CALM REBELLION with Kay Rubacek

CALM REBELLION with Kay Rubacek

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THE DARK SIDE: Cognitive Capture

The 5 Stages Training Humans to Obey

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Kay Rubacek
Oct 09, 2025
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Major scientific studies from MIT, PNAS, and Psychological Science now confirm what we’ve felt: automation changes how the human brain works. It saves time but it weakens attention, honesty, and independence. I call it Cognitive Capture. This method has been used by authoritarian regimes in different forms in the past, but never before have they had access to such detailed tracking and manipulation technology that sits in the pocket and of almost every single individual on earth today.

This MIND ARMOR Dark Side briefing exposes the five scientific stages of Cognitive Capture and what you can do to reverse it.

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