The human under the ice

Edition 3 · June 2026

A body of thought on the primal feeling, the triple brain, and the human being we no longer raise.

June 2026 · Independent monthly newspaper

In this edition

Ten pieces — one body of thought

Ten pieces along one line: from what a four-year-old reads from a room in ten seconds, to what we systematically squeeze out, to what that does to our institutions. Personal, polemical, undiplomatic. With three deep reference works as downloads.

00 · Editorial

Editorial introduction

What edition 3 wants to be

4 min read

01 · Chapter

The primal feeling

What the first layer is and how we feel it

12 min read

02 · Theory

The seven dimensions

The 7D model of human feeling

14 min read

03 · Theory

The three brain layers

Primal feeling, mammalian brain, human brain

13 min read

04 · Hypothesis

Communication between primal feelings

High-frequency gravity and the frontal bone

14 min read

05 · Polemic

What we do to children

The systematic squeezing-out

14 min read

06 · Pedagogy

Mama I'm hungry

Continuous presence and the cost of absence

13 min read

07 · Future

Education in the AI age

Why everything we now learn will soon no longer matter

15 min read

08 · Reflection

Retrospective

What edition 3 has tried to say and what comes after

12 min read

09 · Application

The primal feeling in professional practice

Salesman, boss, consultant and banker — four professions, one instrument

22 min read

Reference works

Three in-depth downloads

The theoretical skeleton of edition 3 in three works — free to download as Word or PDF.

Foundation: 7D feelings model

The theoretical basis: primal feeling, seven-dimensional feelings model, three brain layers, seven open research questions. About 22,500 words.

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Education and upbringing manifesto

What the foundation means for how we raise and educate children. About 12,350 words.

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Education in the AI age

Why everything we now learn will soon no longer matter — and what we should learn instead. About 10,700 words.

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