The Age of Transitions

We have been told that alchemy was no more than the delusions of Medieval drug addicts. Might there be more to the story than this?

Topics include: misfits, confusion, rapid change, alchemy, medieval addicts smoking lead, human experience, philosophy, abstract thinking, imagination, flying sticks, time, Great Work, ages, technique, taking our world for granted, thinking as hard labor, creative power, artifice, magic, mental health crisis, attaining inner peace, esoteric practices and goals, meditation, miracles of modern world, mystery of prehistoric humanity, biology, mining in space, the Tao, greatest truth defies quantification, death, ego, humility, nature, creation and creator, transhumanism, metaphor of lead into gold, limits of language, art of multiplication, Crone aspect of goddess, deleting discomfort, maturity, silliness of politics, tent revivals, perfect eternity, it’s a bible

The Pentagon hopes to bolster its tech prowess by partnering with a faltering private sector.

Topics include: JADC2, DoD, AI, cybersecurity, digital warfare, new Cold War, Iraq War, lies, Post-Truth, Oath Keepers, Jan 6

Pearse Redmond makes his grand return as a guest on this special episode. Reflections on an ever changing digital media space, and our collective struggle against confusion are had along with some memories of days gone by.

Topics include: early Porkins Policy Radio episodes, looking back at earlier days of podcasting, KONY 2012, information overload, Musk’s black eye, possibility of P Diddy pardon, early Epstein coverage, bitterness, commoditization of stories, idea that Trump would expose Epstein truth, alt media personalities exploiting story, dog whistle, end of conspiracy media, MAGA establishment pretending not to be the establishment, public threshold for failure low, J6 pardons and claims of Antifa involvement, live-streamers portraying themselves as truth tellers, war Gaza, simulation and virtual reality, RFK Jr, kicking the can down the road, not reading news can be good, debate culture, reactionary content creation, the platform leads the creator, analytics and SEO, rise of AI, nothing is real or original, lack of superintelligence, college students cheating with AI, mediocrity in and out, new Mission Impossible, social media platforms as propaganda platforms, perception warped, Great Powers Competition, resources, multipolar world, international propaganda, soft power, becoming radicalized to good causes can lead to disaster

On this episode there is some talk about the institution of marriage as well as a very interesting piece from the NIH that Bobby Vaughn brings to the table. It seems that 5G millimeter waves can be absorbed by skin cells and produce Coronaviruses.

topics include: human relationships, laws, marriage, contracts, religion, Corona Virus lockdown reality, relationship stress, relationships with machines, 5G, technology, transhumanism, Google, internet, forcing people onto certain browsers, 404 errors, https, old sites no longer secure, switching over to new internet structure

Aaron brings back his old notes to explore some pieces written on IEET by one of its former managing directors, Mike Treder. Treder has been missing/gone silent online since 2012. Transhumanist groups are not unlike other fringe special interest groups, in that it is indeed a fringe group.

topics include: IEET, Mike Treder, Martine Rothblatt, transhumanism, WTA, intellectuals, academics, white papers, Canada, disappearance, power pyramid, global elite, David Rothkopf, Invisible Hand, religion, science, philosophy, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, nanotech, induction, inductive reasoning, logic, faith, pattern recognition, Hume, Bayesian Inference, occult, secret doctrine, initiate, induct, artificial wombs, Jeremy Rifkin, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, Harvard S