John Kirwin is the author of The Conspiracy Theorist Survival Guide. In this interview he talks a bit about the book, and his motivations in pursuing the truth as he sees it.

Topics include: Wake up or else, 508(c)1, legal education, Sovereign Citizen trigger term, conspiracy theorist trigger term, Federal Reserve, rifts in family life, ultimatums, God, religion, truther group, mind control programming, personal sacrifices, waking up, charlatans, insinuation of character flaws, 10 rabbit hole portfolio, normies, false narratives, chemtrails, in the world not of the world, willful ignorance, vaccine as bioweapon, vaccine issue forcing conversation to extremes, absolute truths, virologists, conspiracy ideas used in mainstream, red pills, UFOs, states banning chemtrails, children’s library books, alternative space doing more harm than good, digital propaganda space, covert influence operations, citizen journalism, weaponized government, money for hurricane victims, choosing not to give up, Mandela Effect, vivid memories undone, convictions, pop culture, misremembering the same way, conventional thinking, implanted thoughts, mathematic impossibilities

David Hirschfeld is the founder of Tekyz software development company. In this interview he shares some interesting examples of how he has used artificial intelligence for projects that he has worked on. There are also some speculations on what we may expect to see in the near future.

Topics include: Patreon material, David Hirschfeld, software development, Tekyz, artificial intelligence, no one understands how AI works, technology, training data, medical devices, AI integrated into new software, AI development assistant, idea that AI hype is overblown is wrong, Elon Musk, data centers, robotics, autonomous vehicles, parking garages, rideshare companies, Waymo, regulations, DOGE, AI hallucinations subsiding, coding, self improving systems, autonomous vehicle safety, AGI, data privacy, agentic workflow, Microsoft reopening Three Mile Island, geopolitical side to AI development, tech administered influence operations, near future implications

A quick update to let you know about some live-streams and Patreon content you may have missed.

topics include: Themes & Memes, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, Singularity Summit 2009 video tapes Patreon shows, transhumanism, listener suggestions, making media fun

Onions are known to cause tears, but this time they ain’t the tears of liberal snowflakes. No way, these are the tears of everyone’s favorite rightwing beefcake.

Topics include: Patreon content, Singularity Summit 2009, NYC, James Hughes, 2B movie premiere, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, video, changing media landscape, legacy media vs new media, Onion auction purchase of Infowars, Alex Jones, satire of alt media overdue, shills, Paul brothers, making money from media production, advertisers, home shopping channels, viewer demographics, content creator as career, online media high production value, Global Propaganda Matrix, fabs, microprocessors, TSMC, Intel, world war, CHIPS Act, technology, New Albany OH, Columbus, Les Wexner, Mike Jeffries, get rich quick, billionaires, made in America, gods, Antichrist

The glorious leader will soon make his triumphant return to the office he was born to sit in. In truth, he likely won’t do much more than sit, but he is bringing all of the best people to help him to do the job.

Topics include: Patreon improvements, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular live-stream, return of Trump, Stop the Steal 2, election fraud, content creators are always right, MAGA marketing, Trump brand, techno oligarchs, Big Tech, Silicon Valley Libertarianism, loss of civil liberties, technocracy, Freedom Cities, coming challenges, Grifter Industrial Complex, dying Legacy Media, Neocons, Bush administration, unitary executive, War on Terror, racism, Patriot Act, Supreme Court ruling on Presidential immunity, disenfranchised working class, Trump not actually in charge, Project 2025 is the plan, lawyers have written executive orders, old age, America First, foreign policy, karma, World War 3, South China Sea, Indo Pacific, China, Russia, Japan, Australia, Phillippines, Taiwan, Chinese statements placating the American ego, cyber attacks, new patriotic propaganda campaign, PNAC, “alt media” is the establishment again, Strong Man, outlawing dictionaries

This week’s episode of The Age of Transitions podcast is an interview of Eray Özkural. An AI professional, transhumanist, and all around free thinker, he has a lot of first hand experience from within the world of artificial intelligence technology that he talks about here.

Topics include: Marvin Minsky, Usenet, philosophy of mind, machine learning, biocomputing, history of AI, AI research shut down on purpose, AI Winter artificially induced, experts can be fooled by propaganda, misinformation, science of influence, media, examachine, Open AI, scare tactics to keep tech in hands of a few, Sam Altman, free markets

Apparently, The End of Democracy is upon us. As that plays itself out, let’s try to get a firm hold on whatever is left.

Topics include: crafting propaganda narratives, artificial world, self, epiphany, human experience, American democracy, presidential election, lost faith in electoral process, true wealth hoarded, turned on each other, foundations, anti-intellectual sentiment, rapid change, Singularity, history, stake holders, gaming the system, virtual life, scapegoating, generational warfare, led by analytics and algorithms, art, truth, upcoming interviews, future options

Some thoughts on the many changes and many ages of transitions that we can look back on. Changing media and political trends have intertwined and brought us to a new marker post. Where do we go from here?

Topics include: Age of Transitions, technology, change, subconscious, historical marking posts, Newt Gingrich, politics and media, online reality, party politics, MAGA, fringe conspiracy culture, stolen election narratives, Election Day, ramping up police state, law and order, blanket distrust of politics and government, propaganda, conspiracy theory used as weapon, alchemical metaphors, heat, end of democracy, P Diddy, fringe radio, Tupaq and Biggie murders, black conspiracies, William Cooper, periods in conspiracy culture, self publishing, podcasting, internet history, albums on vinyl, Rush Limbaugh, outsider politics, truth movements subsumed by political movements, Putin, Butler assassination attempt