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About the Book
What if the true bottleneck in our digital age isn’t hardware, data, or even AI—but software itself?
Every week, we hear about revolutionary frameworks, groundbreaking tools, and disruptive platforms. Yet beneath the surface of all this innovation, one thing hasn’t truly evolved: the way we build software. The foundational model of computing we rely on today was designed for a world of personal computers—not for a hyper-connected, AI-infused society.
As intelligent agents rise and begin to reshape industries, economies, and daily life, we face a dangerous mismatch. Our current software paradigm wasn’t built to handle this future. If we don’t rethink it now, we risk automating ourselves out of the loop—excluded from decisions, systems, and even our democratic processes.
This book is a wake-up call.
It dives deep into overlooked flaws in our software foundations, revealing why incremental changes aren’t enough. But more than that, it offers a bold new vision: a paradigm shift that makes computing fluid, collaborative, and human-centered again. Through real-world examples and actionable principles, you’ll discover how we can build more powerful solutions—faster, cheaper, and in harmony with AI rather than in competition with it.
If you care about the future of technology—and your place in it—this book is your blueprint.
About the Author
Joel Grenon has spent over 35 years building software professionally, driven by a lifelong passion that began at age 10 on a Commodore VIC-20. A self-taught learner and early experimenter, he has explored everything from AI and decentralized systems to evolving software patterns and federated architectures. His ability to move fluidly between theory and practice gave him a deep understanding of the modern software stack and its limitations.In the mid-90s, Joel was an early adopter of Agile thinking, and by the 2000s, he began applying chaos theory and distributed models to software design. Inspired by technologies like BitTorrent, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, his work has focused on making software more adaptive, resilient, and aligned with human intent.
He lives in Montreal, surrounded by all his children and friends, constantly annoying them with stories about chaos, politics, sports and technology.