Modern Life Is Rubbish: Notes on the Great Unraveling

By: Dovano, Ray

THE FUTURE ARRIVED. IT HAS A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION FEE.

Remember when technology was supposed to free us? When the "Smart Home" was supposed to save time, and the internet was supposed to connect us?

Yeah, that didn't happen.

Instead, we got a world where a digital picture of a monkey costs more than a car, a single red bell pepper costs more than a monthly streaming subscription, and we have to watch politicians do skincare routines on TikTok while discussing geopolitical collapse.

Modern Life Is Rubbish - Notes on the Great Unraveling
This is a field guide to the absurdity of 2026.

Written from the perspective of a 48-year-old "Generational Stowaway" - too young for Boomer wealth, too old for Gen Z optimism, and just tired enough to see through the cracks - Modern Life Is Rubbish: Notes on the Great Unraveling is an autopsy of the era where everything is broken, but the Wi-Fi is still okay.

It's a book about:
Why you're exhausted even though you have fifty "efficiency apps."
How we traded Ownership (having things) for Access (paying rent on things forever).
The joy of being a "Nobody" in a world obsessed with "Somedodies."
Why the checkout "Till" is the most stressful place on earth.

WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT: There are no life hacks here. No five steps to manifesting abundance. No toxic positivity.
This book offers just one thing: the cold, hard comfort of solidarity. It's proof that you aren't crazy-the system is.

Read it before your subscription to reality expires.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GMWD9VN6
• ISBN13: 9798247741411
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"