Cognitive Dissidents: Cyber PolyTehran, Narrative Warfare, & Pope Trump

We’re back with another episode of Cognitive Dissidents for our roundtable discussion where we track the descent into the abyss—one psyop at a time.

On the broader battlefield of narrative warfare—perception is power, information is weaponized, and truth is getting more difficult to pin down.

What does “Cyber PolyTehran” signal about the next phase of digital and geopolitical convergence?

And of course, there’s “Pope Trump.” Whether it’s meme, message, or something more intentional, join us as break down what it represents in the ongoing collision between politics, religion, and media theater.

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Cognitive Dissidents: Losing Is Winning in Iran; Fertilizer & Food Fears; Trading the TACO Tweet

On their latest biweekly roundtable, the Cognitive Dissidents unpack why “losing” in Iran may actually serve a longer-term technocratic agenda, how the energy shock from the Iran war extends beyond oil and gas into fertilizer and global food supply chains—where fear itself may trigger shortages before true scarcity sets in—and what could be a new low in insider trading, as hundreds of millions were placed and won just minutes before Trump’s “TACO” tweet. These stories and many more!

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