Before the First Reaction: How We Lost the Moment of Choice-and How to Get It Back in an Automated World. How to Get It Back Under Pressure

Author:   Robert Kolbert
Publisher:   Independently Published
ISBN:  

9798242978102


Pages:   112
Publication Date:   09 January 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Before the First Reaction: How We Lost the Moment of Choice-and How to Get It Back in an Automated World. How to Get It Back Under Pressure


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What happens inside a human being before anything actually happens? Before the First Reaction is not a book about heroism. It does not tell you what you should do. It does not offer instructions for every crisis. Instead, it looks quietly-and honestly-at the moment before reaction. The moment before fear turns into habit. Before instinct is overridden by automation. Before presence is replaced by observation. In a world of constant recording, endless stimulation, and growing fear of consequences, many of us no longer respond-we register. We film. We wait. We assume someone else will act. This book explores: why our first reaction is no longer fully ours how screens, overstimulation, and social conditioning change human behavior what happens in the first three seconds of danger or uncertainty why freezing is not weakness, but adaptation how to reclaim awareness without pressure, heroism, or guilt Before the First Reaction is written for readers who feel that something subtle has changed in us-and want to understand what changed, why, and whether it can be reversed. Not by force. Not by courage. But by regaining a single moment of conscious choice. Because that moment- however brief- still belongs to you.

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Author:   Robert Kolbert
Publisher:   Independently Published
Imprint:   Independently Published
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9798242978102


Pages:   112
Publication Date:   09 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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