An Unsustainable Life – The Book of Darwin
First in a two-part story
What if what you broke was humanity itself, how far would you go to to make amends?
Darwin’s a gifted Silicon Valley entrepreneur in the early dot.com days who inadvertently sells his startup to the Chinese military. Overwrought with guilt, he banishes himself to the Northern New Mexico wilderness to make amends and keep away from technology’s temptations. Several years into his journey of redemption, Tien, a brilliant mathematician and former protégé, informs Darwin of the mess she’s made trying to fix the mess he made. Tien convinces Darwin to join her and other concerned technologists to fix things once and for all; to save humanity not only from the growing influence of Information Oligarchs and the coming AI revolution, but also from society’s willingness to trade freedom for convenience.