Philosophy PhD Viktor Grau chronicles his descent from academia into teaching "tactical theology" to teenagers at a Colorado Baptist church. This darkly comic memoir examines American society's fracture into incompatible realities-from conspiracy theorists to wellness influencers, from sovereign citizens to doomsday preppers-all while Grau teaches firearms training for health insurance. Through personal narrative and cultural criticism, Grau maps the "collapse economy" where every worldview is monetized and truth is whatever people will pay to believe. A savage, intimate portrait of complicity and survival in post-truth America. Key Selling Points: - Timely examination of conspiracy culture, disinformation, and social fragmentation - Dark humor approach to serious cultural issues - Appeals to readers of Jenny Odell, Jia Tolentino, and Lauren Oyler.
American Epistemic Dystopia : A Memoir