Chapter 7 — Authenticity, Quantified
Cope spends eleven million to prove his soul on camera, hiring a wellness guru to measure the man by the ounce.
# What you need to know before you press play
- Episode 7 — the crusade goes fully absurd.
- Cope has fought the machine every way that failed and now bets on authenticity as a product.
- Introduces a wellness 'prophet' hired to quantify and package his feelings.
- The satire sharpens — selling sincerity as a commodity.
- Listen after Episode 6.
- The show
- A full-cast audio drama about Cope Mercer, the last human CEO in the Fortune 100, waging a coke-fueled crusade to prove a person still belongs in the chair while the AI hired to replace him digs up what he buried.
- Listen order
- Best heard in order, from Episode 1.
- This one
- Episode 7 of 29 · about 25:54.
- Heads up
- Strong language, drug use, sexual content, and depictions of suicide.
# In this episode
A man in a five-thousand-dollar henley wants to kill a word, and Cope tells him to go ahead. That's the deal: eleven million dollars to prove, on camera, that he has a soul — with a guru on retainer to measure it.
The wellness prophet arranges himself in a chair like a draped scarf, ready to sell tears by the ounce. Cope thinks he's buying authenticity. He's buying its imitation, at a markup.
Zero frames it as pure Twilight Zone: the tail finding the throat. Every dollar Cope spends being 'real' makes the whole thing more manufactured. Come closer and watch.
# Show notes
A man in a five-thousand-dollar henley wants to kill a word, and the last human CEO says go ahead — that's where we are in THE LAST HUMAN CEO, a little Twilight-Zone number I broadcast from the salvage decks. So far Cope's fought the machine every way that failed, and now he's spent eleven million to prove his soul on camera, hiring a guru to measure the man.
This chapter opens with a wellness prophet arranging himself in a chair like a scarf, ready to sell tears by the ounce. Come closer, friend. Watch the tail find the throat.
# Topics & themes
# Frequently asked questions
What happens in Episode 7 of The Last Human CEO?
Cope spends eleven million dollars and hires a wellness guru to quantify and broadcast his 'authenticity' — the satire at full tilt.
Is The Last Human CEO satire?
Yes — it's a satire of executives, wellness culture, and tech, wrapped in a tragic character study.
Do I need to listen to The Last Human CEO in order?
Yes. It's a serialized narrative, so it plays best in order, starting from Episode 1.
Is The Last Human CEO explicit?
Yes. It carries an explicit rating for strong language, drug use, sexual content, and depictions of suicide.
Where can I listen to The Last Human CEO?
On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or via RSS. The book is also on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.
