In the distant future, society has all but eliminated the need for a sentient workforce. Thanks to an all-powerful AI network known collectively as Titan, humanity is now free to indulge in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity. But one day, hobbyist psychologist Seika Naisho gets a job offer from a mysterious man by the name of Narain Srivastava--one of only a handful of people in the entire world who is still traditionally employed. Narain wishes to enlist her expertise in the wake of a...
A novel with an identity crisis
It took me a while but I finally finished reading this novel. At times I really didn't feel like reading it because the pacing, plot and characters felt pointless and boring and during those times, reading it felt like pointless work 😉
Overall I feel conflicted about タイタン. The philosophical concepts related to work, what it means to be human, society, etc. are compelling to me, and the attempt at talking about them through the PoV of an utopia are interesting too. However to me the way the au