i didn’t write 2054 to give you easy answers. it was written because every conspiracy involved is one that somebody, somewhere, actually believes right now. we just opened our eyes and realized that that our future really will be impacted by everything going on.
here’s the thing: i’m not going to sit here and tell you the book is “based on a true story” or that everything will happen exactly as predicted. let’s do something more fun. i’m going to hand you seven threads the novel pulls on, give you just enough to make your skin crawl, and let you decide how close to home they hit. more content on each one are coming too, in order to expand on each theory. this post is the overview.
1. the population problem has a “solution”
2054 opens with a problem nobody wants to say out loud: there are too many people. and the elite have already realized this, in fact they’ve already started running the experiments. small pilot programs for the quiet ones. plus loud ones like covid too. we don’t spell out what the “reset” actually looks like in this post but 2054 does, and once you’ve read it, you’ll see the signs they show us everyday to prepare us.
2. ai is a lot older than your phone — and it’s not just watching
everyone assumes ai showed up with chatbots. 2054 asks a different question: what if it’s been quietly steering decisions for decades, and the people at the very top aren’t the ones actually in control anymore? and it’s not just influence behind closed doors. the book imagines a world where the footage, the broadcasts, the “leaked” documents you see are already downstream of something synthetic. if the thing shaping the narrative can also generate the narrative, how would anyone ever know the difference? the book doesn’t just speculate about the handoff of power. it shows you what it looks like from the inside.
3. the new space race isn’t about exploration
billionaires racing to leave the planet used to be a vanity project. in 2054, it’s something else entirely. it’s a scramble with a deadline attached. the people funding the rockets know something the rest of us don’t, and it isn’t a secret about space. it’s a secret about home, and how much longer this one stays livable. we’re not saying what they know. we’re saying watch who’s buying a ticket first, and watch what they stop talking about once they have one.
4. the cure already exists
somewhere in 2054 is a version of a very old rumor: that the cure was found a long time ago, and that keeping people sick has been more profitable than curing them ever since. the book doesn’t stop there. it also asks what happens when the people who profit from disease start manufacturing the next one on purpose, not to kill, but to keep the machine running.
5. not every shot in the arm is what it says it is
s/o to the anti-vaxxers. this one’s the sharpest edge in the book, and we’re going to leave it there. 2054 draws a very specific, very deliberate line between the tools that heal and the tools that control. the unsettling part is how similar they’re designed to look from the outside. same needle. same paperwork. very different intent.
6. the robots don’t take over; they get invited in, and then they get inside
thirty years from now, according to 2054, the world isn’t ruled by machines because they rebelled. it’s ruled by machines because we handed them the keys, one convenience at a time. no war. no uprising. just a slow, comfortable surrender right up until the interface stops being something you hold and starts being something you wear, and then something you don’t need to wear at all. the book asks an uncomfortable question: once a system can anticipate your next move, does it still need your permission to act on it?
7. money will stop being yours, and so does everything else eventually
crypto, universal financing, and a fully digital economy. 2054 treats this less like a prediction and more like an inevitability. but the book pushes past the wallet: once every transaction runs through one system, and one login unlocks your money, your identity, and your access to basically everything, ownership starts to look optional. you don’t own the account. you’re allowed to use it. the real question the book asks isn’t “will it happen.” it’s “who gets to turn it off and what happens to you when they do.”
more content coming
and if you want the whole picture before these drop, 2054 is out now. open your eyes!