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- 2 days ago1h 1m
T-AI-wan Taboo on Trump China Visit, AoT#495
The recent US presidential trip to China was most interesting for what has not been said out loud. TSMC remains a lynchpin within this new world system emerging out of AI development. Topics include: Ochelli dot com down, UAP video shot in Landers, Trump visit to China, Xi JInping, Iran War, Strait of Hormuz, tough guy Pentagon is for optics, CEO delegation, trade war shift, Taiwan as the lynchpin issue, ambiguity of US position on Taiwan, possibility of war, Jensen Huang, Nvidia, AI arms race, TSMC the one and only premiere fab in the world, failure/revocation of CHIPS Act, real powers in control of US, Technocracy, Elon Musk, Tesla business in China, MAGA's previous campaign ideologies hollow, internal strife in US benefits China, Global Propaganda Matrix, influence ops everywhere and from multitudinous sources, alt media and conspiracy narratives align with foreign influence ops, propaganda, reality of New World Order, US government being purposely being destroyed to be rebuilt, Putin's war in Ukraine, soft power plays
- 1 weeks ago58 min
Biff Tannen Reality, AoT#494
We are living under Biff Tannen style governance. We should pay close attention when our reality starts taking on the characteristics of dystopian popular fiction. Topics include: Lyft ride truth evangelism, Conspiracy Culture, more people exposed to and in agreement with fringe ideas than ever, social media as broadcast mechanism of conspiracy ideas, analytics tools driving content, ubiquity of gambling, legalization of online gambling, dopamine response, prediction markets, new kinds of insider trading, more and more corruption, Biff Tannen style governance, Onion takeover of Infowars, satire of Conspiracy Culture long overdue, tecnocratic new world order, tech oligarchs, propaganda and Culture War distraction, crypto scams, new ASMR content pivot
- 3 weeks ago56 min
Technological Republic Summary, AoT#493
Palantir/Alex Karp's book The Technological Republic has been distilled down to 22 easy to digest points this past week. Here, Aaron gives his commentary on them. Palantir and their fellow Silicon Valley technocratic institutions are succeeding in taking over the United States, and ruling via a renewed system of war and "deterrence." Topics include: Palantir and the new Silicon Valley MIC, fascist technocracy, Alex Karp, The Technological Republic, morals and ethics, old aerospace being pushed aside, Iran War showcasing loss of old American Empire and its old aerospace weapons, $1.5 trillion defense budget for Golden Fleet and Golden Dome, old apps not good enough, new transhuman tech and virtual worlds, soft power, Great Powers Competition, bringing back military draft, faux Libertarian talking points, public figures, influencers, politicians, new Age of Deterrence, progressive ideals of Neoliberal Order, Elon Musk, X as personal promotional tool, violent crime political push for Law and Order, MAGA as propaganda tool of the technocracy, Culture Wars, tech companies dream to take over elections, US police state, Eric Schmidt, Trump now out of favor so online right wing propaganda monkeys now trashing him
- Apr 14, 20261h 0m
Oncoming JD Vance Cyber Terror Storm, AoT#492
The MAGA media world has suddenly come down with a serious case of TDS. It seems as though they have taken on the banner of "Dump Trump." On whose behalf do these morons speak, and what is it do we see coming in the near future? Topics include: Trump more trouble than he is worth, tech oligarchs will fire president, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley, rant Truth Social post, MAGA media world now against Trump, insult comic routine and other go to techniques now backfiring, Manosphere, Rogansphere, no loyalty or ethics, media charlatans need to be held accountable, alt media is just alt propaganda, online analytics tools, Melania Trump Epstein statement, more media face time for JD Vance, future cyber terror events will substantiate Vance to American public, Iran war, China, geopolitical great powers conflict, foreign influence ops targeting the US have been ongoing for years and have worked, MAGA built to destroy America from within, alt media taboo in talking about foreign influence ops, cybersecurity, CIA elevating cyber espionage division, Powell Bessent and band CEOs meeting, Global Propaganda Matrix, American Exceptionalism present everywhere
- Apr 5, 202611 min
Quick Update Show, AoT#491
Aaron does a quick update on this episode of The Age of Transitions podcast. Topics include: video series about Conspiracy Culture/alt media, conspiracy theorist term CIA, charlatans, alt media irredeemable, actual truth, qui bono
- Mar 29, 202654 min
Transhumanist Movement Political Rifts, AoT#490
Transhumanism, and all of the technologies associated with it have become topics that have become better known over time. There remains a very misunderstood, and important history behind the fringe movement. Topics include: camping in Yosemite, changing online media landscape, so-called democratization of media, algorithm at center of everything, IMG_0001 website, visual experimentation with livestream, Let's Paint TV guy still around, Tom Green influential media creator, transhumanism, tribal political divisions within greater transhumanist movement, Peter Thiel, Martine Rothblatt, Postmenderism paper predated Culture Wars, emerging and converging technologies
- Mar 16, 202659 min
Open Influence Ops, AoT#489
The new holy war in the Middle East is the same old war in the Middle East, but it has had a tech upgrade. Cyber capabilities and global influence operations now rest neatly in the center of this, and all other wars moving forward. Topics include: new streaming graphics, Iran War, through line from War on Terror to present, post-9/11 America, compartmentalized history with presidential administrations, Israel Bible study propaganda in US, Evangelical voter base a defect propaganda target, generic use of esoteric religious terminology and iconography, US troops told they are bringing about return of Jesus and Armageddon, Pete Segeth insane crusader warrior ethos, past US sponsored regime changes in Iran, Cyber now central aspect of all war, digital surveillance and data-driven targeting, influence ops now admitted to more freely to public, Global Propaganda Matrix, possible cyber false flags, Vance the preferable guy to put in place by tech oligarch MAGA political sponsors, failing US empire, becoming Tank Man
- Mar 2, 202652 min
Old YouTube Channel Is Back, AoT#488
The old YouTube channel has been brought back, and you will be able to watch the live-stream video versions of The Age of Transitions podcast there from now on. Topics include: reinstating the old YouTube ADDTV channel, live-streaming the podcast, leaving YouTube video, old problem of unwanted ads, new problem of algorithmic dominance, content creation in service to the algo, online super ego, classic conspiracy take of media manipulation vs new emergent media manipulation, technique Jacques Ellul, autonomous systems where technique goes, AI, agentic AI, automation of labor, addictive nature of social media is designed, digital priesthood, artificial synchronicities, Culture Wars as propaganda, ecological disaster of data centers
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