Tech
Geoengineering and Flights of Fancy
Geoengineering in the form of modifying the weather happens. It can save decimation of farmer livelihoods by mitigating droughts, and it can risk the global food supply by reducing crop growth. Like nuclear fission, it’s useful in the hands of sane people working with the knowledge and assent of the […]
Technocracy is NOT CommunitarianismThe Secrets Behind Matt Odell’s Bitcoin Empire
There has been a noticeable shift in the narrative over what is going on in Washington, DC. I say Technocracy. Others used to say Communism, socialism, or fascism. Now it’s being called Communitarianism. The uptake on this word to mask Technocracy is stunning. It’s unprecedented. It might be that you are […]
AI Is Accelerating the Fourth Turning’s Institutional Meltdown
News headlines are focused on AI innovations. Not so much on the input, but on the output. The good, the bad, and the ridiculously ugly parts. It’s mostly entertainment. They want the spectacle—the robot that will fold their laundry, do the dishes, and guide them to their next best purchase […]
New Drone Rules Will Pave the Way for Starbucks and Amazon Deliveries
“We are going to unleash American drone dominance,” said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. New Drone Rules Reuters reports US Proposes New Drone Rules May Lead to Starbucks, Amazon Deliveries. The U.S. Transportation Department is proposing new rules to speed deployment of drones beyond the visual line of sight of operators, a […]
To Share Weights from Neural Network Training Is Dangerous
Some organizations and researchers are sharing neural network weights, particularly through the open-weight model movement. These include Meta’s Llama series, Mistral’s models, and DeepSeek’s open-weight releases, which claim to democratize access to powerful AI. But doing so raises not only security concerns, but potentially an existential threat. For background, I have written […]
They Dialled Us Down – Richard Willett
Today is August 14th 2025 and we have just finished recording the latest episode of ‘The Round Table’ at the Ickonic studios in Derbyshire. It was an absolutely fascinating discussion across a wide range of topics between myself, Christianne Van Wijk, Jaymie, Gareth and David Icke. In the second part […]
If It Walks Like a Duck: Is The AI Mania a Psych-Ops?
Let’s summarize our thought experiment: the AI Mania scores 100% on all eight metrics of a Psych-Ops. Before you scream, “Oh no, not again–could somebody please take off his tin-foil hat?”, hear me out. Let’s do a thought experiment exploring this question: Is The AI Mania a Psych-Ops? If it walks […]
Alarming New Study Finds Smartphones Ruining Our Brains at Unprecedented Speed
Any parent with a kid addicted to TikTok or Instagram is familiar with the concern that it’s ruining their brain. I’m of a certain age where I heard that refrain regularly from my Dad as I settled in each summer afternoon to watch reruns of Gilligan’s Island, The Brady Bunch, and The Partridge […]
EU Breaks Its Own Law, Forcing Use of Google for Age Verification
The EU just took a major step forward in their Digital ID program by releasing an age verification app and framework. Its being tested in 5 EU countries. The EU just took a major step forward in their Digital ID program by releasing an age verification app and framework. Its […]
From Project 2025 to the PayPal Presidency: School Choice Fin-Tech for a Blockchain Social Credit Economy
The ambitions of the Koch-backed network behind Project 2025 and the the PayPal Mafia behind President Trump are set to converge in a public-private fin-tech industry that distributes school choice subsidies using digital wallets and stablecoins based on AI social credit analytics. In “TrumpED 2025: School Choice Corporatization, Social Impact Finance, […]
