Thomas Paine: Liberty’s Hated Torchbearer w/ George Ford Smith

We’ve all heard of Thomas Paine and think of him as instrumental in the founding of this country, but did you know he may well have been the most critical man alive at the time in fostering and shaping American independence? And what did he get for his efforts and fortitude? Listen and learn as George Ford Smith adds something of real value on the one and only semiquincentennial of our once great country.

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Cognitive Dissidents: America at 250: From Republic to Technocracy

Join the Cognitive Dissidents as they once again tackle the latest news stories in an effort to understand what the powers that be are really up to and how to prepare…forewarned is forearmed after all! On this week’s episode we cover: Trumpster’s Billions, Semiquincentennial Nothingburger, Hack Attack & Big Philanthropy as World Government, SCOTUS Geofencing Privacy FakeOut, Calling the Oil Crash (h/t PM), Robot Dogbite, Datacenter Diversion, To Bitcoin or Not To Bitcoin and more!!

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Deep Dive: Big Philanthropy As World Government

The AI Boom is creating an unprecedented number of billionaires and otherwise extremely wealthy people who give billions upon billions to charity–but is it charity as in a gift based on love and good will? Whether these tech nouveau riche know it or not, they are putting their windfall profits into machines built to control the world from the bottom up.

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The Pope Ignores the AI Elephant in the Room

The Pope’s first encyclical addresses AI and the threat it poses to humanity. The encyclical discusses the issues surrounding AI and recommends ways to deal with it going forward, but there is no mention whatsoever of the true origins of AI much less its purpose. Today I expose the origins of AI largely using its own words—it’s very simple where it came from and whence it continues to grow, but no mention of the that from the Vatican. Coming up in the next episode in this series, the purpose of AI and then the agenda revealed through the words of the Pope’s encyclical itself.

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