Michael G. Healy
Michael G. Healy
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AUTHOR OF
The Hero Engine Series
Michael G.
Healy
PHILOSOPHY
Univ. of London
TECHNOLOGY
Four Decades
AUTHOR · PHILOSOPHER · TECHNOLOGY COMMENTATOR
Healy explores the intersection of mythic structure and machine intelligence. His work bridges the gap between the classical tradition and the radical uncertainty of the silicon age.
MICHAEL G HEALY
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[ FICTION FOR THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES ]
The Hero Engine series asks what happens when humanity acquires technologies powerful enough to reshape life itself — innovation, freedom, and the future of civilisation.
PHILOSOPHY
TECHNOLOGY
THE LONG CONTINUITY
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[ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ]
Between Philosophy
& Technology
Michael G. Healy studied philosophy at the University of London during a period when the department was led by the distinguished philosopher Sir Bernard Williams, whose influence helped shape his lifelong interest in ethics, reason, human flourishing, and the history of ideas.
His fascination with science, technology, and civilisation began during the first great wave of personal computing and has continued for decades as he has observed the extraordinary acceleration of technological change. Alongside a career in technology, he developed a deep interest in the individuals whose ideas transformed the course of history Alexandria and Hypatia to Newton, Tesla, and Turing.
Education
Philosophy, Univ. of London
Career
Four decades in technology
Influences
Harris · Dostoevsky · Clarke
Series
The Hero Engine, Vol. I–IV
[ FEATURED BOOK ]
The Hero Engine
BOOK ONE — WHERE IT BEGINS
The Hero Engine
What happens when scarcity becomes optional?
Adam Lister has spent years developing Prometheus, a technology capable of transforming the way civilisation produces and distributes the necessities of life. If it works, scarcity itself begins to lose its grip. But a discovery powerful enough to make abundance possible also threatens governments, corporations and institutions whose authority was built in a world of limits.
The Hero Engine begins the struggle over a technology that could change civilisation — and over who will control the future once the old economics of scarcity begins to break down.
GENRE
Techno-Thriller
SETTING
Global / Near Future
FORMATS
Kindle · Print
COMING SOON
THE INTELLIGENCE AGE
From Scarcity to Abundance
My new book, The Intelligence Age, is now in its final edit and will be published and available soon.
The book explores a transformation that I believe is only beginning to reveal its scale: artificial intelligence is becoming not simply another technology, but a new productive force. For the first time, intelligence itself — historically one of humanity's scarcest and most valuable resources — may be becoming increasingly abundant.
GENRE
non-fiction
SETTING
Global / Near Future
FORMATS
Kindle · Print
[ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ]
Between Philosophy & Technology
Michael G. Healy studied philosophy at the University of London during a period when the department was led by the distinguished philosopher Sir Bernard Williams, whose influence helped shape his lifelong interest in ethics, reason, human flourishing, and the history of ideas.
His fascination with science, technology, and civilization began during the first great wave of personal computing and has continued for decades as he has observed the extraordinary acceleration of technological change.
EDUCATION
Philosophy, Univ. of London
CAREER
Four decades in technology
INFLUENCES
Harris · Dostoevsky · Clarke
SERIES
The Hero Engine, Vol. I-IV
COMING SOON
THE INTELLIGENCE AGE
From Scarcity to Abundance
The Intelligence Age, now in its final edit and will be available soon.
We are facing a transformation that is only beginning to take shape. Artificial intelligence is becoming not simply another utility but a new productive force. For the first time, intelligence itself — one of humanity's scarcest and most valuable resources — is becoming increasingly abundant.
SETTING
Global / Near-Future
FORMATS
Kindle · Print
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[ FOUR VOLUMES — AVAILABLE ON AMAZON ]
THE SERIES
[ FEATURED BOOK ]
The Hero Engine
BOOK ONE — WHERE IT BEGINS
The Hero Engine
What happens when scarcity becomes optional?
Adam Lister has spent years developing Prometheus, a technology capable of transforming the way civilization produces and distributes the necessities of life. If it works, scarcity itself begins to lose its grip.
But a discovery powerful enough to make abundance possible also threatens governments, corporations, and institutions whose authority was built in a world of limits.
MICHAEL G.
HEALY
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Fiction for the Age of Intelligent Machines. The Hero Engine series explores what happens when humanity acquires a technology powerful enough to reset innovation, freedom, and civilization.
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THE SERIES
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[ THE LONG CONTINUITY — ON SUBSTACK ]
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Monthly reflections on artificial intelligence, alpine philosophy, and the hidden threads of the Long Continuity.