New Atlantis
by Francis Bacon
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard May 2026 on Digital Social Hour.
The general take
Isaac Weishaupt frames New Atlantis as the fulfillment of a centuries-old plan, connecting it to historical texts like Francis Bacon's work and claims about America's founding purpose. He presents this matter-of-factly rather than critically, suggesting it's part of a long-standing design.
About
The New Atlantis describes a group of sailors who are lost at sea and stumble upon an unknown island called 'Bensalem' inhabited by a perfect 'utopian' civilization. They are invited to stay and learn about how this society operates. On the surface it appears clear that Bacon is attempting to present how society could be if scientific method and technological development were to be optimized to a high standard. Before Bacon's time, scientific research was somewhat haphazard and unsophisticated, it was Bacon's dream that scientists would cooperate and work to certain standards so their work could be understood and added to by other people in their day and generations to come. Bacon helped to make this revolution happen. The wording and sentence structure of The New Atlantis is similar to many alchemical manuscripts dating from the time it was written.
Who said what
Isaac Weishaupt💬 Mentioned
…tracing the historical origins of technocratic world order plans
“If you read Francis Bacon's new Atlantis, or you read a manly P hall secret destiny of America, this was the plan for hundreds of years. This is what they always wanted.”
Digital Social Hour — What’s Really Happening at the Super Bowl Halftime Show... | Isaac Weishaupt | DSH #1944at 35:58
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