The Human Fallback II: After the Plug Is Pulled - Softcover

Lawson, Michael S

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798177076751

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

The Human Fallback II: After the Plug Is Pulled

What happens when the technology people have learned to depend on suddenly stops answering?

The Human Fallback II: After the Plug Is Pulled begins where The Human Fallback leaves off. Artificial intelligence has become embedded in everyday life—in homes, workplaces, transportation, education, healthcare, government, and the systems people rely on to make decisions. Then the assistance disappears.

The result is not simply a technological outage. It is a test of what people still know how to do for themselves.

As familiar systems go silent, individuals and institutions confront skills that have faded, procedures that no longer have practical backups, and decisions that once seemed safe to delegate. Recovery requires more than restoring technology. It requires rebuilding human judgment, knowledge, responsibility, and the ability to function when automated assistance is unavailable.

But what happens when the system eventually returns? Should everything simply go back to the way it was?

After the Plug Is Pulled explores dependence, resilience, relearning, and the difficult balance between embracing powerful technology and remaining capable without it.

The machine may come back. The question is whether the human fallback will still be there when it does.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798177076751
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 299