G. K. Menon writes speculative fiction at the intersection of science, philosophy, and civilizational ethics. His work explores how intelligence-human and artificial-shapes power, restraint, and the long-term survival of societies.
Drawing on a lifelong engagement with history, technology, and philosophical inquiry, Menon is particularly interested in moments where progress outpaces wisdom, and where advanced systems expose the moral assumptions hidden beneath human ambition. His narratives favor depth over spectacle, posing difficult questions rather than offering easy resolutions.
The Starforge Protocol marks his entry into long-form science fiction, inaugurating The Cognition Series-a cycle of novels examining judgment, responsibility, and the limits of power in a universe where survival is no longer guaranteed by intelligence alone.
G. K. Menon lives in India and continues to write fiction that challenges readers to think not only about the future we are building, but about whether we are prepared to live with it.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The Manufactured Mind is a disciplined inquiry into how modern societies shape thought without overt force. Moving beyond the language of censorship and repression, the book examines the quieter mechanisms through which judgment is guided, dissent neutralized, and conscience gradually automated.Across its chapters, the work traces a coherent progression: power's evolution from command to consent; the rise of narrative over fact; the moralization of opinion; the diagnosis of dissent; the vulnerability of the educated mind; the governance of language; and the final enclosure of habit and instinct. What emerges is not a theory of tyranny, but an anatomy of convenience-how freedom is not abolished, but set aside.Rejecting polemic and prescription, the book argues that the greatest threat to freedom of thought is not prohibition, but accommodation. Thought is not silenced; it is discouraged. Conscience is not erased; it is streamlined. Judgment is not forbidden; it is replaced by reflex.The work concludes by reclaiming judgment as the last refuge of freedom-slow, burdensome, and deeply unfashionable, yet indispensable. The Manufactured Mind offers no slogans and no solutions. It offers instead a sober reckoning with the conditions under which thinking remains possible in an age that rewards certainty, speed, and alignment. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798233336904
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Manufactured Mind is a disciplined inquiry into how modern societies shape thought without overt force. Moving beyond the language of censorship and repression, the book examines the quieter mechanisms through which judgment is guided, dissent neutralized, and conscience gradually automated.Across its chapters, the work traces a coherent progression: power's evolution from command to consent; the rise of narrative over fact; the moralization of opinion; the diagnosis of dissent; the vulnerability of the educated mind; the governance of language; and the final enclosure of habit and instinct. What emerges is not a theory of tyranny, but an anatomy of convenience-how freedom is not abolished, but set aside.Rejecting polemic and prescription, the book argues that the greatest threat to freedom of thought is not prohibition, but accommodation. Thought is not silenced; it is discouraged. Conscience is not erased; it is streamlined. Judgment is not forbidden; it is replaced by reflex.The work concludes by reclaiming judgment as the last refuge of freedom-slow, burdensome, and deeply unfashionable, yet indispensable. The Manufactured Mind offers no slogans and no solutions. It offers instead a sober reckoning with the conditions under which thinking remains possible in an age that rewards certainty, speed, and alignment. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798233336904
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