Almost 10 years now, I was casually walking the streets of Philadelphia about 19 years old when all of a sudden a profuound thought came into my mind. At first this thought kind of scared me. It felt like an angel in heaven was adjusting some of the books in the forbidden knowledge library and accidentally nudge one over and it had fallen out of heavens to hit me in my head. The thought was this: If God created man to survive the world what happens when the world has been created to survive man? Now again, I was creeped out by the fact that my mind had came up with question and I just kept moving forward with life, but I never forgot. 8 years later, I remembered that question and in the gap in between heres what I learned: • Cities are not built, they are designed. Design is empowered by the knowledge of psychology physiology of its users. • There are psychological tricks embedded in our shopping experiences and more. • Social media consulted psychologist in their ealry days to purposely make their software addicting. And finally, my eyes were opened to the fact that we truly are living in a world meant to survive us. If you were living in this world too (and your are) wouldn't you want to have eyes for the traps and tricks at play? Wouldn't you want to make sure that your mind was free from the infleunces that be. Thats why I created The Protégé, to be a place where we can learn to become aware of influence mechanisms and navigate the world with the wisdom to avoid them. Welcome to the communty. Let us Achieve Intellectual Sovereignty together.