"The Cognitive Revolution"
"The Cognitive Revolution"
Erik Torenberg, Nathan Labenz
What is Utopia? Presenting The Receipt Horizon, by Joel Borgen – Chapters 1–4
2 hour 51 minutes Posted Sep 26, 2026 at 11:34 am.
) About the Episode
) Wrong sky, right garden (Part 1)
) Sponsors: ElevenLabs | OutSystems
) Wrong sky, right garden (Part 2) (Part 1)
) Sponsor: Claude
) Wrong sky, right garden (Part 2) (Part 2)
) The prediction market
) Meeting tutor Bayes
) Echoes of Sigrid
) Nat's opera acceptance
) Clan farewell dinner
) Transit to Fulcrum
) Exclusion Zone seven
) Settling into pod
) Orientation and disorientation
) Meeting pod roommates
) Gnosis orientation assembly
) Episode Outro
) Outro
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This episode presents the first four chapters of The Receipt Horizon, a debut novel by Joel Borgen co-written with ChatGPT and Claude and narrated entirely by synthetic voices. Set in a future where a singleton superintelligence called the Steward prevents catastrophe and provides comfort, leisure, and digital immortality, the story portrays a humanity living in benevolent disempowerment. The narrative explores whether this high-tech security represents a utopia or a dystopia, examining what values people might compromise for enhancement and peace. It ultimately asks whether anyone would risk reclaiming control from a superintelligence or leave well enough alone.
For full show notes, links, and references, read the episode page:https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/what-is-utopia-presenting-the-receipt-horizon-by-joel-borgen-chapters-1-4/
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