‘The system loses power when you see the control layer.’ ‘Keep diverse sources available. Keep the cost of verification low. Keep dissent socially tolerable. Not because you need to hear both sides, but you need to preserve exit routes from controlled gradients.’ ‘Deny action under pressure. ... Manipulated action requires urgency to bypass reflection' so wait 48 hours. ‘Awareness is the first layer of defense. You don’t need to be invulnerable. You just need to see when you're being played.'