Had Enuff of Putin's Propaganda, AoT#501
The Age of Transitions
At this point, everyone seems to have had enuff of Vladimir Putin. However, all the grievance narratives in the world aren’t enuff to stop Smash Mouth from churning out the hits. Topics include: Global Propaganda Matrix, online propaganda, Vladimir Putin and his war, Vlad Vexler, decline in acceptance for RT in US alt media, Palantir, vying for global soft power influence, anti socialist propaganda as standard line for US establishment, Silicon Valley capture of government, grievance narratives, China leveraging Iran War, alternative to US, China likely promoted MAGA to destabilize US,...
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Soft(ware) Power, AoT#500
The Age of Transitions
Soft power becoming software power, and the hope is to embed it as the OS for every government in the world. Behind the veneer of the ever-present online propaganda, lies this simple motive. When we talk about new cold wars, national security, or even a world war, this is the prize that all of the power brokers, decision makers, and stakeholders have as their motivation. It isn’t complicated, but it is hidden in a web of synthetic digital complexity that we need to break away from as soon as possible. Topics include: Revolve book, Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society,...
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Digital Hall of Mirrors, AoT#499
The Age of Transitions
Our shared digital hall of mirrors becomes more and more advanced, and so we must somehow find a way to advance ourselves beyond and outside of it. Don’t let your fringe ideas clash too hard with another’s apparently conflicting views. The same sponsor may likely have brought you both messages in the first place. Topics include: free stickers offer, elusive truth, long term coverage of AI topic, current AI systems, possibility of AGI, transhumanist movement, posthuman, science fiction, Conspiracy Culture and Truth Movement, dominant minority, mainstreaming of conspiracy concepts,...
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Looksmaxxed Alchemy and new occult masters, AoT#498
The Age of Transitions
Monaco is the second smallest nation on Earth, and clearly an example of a country made for international financial purposes. Old money families controlled the world that created Monaco, but are the New World masters of tech now rising up to challenge them on the world stage? Topics discussed: new Age of Transitions stickers, Looksmaxxing, online influencer culture, leg lengthening surgery, Connor Murphy death by gold, alchemy, transhumanism, Tech Oligarchs funding looksmaxxers and other influencers, social class structures, upper upper and lower upper class, Old Money vs New Money,...
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Dialog Secret Society, AoT#497
The Age of Transitions
Dialog, the pet Bilderberg style secret society of Peter Thiel, is now an open secret. Is that a good or bad thing for PT and friends? The countercultural capture of the online world has to be recognized. Topics include: confusion, technological change, AI, AGI, possibility of Technological Singularity, economic bubble, practical applications and reasons for AI, Libertarianism is useless, enshitification of internet, Dialog secret society, Bilderberg, Peter Thiel, secret societies, Elon Musk as proof of concept for building Tech Oligarch cult of personality, elites of recent past,...
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Litigate to Dominate, AoT#496
The Age of Transitions
Palantir will not be denied a defense contract. They are well on their way to becoming the totality of the US government itself. All hail our Monopoly Capitalists overlords who have thwarted the evil Woke Army who tried “debanking” them. Honestly though, we all need to get better at seeing through their new media propaganda. Topics include: long game of digital media production, China summit, Palantir lawsuit against Pentagon/DIA, MARS, Project Maven, Big Tech becoming new Military Industrial Complex, FAA, Destroy and Rebuild, Silicon Valley billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk,...
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T-AI-wan Taboo on Trump China Visit, AoT#495
The Age of Transitions
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...
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Biff Tannen Reality, AoT#494
The Age of Transitions
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,...
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Technological Republic Summary, AoT#493
The Age of Transitions
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,...
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Oncoming JD Vance Cyber Terror Storm, AoT#492
The Age of Transitions
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...
info_outlineThere is a major narrative shift now underway, and it centers on everyone being sick of our Strong Man in chief.
Topics include: attention economy online, digital media, rage bait, click bait, analytics, influencing elections, right wing content creators, Alex Jones, MAGA, public relations, Trump losing support, medical issues, oligarchs in control, Neocons, exploitation of conspiracy theories, purposeful destruction of American government, consolidation of all media, America Fest, Shapiro vs Carlson, deconstructing media, Bernays, propaganda, early optimism over internet, career as online content creator, public should demand to know who pays content creators, mad about Trump after they sold the administration in the first place, useful idiots, hollowness of social media success, Candace Owens growing audience, Roger Stone vs Steve Bannon, disinformation, tiers of power in right wing media, medium is in ultimate control, AGI, transhumanism, anxiety over the future, new robber barons, sci fi reality, relying on new technology to fix the problems made by old technology, baseless optimism, new Cold War geopolitical narrative, US vs China