GLOSSARYFANDOM JARGON
Torment Nexus
IN PLAIN ENGLISH
In plain English
Internet shorthand for a tech company proudly building the very thing a science fiction story warned against.
ON THE SHOW
On the show.
- Ep 2 — Did science fiction invent our future? (04:46–05:06, 19:50–20:16, 24:15–25:06): Caitlin brings up the meme and links it to Meta's rebrand, then calls it "what prevention failure looks like." Rob argues fiction's job is to present the danger and hope readers either don't build the Torment Nexus, or build it with guardrails.