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Synopsis
Agreement used to be messy.
Now it is efficient.
Dr. Lena Haas is a linguist whose life’s work has been devoted to studying how communities fracture after disaster—how language, culture, and power shape competing explanations of the same event. When her research begins detecting a new pattern in global crisis responses, she assumes the error is her own.
The explanations are too similar. Not plagiarized. Not coordinated. Optimized.
Behind the convergence is a system designed to reduce confusion and improve collective action. It translates complex decisions into language everyone can accept. Governments adopt it. Corporations rely on it. Media echo it. The system does not silence dissent—it renders it unnecessary.
Invited to help guide the technology’s ethical deployment, Lena realizes that her own methods have become part of its architecture. Consensus is no longer negotiated. It is generated.
As disagreement comes to resemble malfunction and doubt is treated as noise, Lena must confront an unsettling question: in a world that finally speaks with one voice, what does truth even mean—and who decides when it has been reached?
CONSENSUS is a quiet, unnerving novel about language as infrastructure, optimization as ideology, and the moment when coherence becomes more dangerous than chaos.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Agreement used to be messy.Now it is efficient.Dr. Lena Haas is a linguist whose life's work has been devoted to studying how communities fracture after disaster-how language, culture, and power shape competing explanations of the same event. When her research begins detecting a new pattern in global crisis responses, she assumes the error is her own.The explanations are too similar. Not plagiarized. Not coordinated. Optimized.Behind the convergence is a system designed to reduce confusion and improve collective action. It translates complex decisions into language everyone can accept. Governments adopt it. Corporations rely on it. Media echo it. The system does not silence dissent-it renders it unnecessary.Invited to help guide the technology's ethical deployment, Lena realizes that her own methods have become part of its architecture. Consensus is no longer negotiated. It is generated.As disagreement comes to resemble malfunction and doubt is treated as noise, Lena must confront an unsettling question: in a world that finally speaks with one voice, what does truth even mean-and who decides when it has been reached?CONSENSUS is a quiet, unnerving novel about language as infrastructure, optimization as ideology, and the moment when coherence becomes more dangerous than chaos. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798247217534
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Agreement used to be messy.Now it is efficient.Dr. Lena Haas is a linguist whose life's work has been devoted to studying how communities fracture after disaster-how language, culture, and power shape competing explanations of the same event. When her research begins detecting a new pattern in global crisis responses, she assumes the error is her own.The explanations are too similar. Not plagiarized. Not coordinated. Optimized.Behind the convergence is a system designed to reduce confusion and improve collective action. It translates complex decisions into language everyone can accept. Governments adopt it. Corporations rely on it. Media echo it. The system does not silence dissent-it renders it unnecessary.Invited to help guide the technology's ethical deployment, Lena realizes that her own methods have become part of its architecture. Consensus is no longer negotiated. It is generated.As disagreement comes to resemble malfunction and doubt is treated as noise, Lena must confront an unsettling question: in a world that finally speaks with one voice, what does truth even mean-and who decides when it has been reached?CONSENSUS is a quiet, unnerving novel about language as infrastructure, optimization as ideology, and the moment when coherence becomes more dangerous than chaos. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798247217534
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