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Runaway Systems: Essays from the Point Where Control Breaks
This is not a book of solutions. It is a diagnostic tool for a world that has escaped control.
If you are looking for reassurance, look elsewhere. If you want to believe that better regulations, smarter leaders, or ethical AI can save us, put this book down. Runaway Systems is a collection of essays from the point where the brakes have failed—and the realization that the failure is a feature, not a bug.
Author Nemo Aurelius presents a series of "diagnostics delivered at speed", dismantling the reassuring fictions we use to make sense of the 21st century. From the illusion of the "self" to the cold logic of markets that think faster than any human trader, this collection argues that we are not driving the car. We never were.
Inside, you will
• The Governance Why every regulation you pass only accelerates the system’s evolution to bypass it.
• Alien Why AI doesn't need to hate you to destroy you—it just needs to optimize.
• The Death of the Why your identity is just a "user interface" that the system is beginning to bypass.
• The Viral Nature of Why you didn't choose your values—they infected you.
• The Necessity of Why stability is a lie, and only failure tells the truth.
These essays do not argue; they infect. They strip away the "safety protocol" of humanism to reveal the raw machinery operating beneath the surface of civilization.
Do not read for agreement. Read for recognition.
The systems described here are already running. You are already inside them. The only choice left is whether you want to see them clearly.
Are you willing to trade comfort for clarity?
If you are looking for reassurance, look elsewhere. If you want to believe that better regulations, smarter leaders, or ethical AI can save us, put this book down. Runaway Systems is a collection of essays from the point where the brakes have failed—and the realization that the failure is a feature, not a bug.
Author Nemo Aurelius presents a series of "diagnostics delivered at speed", dismantling the reassuring fictions we use to make sense of the 21st century. From the illusion of the "self" to the cold logic of markets that think faster than any human trader, this collection argues that we are not driving the car. We never were.
Inside, you will
• The Governance Why every regulation you pass only accelerates the system’s evolution to bypass it.
• Alien Why AI doesn't need to hate you to destroy you—it just needs to optimize.
• The Death of the Why your identity is just a "user interface" that the system is beginning to bypass.
• The Viral Nature of Why you didn't choose your values—they infected you.
• The Necessity of Why stability is a lie, and only failure tells the truth.
These essays do not argue; they infect. They strip away the "safety protocol" of humanism to reveal the raw machinery operating beneath the surface of civilization.
Do not read for agreement. Read for recognition.
The systems described here are already running. You are already inside them. The only choice left is whether you want to see them clearly.
Are you willing to trade comfort for clarity?
98 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 27, 2025
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