Polite Robots, Billionaire Bunkers, and the End of Everything

Show Notes:

In this episode, I dive into Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (a novel that might be less speculative fiction and more a quietly panicked weather report for the state of our world).

I unpack why this book is:• Unnervingly prophetic (yes, even more than 1984)• Accidentally in perfect sync with Peter Turchin’s End Times collapse theory• Full of robots more emotionally well-adjusted than most CEOs• Genuinely funny, weirdly hopeful, and absolutely worth your time

Also featuring: billionaire bunkers, librarians with swords, malfunctioning diagnostics departments, and the phrase “pre-patch notes for our extinction.”

Grab a cup of tea (while society still functions), and let’s talk about why Service Model might be the most polite apocalypse you’ll ever read.

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