[SCENE 1: THE MORNING LIE]

"Your thumb automatically swipes down before coffee touches your lips.
'Just checking notifications,' you lie to yourself.
This reflex isn't yours - it was installed."

THE HIJACK:

• Pull-to-refresh = Skinner Box 2.0 (patent #US20150094126A1)

• Morning blue light = Cortisol trigger for addiction priming

• Infinite scroll = Dopamine drip-feed designed by ex-casino engineers

(Your first 3 phone interactions set decision-fatigue levels for the day.)

• Helvetica = 19% more believable (Journal of Consumer Research)

• Comic Sans = 31% risk perception drop

• 20°C offices = 27% more compliance

• Casino oxygen levels = 43% bigger bets

• Red "SALE" tags = peripheral vision bait

• Notification dots = panic wavelength orange-red

🔧 When the refresh itch hits:

1. Flip phone upside down

2. Count 10 Mississippi

3. Watch the urge die (Works because inverted screens disrupt neural pathways)

☕ Before morning coffee:

• Press tongue to roof of mouth for 8 seconds (Blocks dopamine anticipation loops)

🛒 At supermarkets:

• Grab cart with non-dominant hand (Forces conscious decision-making)

• "Blank Space Hour": Daily 60-min tech-free void

• "Brand Purge Days": 24hrs using only generic products

"The most dangerous cage doesn't need locks - just clever mirrors."

TODAY'S FIELD MISSION:

1. Catch one "choice" that wasn't yours

2. Perform one counter-tactic within 5 minutes

(You'll start seeing the Matrix code in toothpaste commercials.)