1Chapter 1: Why I Stopped Trusting My Own Mind
11Chapter 11: The Cognitive Gravity of Certainty
2Chapter 2: The Architecture of Belief: The Brain’s Validation Algorithm
12Chapter 12: The Metabolic Surrender
3Chapter 3: The Architecture of Agreement: Filter Bubbles and the Backfire Effect
13Chapter 13: The Axiomatic Abyss
4Chapter 4: Section 4: The Neuroscience of Certainty
14Chapter 14: The Tyranny of the Low-Energy State
5Chapter 5: Cognitive Captivity: The Exit Costs of Certainty
15Chapter 15: The Tyranny of the Default Setting
6Chapter 6: The Architecture of Motivated Reasoning
16Chapter 16: The Market for Certainty
7Chapter 7: The Architecture of Distrust
17Chapter 17: The Exhaustion Dividend
8Chapter 8: The Weight of Certainty and the Algorithmic Amplifier
18Chapter 18: Cognitive Budgeting and the Internalized Censor
9Chapter 9: The Certainty Paradox and Epistemic Warfare
19Chapter 19: Dissonance Tax Evasion
10Chapter 10: The Collapse of Vigilance
20Chapter 20: The Iron Cage of Efficient Tranquility
