The Eggregores' Theory

6/12/2026

Despite his protestations to the contrary, there is still quite a bit of controversy around Andrea Gatopoulos's somewhat dystopian view of the future of humanity. Whether or not this is the product of AI, it is still a rather bleakly Orwellian story that takes us back to mediaeval times when the written word was very much in the purview of those in authority. This, though, goes a few steps further as it seeks to toxify the very nature of words themselves. This isn't about burning or proscribing books, this is about suggesting that the written words themselves are actually, physically, poisonous. Nobody knows which words trigger this fatal pandemic so the ensuing societal paranoia sees libraries abandoned and reading, and even speaking, prohibited. This is seriously disturbing for a young m