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Elon Musk calls it the "Supersonic Tsunami" – and it’s about to hit harder than anything in human history. In this raw, no-BS conversation, Steve Skojec and Kale Zelden go deep on the AI asteroid heading straight for Earth. We’re talking: • AI & humanoid robots creating hyper-abundance (free stuff for everyone?) • Data centers in space, solar power from orbit, and robots building robots • Why college might become pointless and what “universal high income” could actually look like • The terrifying speed of change: AGI this year? Robots doing surgery better than humans in 3-4 years? • Jobs disappearing, meaning of life shifting, and whether this ends in utopia or chaos We don’t sugarcoat it. The hype is real. The threat is real. And the math? It maths. This isn’t another surface-level AI podcast. It’s two regular guys (not Silicon Valley bros) rabbit-holing the biggest paradigm shift since the Industrial Revolution – and what it means for normal people like us. If you’re worried about your job, your kids’ future, or just want to understand what the hell is coming in the next 3-5 years… watch this. Drop a comment: Are you excited or terrified about the Supersonic Tsunami? 👇 TIMESTAMPS: Chapters 00:00 Introduction 07:25 Navigating the Hype and Threat of AI 13:14 The Role of Elon Musk in AI Development 19:28 Elon Musk: A Complex Figure in Technology 32:59 Elon Musk's Evolving Focus and Determination 38:08 Supply Chain Fragility and Global Manufacturing 44:23 The Future of AI and Space-Based Data Centers 49:14 The Rise of AGI and Its Implications 57:17 The Future of Robotics and Hyperabundance 59:12 The Rise of Robots and AI Production 01:01:27 Photosynthesis as a Metaphor for AI Production 01:03:38 The Concept of Abundance in a Robotic Future 01:06:02 The Implications of Super Abundance 01:08:43 Longevity and the Future of Human Life 01:11:47 The Shift from Scarcity to Abundance 01:13:19 Elon Musk and the Supersonic Tsunami 01:17:16 Curiosity as the Driving Force Behind Innovation 01:22:49 The Value of Humanity in AI Development 01:24:46 The Hardware-Software Convergence in AI 01:27:03 The Future of AI and Corporate Power 01:28:52 Sovereignty and Corporate Nations 01:30:00 The Supersonic Tsunami of Change 01:31:49 The Exponential Growth of Technology 01:35:59 The Role of Humanities in an Abundant Future 01:41:08 Finding Purpose Beyond Utility 01:47:52 The Dilemma of Passion vs. Utility 01:50:15 The Absurdity of Truth in Storytelling 01:51:13 The Purpose of Education and Human Connection 01:53:05 The Challenge of Creative Burnout 01:54:07 Identifying Alternative Problems to Solve 01:56:02 The Impending Financial Apocalypse and Its Implications 01:57:43 The Role of AI in Society and Human Experience 02:02:51 The Future of Education and the Rise of Autodidacts 02:04:06 The Shift from Propaganda to Authenticity 02:07:14 The Value of Imperfection in a Perfect World 02:12:09 The Need for Contemplation in a Fast-Paced World

NASA jusr dropped insane new footage of Mars. This is literally from the surface of an alien planet... 240 million miles away from us!

The Apollo 16 lunar module, named Orion, touched down on the Moon on this day in 1972. With the help of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, seen on the far side of Plum crater in this photo, John Young and Charlie Duke (shown here) drove 16.6 miles (26.7 km) in the Moon's Descartes Highlands and collected 211 lbs (96 kg) of lunar samples. To date, Duke is the youngest person to have walked on the lunar surface.

After years of lab work, the results are in: A rock that our Curiosity rover analyzed has the most diverse collection of carbon-containing molecules ever found on the Red Planet. Of 21 organic molecules found, 7 were detected for the first time on Mars go.nasa.gov/3QiG52h

Here are the facts about “The Missing Scientists” story: The Air Force general who ran Wright-Patterson's research lab, oversaw the Pentagon's most classified programs, and was named in WikiLeaks emails as a central figure in UFO disclosure vanished from his Albuquerque home without triggering a single surveillance camera. Eight days earlier, Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin releasing UFO files. In the same twelve-month window, the NASA scientist who co-invented a strategic rocket engine super alloy at the same Wright Patterson lab overseen by the General disappeared on a hike, an MIT fusion physicist (who was as deep as anybody on “fast magnetic reconnection problems” which are the fundamental bottleneck to widescale nuclear fusion) was assassinated on his doorstep, and a very-polymathic Caltech astronomer working on the state-of-the-art Vera Rubin Observatory was shot dead on his porch. There is a pattern: scientists at the frontier of fusion, exotic propulsion, advanced metallurgy, and space surveillance are being silenced and taken out. We trace this history back decades and place it in its proper context: scientific suppression in frontier areas isn’t new; it’s an almost-ubiquitous historical artifact. 1. The General Who Knew Everything Vanished Without a Trace On February 27, 2026, retired Major General Neil McCasland left his Albuquerque home on foot. He left behind his phone, prescription glasses, and smartwatch. He took a red backpack, his wallet, and a .38 caliber revolver. His wife reported him missing within three hours. Despite FBI involvement, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, search dogs, drones, helicopters, horseback teams, FLIR sweeps, and 700 canvassed households, no confirmed sighting of McCasland has ever surfaced. Surveillance cameras covered both ends of his street. None captured his direction of travel. After weeks of searching, the only item recovered was a gray Air Force sweatshirt a mile east of his house. Testing could not confirm it was his. 2. McCasland Ran the Pentagon's Most Classified Science Programs McCasland graduated from the Air Force Academy, earned a PhD in astronautical engineering from MIT on a Hertz Fellowship, and studied at Harvard's Kennedy School. From 2009 to 2011, he served as Director of Special Programs in the office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics, the office that oversees acquisition special access programs accounting for roughly 75 to 80 percent of all SAPs in the Department of Defense. From 2011 to 2013, he commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, overseeing a $2.2 billion portfolio spanning advanced materials, exotic propulsion, and future weapons. Wright-Patterson is the alleged home of the Roswell crash debris. McCasland ran the entire lab. 3. WikiLeaks Emails Placed McCasland at the Center of UFO Disclosure In 2016, hacked emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta revealed correspondence from Tom DeLonge naming McCasland directly. DeLonge wrote that McCasland helped assemble his advisory team, was deeply aware of what DeLonge was trying to achieve, and had received a four-hour briefing on the project. DeLonge added that McCasland ran the laboratory at Wright-Patterson where the Roswell material was shipped. McCasland's wife Susan later acknowledged he was caught up in the Russian hack and had less contact with DeLonge after the emails were released. Less, not zero. A Google Calendar invite in the same email dump shows Susan herself accepted an invitation for a DeLonge-Podesta meeting. 4. Disappeared Eight Days After Trump's UFO Disclosure Order On February 19, 2026, Trump announced on Truth Social that he was directing the Pentagon to begin releasing government files related to aliens and UAP. Eight days later, McCasland was gone. If McCasland was involved in legacy UFO programs, the release order could have been a pressure point. His wife had reported that both of them were seeing a doctor for anxiety, poor sleep, and memory issues. She also said he had made a comment about not wanting to live if his body and mind kept deteriorating, but characterized it as an offhand remark, not a genuine threat. She later stated publicly that McCasland was not confused or disoriented. The week before he vanished, he cycled 60 miles. 5. The Super Alloy Scientist Vanished 30 Feet Behind Her Friends On June 22, 2025, NASA material scientist Monica Reza disappeared while hiking near Mount Waterman in the Angeles National Forest. She was 30 feet behind her group and then she was gone. Search and rescue scoured the area for eight days by land and air. They found her beanie roughly 400 yards off the trail. Nothing else. Civilian volunteer teams continued searching for six months. No remains, no dens, no evidence of animal attack. Multiple searchers who descended the nearest ravine described the terrain as steep but not steep enough to be fatal. 6. Super Alloy Invention Was Developed Under McCasland's Research Lab Monica Reza and Dallas Hardwick co-invented Mondeloy, a nickel-based super alloy engineered to survive the crushing pressure and oxygen-rich conditions that had defeated every previous rocket engine material. The alloy ended America's dependence on Russia's RD-180 engine for sensitive national security launches. Mondeloy was co-developed through a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory and Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne. Neil McCasland arrived at Wright-Patterson as AFRL commander in May 2011 while the Mondeloy program was still active. Dallas Hardwick was embedded in the lab's materials directorate until 2012. The scientist who solved one of America's hardest propulsion problems and the general who oversaw the lab where it happened both vanished within eight months of each other. 7. MIT's Top Fusion Physicist Was Shot in His Doorway On December 15, 2025, Nuno Loureiro was shot in the foyer of his Brookline home at 8:30 p.m. His wife, mother, and daughters were inside playing cards. His 12-year-old daughter had opened the door moments earlier and saw a man she thought was a delivery driver holding a package with a barcode. Loureiro replaced her at the door and was hit in the upper chest, abdomen, and both thighs. He was conscious and alert when paramedics arrived. He went into surgery that night and was pronounced dead the following morning. Loureiro was deputy director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and one of the world's leading experts on magnetic reconnection, the key obstacle to sustained nuclear fusion. 8. His Killer Planned for Three Years, Then Went Dark for 48 Hours The top suspect, Claudio Valente, a Portuguese national who had studied physics at the same Lisbon university as Loureiro in the 1990s, had already opened fire at Brown University two days earlier, killing two students. Valente spent three years conducting surveillance on the Brown campus before the attack. But between the Brown shooting on December 13 and Loureiro's murder on December 15, Valente's movements go largely unaccounted for. How he located Loureiro, confirmed he was home, and timed the approach remains unexplained. Loureiro had just returned from a trip to Washington. Valente's confession videos describe both attacks as intentional but leave the motive for targeting Loureiro maddeningly vague. 9. The Caltech Astronomer Was Killed by a Man a Judge Had Already Released On February 16, 2026, Caltech astronomer Carl Grillmair was shot dead on his porch in Llano, California. Two months earlier, 29-year-old Freddy Snyder had been arrested on Grillmair's property carrying a loaded unregistered rifle. Despite the trespassing charge and an attempted jail escape, a judge released Snyder on his own recognizance and told him to take a gun safety course. Snyder returned and killed him. Grillmair had recently begun work on the Vera Rubin Observatory, the most powerful sky survey ever built, one capable of detecting interstellar objects and potentially UFOs in Earth's orbit. He was also a renowned polymathic genius, like Loureiro. Every image Rubin captures is reviewed and filtered by the Pentagon before scientists are allowed to see it. Investigators have found no motive and no prior relationship between the two men. Why This Matters But the concentration of loss at the exact frontier of fusion, propulsion, advanced materials, and space surveillance is difficult to dismiss. Congressman Tim Burchett told the DailyMail the numbers seem very high in these certain areas of research. Constitutional lawyer Danny Sheehan described a covert circle of 24 retired officials from the DOD, CIA, and private aerospace quietly working to bring classified UAP programs back under government oversight. The real crown jewels are not weapons or hard drives. They are the minds that solved the problems no one else could. And those minds keep disappearing. Full episode documents this in detail 👇

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Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt said the White House's decision to direct a federal investigation into a growing number of deaths and disappearances among scientists with high-level security clearances could expose deeper divisions inside the intelligence community. Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt has previously said that he does not refute "that there are extraterrestrials and that more will be coming out.” newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/bla…

Rep. Burlison tells Fox News that Amy Eskridge’s death should be investigated due to an allegation she was murdered by a U.S. aerospace company via a directed energy weapon “We had Michael Shellenberger come to our hearing in 2024 and in his testimony he provided information from a researcher Franc Milburn — a retired UK intelligence official who Amy had reached out to and asked to investigate some of the harassment, some of the weird things that were happening with her. He determined that she was the victim of a directed energy weapon and that she was likely murdered by a U.S. aerospace company.”

On some level you need to think about this guy & how he would manage the red chart. It is a story, and part of the story is getting normies to retreat into their normalcy bias. So if your reaction is "that's cray cray conspiracy theory"...then I'd offer to you it's working.

@davidwillis138 @SteveSkojec We're going to put the last episode up here and see how it does.

@davidwillis138 @SteveSkojec Good to know.

What do you think? Would you ever watch a podcast on X? Is it worth uploading episodes here, or should we just keep the video versions on YouTube? Asking for @MTSPodcastOnX

@YinzerDev @SteveSkojec We will monetize once we're eligible. But YouTube requires a minimum of 500 subs and 3K hours of watch time before you can even begin. (And/or sub out certain other equally unattainable early metrics).

@SteveSkojec @MTSPodcastOnX Ah. I didn't know the algos dislike long form vid. Do you intend to ever try to monetize it in some way? If so, it might be worth it just get more viewers/listeners. Or maybe just linking from X to to the YT vid will do that...

We got here first.

It is the best intro I’ve seen. And I want that car.

Got a comment on our last episode: "Just stopping in to say I won’t be back because of those dumb clickbait look on your faces on your thumbnail. Sellouts!" LOL. As we told our incensed commenter, "Don't let the door hit you. Even smart people have to play the algorithm game if they want their videos seen. Would be lovely if a random screenshot of one of us with his eyes half closed and the other one with his mouth in a weird shape, mid-conversation, got people to check things out, but that's not how it works, and it looks stupid EVERY time." These thumbnails are ridonkulous. But they DO work.

Is anyone actually interested in watching video podcasts here on X? Because we can certainly post them. We just assume most people would prefer to watch on YouTube, where it's easier. Let us know!

Welcome...to the world of tomorrow!

How about all you folks who follow me and @SteveSkojec go on over to @MTSPodcastOnX and hit the follow then go and subscribe to the YouTube! We need the support and our last show was great. Be sure to get to the second hour.

A great podcast that deserves a lot more attention!