Interview with Paul Hellier, July 22, 2025, Part 2

Many thanks to Paul Hellier of Fair Food Forager, for having me back on his podcast. In this second part of the conversation, we discussed: * network-centric warfare and human bodies as nodes on a network; * AI and a society of maximum efficiency vs. a free society; * the IBM and the Holocaust, Operation Phoenix, the information liquidation model, and social media;* Palantir, the CIA, and the privatization of Total Information Awareness; * the transformation of Facebook and YouTube from relatively free platforms to censorship machines; * information warfare driving people from one online pen to the next (social media as a social containment mechanism); * using digital technologies (including digital currencies) to “switch people off”;* meta glasses and the complete erosion of privacy; * the battle for the brain — how advanced are the relevant technologies?; * neurological control one person at a time?;* Neuralink — a psy-op?;* the removal of ethical frameworks in times of war and experimenting on entire populations; * from “no pixie dust” to real technologies, no longer sci-fi; * NASA’s “IT/Bio/Nano era”;* the critical inflection point that is being reached as digital currencies, AI.gov, the digital state, etc. are all being rolled out; * why I do not see parallel societies as a durable solution; * the importance of mass non-compliance; * a century of propaganda and psy-ops to impede the development of class consciousness; * the need for a positive vision to galvanize resistance; * goodness, truth, beauty, and the role of conscience; * the need to move from conspiratainment to action; * the war on children; and* reasons for optimism.A video of the full two-part interview can be watched below. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dhughes.substack.com