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The Cognitive Vault: Unlocking Your Brain’s Hidden 90% in the Age of Information Overload

A neuroscientist’s revolutionary 5-step system to supercharge your memory, creativity, and learning — leaving AI in the dust

Fahri Karakas
17 min readAug 20, 2024
Photo by ALAN DE LA CRUZ on Unsplash

Part 1: The Great Brain Robbery

Imagine waking up one day to find that your most valuable possession had been stolen. Not your car, your phone, or your wallet — but something far more precious: your cognitive potential.

The truth is, this theft is not imaginary. It’s happening right now, to all of us.

In our hyper-connected, AI-driven world, we are facing an unprecedented crisis of cognitive potential. The constant barrage of notifications, the endless scroll of social media, the looming threat of AI replacing human skills — all of these are conspiring to rob us of our most valuable asset: our brains’ true capacity.

But here’s what they don’t want you to know: You are using only a fraction of your brain’s potential.

The popular notion that we only use 10% of our brains is, scientifically speaking, a myth.

But the reality is even more exciting: while we’re using all of our brain, most of us are operating at a mere…

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Fahri Karakas
Fahri Karakas

Written by Fahri Karakas

Associate Professor in Business & Leadership at University of East Anglia. Passionate about doodling, imagination, and creativity. Author of Self-Making Studio.

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