Arcane Semantics: Technological Tyranny & Engineered Perceptions (4-9-18)

This airing we discuss some of the totalitarian advancements in our technology and the impact this has on our society. Some of the topics discussed include: the possibility of limited hangouts from characters such as Edward Snowden and Julian Assange; China beginning a “social credit” system seeking to assign citizens scores, engineer social behavior and ban travel; South Korea planning all-digital currency by 2020; abuse, exploitation and destruction of the nation state of Palestine by Israeli soldiers and tyrannical Israeli policies; the engineered nature of shooting incidents in the United States and gun protests, including some of the local and regional reactions to all of this. We are joined by Rollie Quaid. Steven W. additionally joins us during the second hour with his insights on the topics