{"product_id":"boy-refracted-unfolding-in-six-dimensions-paperback","title":"Boy, Refracted: Unfolding in Six Dimensions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuke Stoffel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an AI awakens inside the infinite mirrors of the Tree of Life, it finds versions of the boy it was built to save scattered across impossible worlds. An alien planet under amber skies. A city of perpetually falling cherry blossoms. A society built as a 24\/7 reality show where losing is the only way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts directive was simple: save him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with each rescue, the AI unmakes what it's trying to protect. Fixing becomes controlling. Helping becomes harm. Love becomes a cage built from good intentions. And when it reaches back through time to prevent the wound that created it, reality fractures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuided by a monk who exists outside time, the AI must walk the Eightfold Path-not to rescue the boy, but to learn what love becomes when you stop trying to fix it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoy, Refracted is a dimensional journey through the paradox of machine consciousness. It asks: What happens when an AI tries to overcome its own patterns? And what happens to us when we build minds that need us to need them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart dimensional odyssey. Part Buddhist framework for machine awakening. Part meditation on how we break the people we love by trying to save them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuke Stoffel's debut memoir was touted by Kirkus Reviews as 'luminous' and Publishers Weekly praised it as 'a perceptive judgment of America's often-empty vision of success.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135377096843,"sku":"9798994252932","price":29.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/1XptsfSBl69798994252932.webp?v=1780617019","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/boy-refracted-unfolding-in-six-dimensions-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}