku":"9798245943527","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-convergence-d-a-ball-9798245943527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}