The Neuro-Cognitive Pathway to Autonomy: Countering AI Dependency through Sovereign Integration

This paper investigates how modern digital environments, pervasive environmental stressors, and advanced computational architectures restrict human consciousness and independent thought. By synthesizing insights from behavioral genetics, neurotechnology, and cognitive science, we trace the transition of human agency toward an unthinking reliance on computational algorithms—a phenomenon formalized as cognitive offloading. The paper introduces the model of Sovereign Integration, which advocates fo