Articles

Essays on the 3 Mental Firewalls.

Attention, interpretation, decision — critical thinking in a world that keeps trying to decide for us.

The full English site is still coming together — these are translations of the Hungarian articles, published as they're ready.

October 6, 2026

The Bias Map: 12 Tricks Your Own Brain Plays on You

Anchoring, sunk cost, Dunning-Kruger, the halo effect and friends: 12 biases, how we know they're real, and what the map is for.

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October 5, 2026

You Don't Believe It Because It's True. You Believe It Because It's Familiar.

I didn't believe it because I checked it, but because I'd heard it many times. Repetition, confirmation bias and the Interpretation Firewall.

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September 8, 2026

Your Attention Is a Puppy. And Someone Else Is Holding the Leash.

The attention economy isn't TikTok's invention — it's a 1971 economic prophecy. On your brain's own alarm system, on dopamine, and on why the first Mental Firewall is the most important line of defense.

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September 7, 2026

Don't Click. Stop. Think.

The security awareness "cliché tsunami" — Don't click. Stop. Think. — and how the same three steps play out in us even when we're talking to a generative AI.

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August 6, 2026

3 Signs AI Is Thinking For You

Self-check: practical warning signs and tips tied to all three Mental Firewalls, that you can notice in yourself while interacting with AI at work.

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