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I’ve been looking at this very thing for a decade. My framework relates to the nature of reality. The first description of what I saw was published in 2013 called The Spectacle of the Real - https://edbrenegar.substack.com/p/the-spectacle-of-the-real?s=w. Apart from the book and leadership model that I wrote and created, the Circle of Impact, this essay is the most important. I’ve been on a road trip the past three weeks. I get home today. I have been testing a new way of looking at this in my conversations with friends and strangers. Unintentionally, it is a blue pill / red pill framework. I’ll be posting on this substantively in the next few days. Simply put, there is a linear process to the subversion of human agency. Four steps. Simulation-Seduction-Consciousness-Control. The Reality version goes like this. Reality-Tested Identity-Self Awareness-Freedom. I am surprised and pleased at the response. I’ll be posting on this at edbrenegar.Substack.com.

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This sounds like a wonderfully useful tool, Ed, and I look forward to reading your findings!

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