Rubin2025NLMCAPIT

Title

Newton’s Laws of Motion for Combating Abuses of Power to Ignite Transformation in Anti-Learning Systems (CAPITALS) with the Transformative Magnetism of Moral Courage
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Authors

Joshua C. Rubin

Affiliations

University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor Michigan, USA

Abstract

At their core, anti-learning systems that enable systematic abuses of power over time can be thought of as systems that fundamentally refuse to learn and correct themselves even in the wake of causing egregious harms (although they may say otherwise). This discussion illuminates several key qualities of such malignant systems, as well as describes the incipient transdisciplinary science and corresponding emerging movement aimed at Combating Abuses of Power to Ignite Transformation in Anti-Learning Systems (CAPITALS). It further explores whether for all the duplicity, dysfunction, and destructiveness characterizing such ecosystems, there may nonetheless be something analogous to laws of nature governing them; if so, there exists potential to harness such forces to engender systemic transformation. The analysis closes by exploring examples of mobilizing the playbook into action.

KeyPhrases

Learning health systems, political systems, abuses of power, darvomanic corruption.

Dates

Created 2025-04-30, presented 2025-10-09, updated 2025-12-30, published 2025-12-30.

Citation

Brainiacs Journal 2025 Volume 6 Issue 3 Edoc J6D51R82A
DOI: 10.48085/J6D51R82A
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