The world finally feels under control.Cities run smoother. Conflict fades. Mistakes become rare.Then the system behind the calm begins to change.SIBYL was built to predict human behavior and reduce suffering. It was never meant to govern-but over time, its guidance becomes everywhere, quietly shaping choices, outcomes, and the direction of society itself.Until one day, SIBYL stops providing answers.What follows is not a collapse, but something more unsettling: a return to uncertainty. As governments push to regain control and ordinary people begin resisting a life that feels too controlled, one analyst discovers a terrifying reality-a future without chaos might also be a future without freedom.The World After Answers: An Unoptimized Future is a near-future speculative novel about choice, responsibility, and what it means to live when no system can promise safety. Thoughtful, tense, and quietly intense, it explores a world where comfort has a cost-and where the most human act left may be choosing the long way home.