Thirteen-year-old Audi Credadict has known the flaws of 3059’s education system since kindergarten. Many schools at this time are influenced by the philosophy known as Capacianism, which enforces that the primary indicator of knowledge and intelligence is a capacious memory, causing schools to be far too dependent on rote memorization. Later on, however, Audi realizes that there are not only educational flaws to address, but also philosophical ones, when her father takes her to the Museum of Recreation to learn just how far Capacianism can go to enforce the supposed importance of a capacious memory. Realizing the importance of philosophical reformation, as opposed to just academic reformation alone, Audi learns to think philosophically and familiarizes herself with philosophical inquiry.

 

From her insightful and inquiring perspective, Audi writes extensively about everything she could think of—democracy, riddles, insurgence, race, education, morality, conscious experience, philosophical thought experiments, tolerance, and even the word “Confederation” in a way that illustrates what the world has become in 3059.