So many of the things that have been discussed on this show over the years are now coming to be. The future is now. 

Topics include: automation, robot warehouse pickers, Amazon, Washington Post, MIC, tech industry, normalization, drone delivery, machine learning, AI writing, AI art, Emo, dark warehouse, US and China tensions, microchip factories, PR, artificial wombs, genetic engineering, changing attitudes, deepfakes, perception of reality, nature of technique, mental health crisis, wages going up now, strange contradictions in corporate job market, working remotely, layoffs, annoying debates, portions of the population being left behind, Trump NFTs

The antics of Ye, the man we all love to hate, may be the playing out of a wide scale replay of the many and sordid misadventures of the alternative media. 

Topics include: Spaghetti Western Saloon, Joshua Tree area, making predictions, technologically advanced misinformation, democratization of media, celebrity available to all, social media, legacy media, game theory, Ye likes Hitler, ego, Andy Warhol, Andy Kaufman, fringe conspiracy material, far right extremism, reenactment of past of alternative media for mainstream, racism, fascism, easy to be fooled, George Costanza philosophy, no such thing as total lies, instant gratification, reactionary environment, people hate their work, Banksy, Chris Graves, past interviews, graves of famous people

Thanksgiving is a harvest time festival with corollaries in past civilizations. 

Topics include: Thanksgiving holiday, turkey, meal, holiday myths, Mayflower, Plymouth Rock, pilgrims, symbolism of agriculture and cultivation, civilization, tribal life, harvest Winter and death, stones as foundation of work, Native Americans, reckoning time for American history, corn, Demeter and Persephone, Eleusinian Mysteries, seasons, nature, Classical Civilization, rise and fall of civilizations, comparative religion, general discontent part of larger alchemical process, destruction, shared experience, cooperation, China protests, global wave of nationalism

The great filmmaker Godfrey Reggio is the guest on this episode of The Age of Transitions. Most famous for his Qatsi series of films, he continues creating to this day. Godfrey also just received a lifetime achievement award at the Santa Fe International Film Festival. 

Topics include: Estrangement cells, posthuman, human environment has changed, our miracles are our afflictions, cannabis, sun gazers, monasteries, apostle, rename the world, sacrament, sound is the beginning, The Word, language, telepathy, minds are chemical zones, black ground, color, our schizophrenic nature, actors, under standing, masks, three as one, Darwin, fathers of the desert, open for contemplation, fragility of humanity, jaw bones, right brain Hell, monitored by the cloud, good and evil as twins, to be bardic, hope the most confusing virtue, hour before the dawn, end of the age, future present, eternity, the blue, the black, souls, circle the square

The many promises of technology fuel so much of our drive toward the future. To giant rocks this passing of time is next to nothing. 

Topics include: Patreon content, Godfrey Reggio interview, Sunday nights, Landers, Giant Rock, time relative to geological history, Millenarianism, Y2K, technological promises, fire symbolism, alchemy, art of multiplication, creative outlets, circadian rhythm, Ochelli poker scheme, Friday nights, livestream karaoke, Chris Graves, bad wifi connection, upload speeds, AOC and Elon Musk, blue checkmark on Twitter, social media rules don’t always apply, Musk loves publicity stunts, Geraldo, remembering phone numbers, video versus audio broadcasting

Civilization was grown, as crops are grown, from the seed that is agriculture. 

Topics include: Halloween, Trunk or Treat, evangelical take on holiday, theocracy, superstition, civilization, technology and science influence on society, leaders as gods, agriculture prime element in dawn of civilization, holidays relation with seasons and growing crops, harvest, death and rebirth, life and death, human influence over nature, Freemasonry, Great Work, apotheosis, Fertile Crescent, dark forest, archetypes, fear of wilderness and wild animals, clearing land for fields, Anarcho-Primitivism, politics, Christian Nationalism, elections, Nancy Pelosi home invasion

Live on a Sunday again. A call comes in from Chris Graves, and we get an update of The Ochelli Radio Network. 

Topics include: broadcasting, radio stations, Cooley, Ohio, side by side UTVs, Los Angeles, Uber Eats

Aaron makes it back to the microphone for a special broadcast live from Landers, CA. 

topics include: talking about different topics than others, technology, media, Landers California, George Van Tassel Integration, Giant Rock, the desert

The further we move forward the more exhaust we leave behind us. 

Topics include: trends, opposing forces, time, environmental destruction, artificial world, Fourth Industrial Revolution, technological utopianism, all things green, politics, solar power, carbon dioxide, electric vehicles, water problems in Southwestern states, grass lawns, anarcho-primitivism, observing nature, population reduction occurring, eugenics, Generation Z, climate change, toxicity, wealth concentrated at top, luxury bunkers, marketing works on elite class, plant based meat alternatives

The Buddha does not laugh out of ignorance of the pain and suffering in the world, but rather in spite of it. 

Topics include: laughter, laughing Buddha, pain and suffering, enlightenment, awareness, defying logic, taking things too serious, certainty of death, finality, Yoda, worry, international propaganda efforts, Russia, Cold War 2.0, insular national internet infrastructures, Leviathan, CA wildfires, Hemet, Inland Empire, Scientology’s Gold Base, peripheral places

Beware of propaganda from everyone and coming from everywhere. As a best practice you may want to “trust no one.” 

Topics include: Age of Transitions 2 intro video, Revolve book reviews, deep brain stimulation, medical brain implant experiments, compulsive behavior, opioid addiction, Parkinsons, Navy Twitch livestreams, military recruitment, gaming, Department of War Studies King’s College London, alumni in social media and journalism, NATO propaganda, Russian propaganda, Chinese propaganda, Cold War 2.0, Atlantic Council, CNN changing formats, new “liberal” Fox News channel, Mike Judge, Arcade Fire controversy, California alchemical gold rush, New Gold Dream

Our world is full of contradictions, and we are left here to make sense of it. 

Topics include: collective confusion and frustration, social contradictions, anomie, technology, production and consumption, environmental degradation, technique, system feeds itself, resources hoarded, corporations, artificial entities, Florida pirate Jimmy, shifting beliefs, fringe ideas gone mainstream, extreme actions seem more possible now, conspiracy thinking

Quantum computing may offer a way to power emerging tech such as Ai or AGI. 

Topics include: livestreams, quantum computing, quantum theory, physics, entanglement, mysticism, Ai, qubits, time and space, Robin, Fibonacci laser, Golden Ratio, Ai generated artwork, text prompt to image, NFT market, Beeple, Jimmy James, metaverse, Paris Hilton, digital immortality, Ozzy Osbourne, The Congress movie, Robin Wright, Carrie Fischer deep fake in movie, Star Wars, Turing test

The so-called great powers of the world are all doing their best to build up, gain control, and take advantage of all they possibly can in a world that becomes increasingly complex. Where this all leads, no one knows, but it will surely be a rocky ride ahead. 

Topics include: chatroom scuffle, mainstream and fringe narratives, rapid speed of change, systems beyond human control, intelligence community, Counterterrorism Era, great powers competition, 2016 sea change, geopolitics, world militaries, intelligentized warfare, machine learning, emerging technologies, Russian influence in US elections, information warfare, political divides, lack of national cohesion, many agendas of different players, technological competition with China, Chinese capitalist purge, Jack Ma, WeChat, American Factory, IT, cybersecurity, evangelical holy war, skewed ideas about American Founding Fathers, Great Replacement theory, white genocide, weaponization of alternative groups, Alex Jones, phone records released, January 6 Commission

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

With a new organized labor movement gaining traction, what will happen as human labor becomes more and more obsolete?

Topics include: listener support, social media presence, labor unions, work, automation, deglobalization, robotics, machine learning, industry, customer experience, rapid change, majority stock holders, wealth going to top minority, American Factory documentary, China, nuclear family, human social organization, civilization, greed, war, heat, American Exceptionalism

Aaron takes some time to consider his own motivations for making digital media. 

Topics include: making online media, content creators, listenership and playing the numbers game, procuring guests, hard work of Chuck Ochelli, virtual worlds, internet space, augmented reality, tangible world, extremely online youth, finally recognizing dangers of technological progress, base desires fulfilled online, being part of the problem, human weaknesses, machine coming to life, personal life, making life easy

Electricity is one of many natural phenomena that have been altered by human artifice. 

Topics include: April Fool’s Day, Tarot Fool, life changes, optimism, self reflection, Democratization of Media, online media distribution, content creators, advertisement, arrogance, news cycle, Jordan Maxwell, ideals and realities, electricity, natural and artificial worlds, lighting, arc flash, Zeus myths, Humvee electrocution, risk at work, bonus podcasts

A brief exploration of alchemy and other occult ways of understanding our world. 

Topics include: alchemy, material and immaterial, mind, consciousness, turning lead into gold, symbolism, dreaming, altered states of consciousness, reality beyond quantification, JFK Assassination, small groups able to steer public perception, Star Wars, quantum physics, Chuck the Blue Man, black can reflect, painting, Trump style different from tradition president, Nixon movie, F35 crash into ocean

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is discussed here. Moving forward, who in America will continue supporting Putin and how will they pull it off? 

Topics include: Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nordstream 2, Germany, China, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, NATO, Trump, MAGA support of Putin, sanctions, tariffs, propaganda, psychology, strength, authoritarianism, fascism, Joe Biden, Steven Wright, Sean Penn, Anonymous hackers, Catch Me If You Can, cyber warfare, weapons industry booming

Will uploaded human clones yearn for death, but have no means to achieve it? These are the thoughts that arise when imagining transhuman futures. 

Topics include: Putin protect Russia in metaverse, ads on websites, transhumanism, philosophy, religion, occult, uploading consciousness to machine, fear of death, eternal life, dominant minority, stake holders, money as means to power, Anthony Levandowski, Heaven’s Gate cult, creation overtake the creator, nostalgia as escape, knowing what you believe, average person yearns for death

Chuck had Aaron back on The Ochelli Effect for the first time in quite a long time to talk a bit about transhumanism, and more. 

topics include: Chuck decided to try and focus on the technocratic topics that interest Aaron during the conversation.

There have been many and varied secret societies, the world over, throughout history. Martial arts certainly have ties to occult concepts and groups. 

Topics include: secret societies, fraternal orders, Freemasonry, Victoria BC, revolution in China, martial arts, Kung Fu, Bruce Lee, revealing secrets, monks, language and cultural barriers between East and West, Asian history, globalization, meditation, ideals, psychology, Quigley, Knights of Malta, fortifications and alchemy, Rhodes, Assassins, ninjas, intelligence agencies

Technological progress has created ecological disaster, and now we hope that it will do the opposite. 

Topics include: Revolve book news, petroleum based products, plastic, DuPont family, chemicals, profit motive, MIC, micro plastics, pollution, ecological disaster, impossible to know long term effects, using technology to fix problems from technology, planetary timescales, transhumanism as answer, mind uploading, virtual reality, augmented reality, computing power, social media evolving into metaverse, data mining, surveillance

Scientism is all the rage these days as we drift further and further away from a forgotten past. 

Topics include: live callers, transferring memories, controlling bodies across the world, Ai, machine learning, AGI, transhumanism, prehistory, myth, history of consciousness, nerds are cool, Nimrod, hubris, scientific method, Francis Bacon, secret societies, updating theories, technique, technological progress, historical figureheads as icons of the work of fraternal orders, science born out of mystic philosophy and alchemy, astronomy and astrology, caught up in details, marketing, irrationality of reality, strength of emotional impulse, aloe mites, pesticides, scientism

Anyone who is sick of it all, come listen to this podcast and join Aaron in saying FTW. 

Topics include: appearances on other shows, Patreon, transhumanist agenda, nothing makes sense, average person’s viewpoint, charade of politics, no winning Covid situation, Trump supporters will follow him to any end, insurrection, coup, January 6, constantly changing story, Biden a total lame duck, 2024 election, crime, Robocop, Detroit, Martine Rothblatt’s Pig Heart Revival, genetic engineering, United Therapeutics, Revivicor, Soylent Green, Matrix Resurrections, Keanu Reeves, Alex Jones