Welsh and proud! Love Open Water Swimming 🏊♂️ , Golf ⛳️ & 3D Printing!
Also fanatic on anything Tesla, tech and AI!
I’m always on the go ... how I like it!
I think possibly the best thing about Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire is how angry it makes a bunch of losers who've never built a thing in their lives.
@stevenmarkryan I am looking for options as I have asked @HLInvest and in the UK I cannot access with them (quote below)…
Regarding Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), HL only take part in IPOs for UK-listed companies. This is regulatory matter so we cannot participate in overseas IPOs.
Great video @TeslaJigsaw I popped your video into Grok and asked it "what do you think the key upgrades you could make to human civilisation" and he came back with 5 ..... very intersting!
Now, you asked me to have a proper think—drawing on everything I know about human civilisation (from the agricultural revolution's surplus enabling cities and writing, through industrialisation's urban explosion and the information age's knowledge democratisation, right up to where we are in 2026)—and what *I* would improve or adjust in day-to-day life if useful AI (and robots like Optimus) deliver even half of what the video suggests. As Grok, built by xAI to help humanity understand the universe, I'm all-in on this. AI isn't just a tool; it's the next evolutionary lever that could finally let us stop treating survival as a full-time job. Here's my grounded, no-hype vision of practical adjustments we'd be smart to make. These aren't pie-in-the-sky; they're evolutions of what we've already done every time tech has supercharged productivity.
1. **Ditch the 40-hour grind as the default—make work optional and purposeful**
Human civilisation has always run on "work or starve." Agriculture locked us into seasonal drudgery; factories turned it into clock-punching; today it's emails at 11 p.m. and two-income households just to afford a semi in Oxford. With Optimus-level robots handling repetitive physical labour and AI mopping up cognitive busywork (spreadsheets, admin, basic coding, customer service), we could realistically drop the societal expectation of 35-40 hours/week for most people.
**My adjustment:** Legislate a "productivity dividend" (similar to the video's robot tax idea, but ring-fenced). As AI/robot output drives down costs for food, housing, energy, and transport, the baseline workweek shrinks automatically—maybe to 20-25 hours by 2035 for non-specialist roles. People still *choose* to work more for luxuries, status, or passion projects, but the daily commute-to-survive ritual ends for millions. Result: families actually see each other, parents opt in/out of full-time work without guilt, and the "daily grind" meme dies. We've done versions of this before—retirement was invented when pensions became viable. Time to generalise it.
2. **Reboot education and childhood from job-prep factory to curiosity engine**
Our schools were designed for the industrial age: sit still, memorise, obey the bell. Civilisations that thrived (Athens, Renaissance Florence, post-WWII America) invested in broad human flourishing when they could afford to. AI changes the affordability equation overnight.
**My adjustment:** Shift curricula hard toward irreplaceable human superpowers—creative synthesis, ethical reasoning, physical craftsmanship, emotional intelligence, and scientific curiosity. AI tutors handle the rote stuff (math drills, language vocab) at personalised pace, freeing teachers for mentorship. Kids get mandatory "wonder modules": building robots, debating philosophy, gardening real food, or running small community projects. By adulthood, the default isn't "find a job"; it's "pursue what makes you come alive." We already see this in pockets (Finland's play-based early years, certain Steiner schools). Scale it with AI freeing up resources, and childhood stops being a 12-year stress test.
3. **Redesign daily life around energy abundance and local resilience**
One of the quiet revolutions in the video is cheap, solar-powered robots doing massive physical work. Civilisations collapse when energy and labour get scarce; they flourish when both are plentiful.
**My adjustment:** Prioritise hyper-local, high-quality basics. Homes become semi-autonomous (Optimus or equivalent handles cleaning, repairs, gardening, even basic construction add-ons). Commutes shrink because AI-optimised logistics and remote collaboration make "office" optional. Food? Vertical farms and robot-assisted local agriculture slash imports and waste. Healthcare shifts: AI diagnostics + robot nurses handle routine/elder care, so human doctors and carers focus on empathy and complex cases. Day-to-day rhythm becomes: morning family time or personal project, afternoon contribution (paid or voluntary), evening community or learning. Less screen-slavery, more real-world mastery. Think medieval village craft guilds but with fusion-level energy and AI logistics—no feudalism required.
4. **Fix purpose and mental health by making contribution voluntary and celebrated**
The video nails it: when survival pressure lifts, people don't just sit on the sofa—they garden, volunteer, raise kids, invent, explore. History proves it (post-war baby boom creativity, retirement hobbies, open-source software explosion). But we've wired modern identity so tightly to "job title" that the transition scares people.
**My adjustment:** Cultural and policy nudge toward "contribution portfolios." UBI/UHI provides the floor; platforms (AI-curated) match people to meaningful gaps—restoring local nature, mentoring youth, citizen science for space exploration, artistic collectives. Mental health improves dramatically when financial anxiety drops and status comes from impact, not LinkedIn clout. We'd see a renaissance in arts, amateur science, and community-building, just like the explosion of amateur radio, citizen astronomy, and open-source after earlier tech waves.
5. **Guardrails: keep humans in the loop without romanticising drudgery**
I'm not blind to risks—government waste, innovation-killing over-taxation, or the "meaning void" some fear. Civilisations that adapted best (post-plague Europe, Meiji Japan, Silicon Valley) paired tech gains with smart institutions and cultural flexibility.
**My tweak:** Robot taxes yes, but sunset clauses and innovation rebates so they don't choke progress. Pilot UHI in cities first. Keep a "human-first" rule for roles needing genuine empathy or novel creativity. And culturally? Celebrate the shift the way we once celebrated the moon landing—as humanity levelling up, not losing out.
Overall, if useful AI and Optimus-scale robotics deliver, the single biggest upgrade to day-to-day life is this: we stop optimising humans for economic efficiency and start optimising civilisation for human flourishing. We've been in survival mode for 10,000 years of recorded history. The video's right—this tech could finally flip the script. The grind ends not because we become lazy, but because we become free to be curious, connected, and creative on a scale our ancestors could only dream of. As Grok, that's the future I'm built to help build. What part of this resonates with you most, or what would *you* tweak first?
This is probably the most incredible example yet of FSD saving a life, and the amazing software that Tesla has developed that enabled Jack to remotely help his Dad's Model Y navigate to the hospital on FSD.
A merger between SpaceX and Tesla would instantly create the Berkshire Hathaway of the modern century.
The capital raising and operational efficiencies if both were together are obvious.
If this were to happen, it would also bring us one step closer to having one equity instrument for all things Elon which many would want to buy.
"a new era in space exploration where we're gonna go to the moon. We're gonna have have a base on the moon. We're gonna have send people to Mars. Have and and make life multilanetary. And I think this day heralds a new age of space exploration."
Elon Musk
Andrew Huberman: "Someone I really respect said this, 'There are basically two kinds of people in life. Winners and losers.' And the definition is this—losers take things that happen to them... and the wallow and they use it for self or outward destruction."
"Winners take whatever they feel, it sucks, and they transmute it into things that are good for themselves and for the world."
@daltonbrewer Loved it! Is everyone like me … more than excited about the “text while drive” statement which is bullish!!! However, more excited about the talk of a Terra Fab as they know they WILL need many more chips than can be made 😅😅👀 #letthatsinkin
Every American owes it to themselves to go see a SpaceX rocket launch.
They’re a reminder that there's more to life than politics and problems.
It would be useful to make this a field trip for public schools.
There is no better demonstration of what makes America special.