Defense Against the Dark Arts

A training class for the general public in the dark arts of influence. Thirteen modules teach how manipulation actually works — cold reading, gaslighting and DARVO, the liar's dividend, radicalization funnels, astroturf, deepfakes — how to see each move coming, how to defuse it, and how to catch yourself running it. Your brain is easier to hack than a large language model; the only defense is 'never trust, always verify,' moved from the network to your own attention. Transmitted to you by Space Pirate Zero from Spaceship Alpha 9. Contains strong language.