Fractured Mirrors

Got the full manuscript - here's the table of contents for Fractured Mirrors: Power, Perception and the Human Condition, cleaned up for reference (e.g. for IngramSpark's TOC upload or back-matter metadata):

Foreword · Preface · Dedication

Part 1: Global Power, Economy, and Corporate Capture (14 essays) - corporate capture of democracy, cost of living, tax havens, financial secrecy, U.S.-China power dynamics, trade sanctions, recession, Australian petrol prices, Israeli-U.S. relations

Part 2: Housing, Inequality, and Policy Failure (4 essays) - GDP and wellbeing, negative gearing, Australia's housing affordability crisis, the housing divide

Part 3: Climate, Sustainability, and Global Distraction (6 essays) - climate perception politics, food sovereignty, electric vehicles, AI and globalisation, India's digital divide, toilet paper and deforestation

Part 4: Technology, AI, and Digital Futures (4 essays) - tech disruption of monopolies, AI agents, office software competition, the future of language

Part 5: Society, Culture, and Structural Control (9 essays) - social media as the Fourth Estate, consumer psychology, algorithmic bias, perception management, personality cults, bilingualism, belief systems and cults, culture and values, crowd vs. individual mindset

Part 6: India - Reality, Myth, and Social Stagnation (13 essays) - caste and stratification, invasions, Brahmin-Muslim relations, why Hinduism didn't spread, India's political stagnation, migration paradox, youth unemployment, a 2025 New Year reflection, Guru Nanak

Part 7: Philosophy, Identity, and Self-Enquiry (21 essays) - anxiety, fear, love and hate, science and reality, jealousy, productivity, altruism, inner beauty, courage, migration and memory, pleasure, selective reading, identity, forgiveness, the dark triad, wellbeing, human relations, generosity, focus, reason and belief, perspective

Part 8: Spiritual Legacy and Humanist Thought (2 essays) - illusion of spirituality, curved truths

Epilogue: Through the Shattered Lens · Bibliography