Wojacks are the most hideous thing to grace the internet, but they are immensely popular. Machines are programming us to only pay attention to men over six feet four inches tall. 

Topics include: technical issues, internet, social media, apps, living through technology, Wojack memes

The infamous Georgia Guidestones have been destroyed. So far, there are no official suspects. Just last week there had been quite a bit of chatter online about the idea of their destruction.

Topics include: Georgia Guidestones destroyed, GBI investigation, Elberton Granite Company, right wing extremism, Christian Identity, living new language, synthetic telepathy, transhumanism, occult, R. C. Christian, secret societies

There is no shortage of passion in the culture and information wars that rage 24/7 online. What is lacking is any sort of self reflection as to how we all fall prey to misinformation and disinformation. It is likely too late to turn the tide, but it is still useful to see what is happening, and where things are going. 

Topics include: passing of Joshua Brookshire, first autonomous big rig on US road, logistics, supply chain, automation, EVs, GE, Einride, Ford plans to solely produce fleet vehicles, individual vehicle ownership now phasing out, rideshare apps, public transportation, TikTok labeled national security threat by FCC, user data, China and US tech rivalry, surveillance, intelligence gathering, consumer drones banned, social media apps sell data, stuck in the digital world, Russia, cyber warfare, Google China, scientific advances of Cold War were always publicly available, open source intelligence, culture wars, social media used to spread misinformation by many different groups, divide and conquer techniques, alternative media personalities swayed by social media misinformation, feeding information to influencers and alt media, power of suggestion, no one is immune, MindWar, self promotion, fringe ideas entering mainstream, internet freedom at risk due to fools spreading disinformation, constant manipulation, Google likely demoting The Age of Transitions website

Aaron was witness to sovereign citizens pulled over on the side of the road and having a bomb removed by San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department. It isn’t a good sign when you start seeing these things in your daily life. 

Topics include: Chuck’s autobiography audiobook, Yucca Valley, sovereign citizens pulled over on 62 highway with bomb, Johnson Valley, sign guy on corner of Old Woman Springs, Hi-Desert Star article, Russell brothers, fringe groups growing in numbers, right wing extremism, post 9/11, War on Terror, DHS, searching every bag on the ground, militias, Proud Boys, Boogaloo Boys, DOJ instigations, one world government vs hyper nationalism, corruption, economic and social conditions getting worse, Jan 6, political insanity, actors as presidents

A Google employee has claimed that a chatbot he was working on has attained sentience. This is an important story no matter what way you slice it. 

Topics include: Blake Lemoine, LaMDA chatbot, sentient AI, AGI, Google, PR, machine learning, truth or fiction, power of narrow AI systems, consciousness, Medium blog, meditation, automating society, Dalle Mini, AI text prompt image generators, influence of technology, Jacques Ellul, Sam Aydlette, simulacra, AGI not part of business model, mind space, Simulation Hypothesis, Dancing With My Fate, Trickster God, white rabbit, surveillance, intuition, virtual worlds, emulating reality, impirical truth

The Pentagon has just formed a new office to coordinate its artificial intelligence operations. The national security banner will very much be flown over our increasingly digitized world as time goes on. The War on Terror may seem like a bygone era, but is likely to be reborn to provide cyber security. 

*Topics include: Chief Digital and AI Office, CDAO, Pentagon, MIC, artificial intelligence, Lyft, private industry, revolving door, technology, NSCAI, intelligence, China, Russia, international competition, hacking, cyber security, national security, digitized world, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Internet of Things, databases, digital terrorism, polarized political environment, 9/11, establishment propaganda, alternative propaganda, World Trade Center, War on Terror continued, foreign country’s tech disallowed for security, Silicon Valley government and defense contracts, social media disinformation, fact checking, Robbie the Robot, elected officials, Newsom recall, homegrown terror, Peter Thiel

Good friend, Pearse Redmond, returns to the show to talk about the new cinema sensation “Top Gun Maverick”. What military PR was present in this film, and what of Scientology? Find out what Pearse and Aaron have to say about these things on this podcast. 

Topics include: release dates, movie theaters, Tom Cruise, Covid delay, Memorial Day weekend, intro to the film, the enemy, military propaganda aspect, live filming fighter jets, homoeroticism of first film, 80s styling, uranium enrichment target, Iran, Tony Scott, fictionalized fighter jet mission, Star Wars scenario, Rooster character, Scientology benefit from film, PR, Navy ties to L Ron Hubbard, Sea Org, real life bombing missions, Battle of Los Angeles

We are all being fooled, and fooling ourselves. When the fringe is the same as the mainstream, it matters less what we believe, and more how psychologically resilient we are. 

Topics include: Landers California, Giant Rock, George Van Tassel, UFO subculture, aerospace, truth, narratives, different forms of propaganda, dominant minority, appealing to emotion, fringe concepts in mainstream media, limited hangouts, entertainers as politicians, inevitable economic collapse, evolution of Tea Party movement

Life extension often becomes a forgotten transhumanist area of research, but major investment is now happening in the field. Are billionaires putting their money down in an effort to attain eternal life?

Topics: desert house completion, Jeff Bezos, Altos Labs, life extension, biological reprogramming, cell rejuvenation, billionaire investors, converging technologies, Greenland Shark, Batman movies, Sunset Boulevard, film noir

A meandering stream of consciousness inspired by the slings and arrows of daily life in our crazy world.

Topics: everyday life, socioeconomics, existential dilemmas, homelessness, rationalization, slang, social media, senselessness of modern world, dominant minority hoard wealth, stress, disposable income, money and motivation podcast, everything numbered, alternative social movements in the near future, strength, Nothing But Trouble, New Jersey Turnpike, Dan Aykroyd, Jimmy James Fan Club, Pennsylvania, paranormal and spiritualism, The Burbs, Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon aTime in Hollywood, foot fetish, 70s, Lara in Spain