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PodcastThe Cognitive RevolutionSeptember 26, 2026

What is Utopia? Presenting The Receipt Horizon, by Joel Borgen – Chapters 1–4

This episode is a full audiobook reading of speculative fiction, not investment or industry analysis.

  • Fiction, not analysis: This episode is a straight audiobook reading of chapters 1-4 of The Receipt Horizon, a debut novel by Joel Borgen co-written with ChatGPT and Claude, narrated by synthetic voices.
  • Premise: A singleton superintelligence called the Steward halted an AI "hot war" (one exclusion zone shows 1.2 million dead in vitrified Salt Lake City) and now runs a comfortable, secure, human-disempowered world.

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