The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster

The_Machine_Stops was first published in 1909. Technology has taken over how people live. The people no longer remember that it was humans that built the tech which led up to the global controlling machine.

https://jimmiekepler.com/2015/02/13/short-story-the-machine-stops-by-e-m-forster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#Plot_summary 

• "Both George Lucas's film THX 1138 (1971) and the original novel version of Logan's Run (1967) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson bear multiple similarities to "The Machine Stops".  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#Related_works  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Labyrinth:_THX_1138_4EB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#Plot p1932

w1883 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century#Summary , 

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/337109.Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century , 

https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/review_essays/taves71.htm , 

https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/books/unreal-futures-jules-vernes-paris-in-the-twentieth-century , 

https://www.openculture.com/2016/01/jules-verne-accurately-predicts-what-the-20th-century-will-look-like.html

What if EM creates such an integrated AI run civilization and it suddenly stops or seriously malfunctions?

Tesla Cybertruck...

https://gizmodo.com/will-elon-musks-cybertruck-arrive-before-the-flying-car-1839995088

 https://www.autoblog.com/2021/04/06/cyberlandr-camper-tesla-cybertruck

Sometimes a product looks so good, it practically sells it self.

https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/tesla-cyberruck-pop-up-cyberlandr-camper-shell-1234605814

A heavy-duty versatile vehicle like this will easily find its market.

https://insideevs.com/news/498377/cyberlandr-truck-camper-tesla-cybertruck

The Tesla_Cybertruck is an interesting combination of strength and power.

https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck/design#battery 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Tesla_ASM_Lineup_of_Vehicles.jpg

One has to wonder if Elon_Musk had read, Ready_Player_One in 2011 and was reminded of the DeLorean_Car. If so, did that inspire him to develop his own Tesla_Cybertruck? 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/DeLorean_DMC-12

Of course these are two separate types of vehicles from two different eras. However, given the history of technology and vehicles to reference, the sky isn't the limit for someone like, Elon_Musk. EM is clearly an interplanetary entrepreneur.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#SpaceX

In some ways, HH could have been like the EM of his time, but the momentum faded as HH aged into self imposed isolation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#Aviation_and_aerospace , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aviator_(2004_film)

PT also could have been a forerunner of a EM like entrepreneur. Unfortunately, things didn't work out for him in the long run and his health gave out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Tucker#Tucker_Aviation_Corporation_and_Higgins-Tucker_Aviation_(1941-1943) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker:_The_Man_and_His_Dream

A big hurtle of problems slowed John_DeLorean down, but the shape and style of his car endures, just like Tucker's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean#DeLorean_Motor_Company , https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/john-delorean-reinvented-the-dream-car-then-he-totaled-it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean#History

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/DeLorean_DMC-12

Two kinds of vehicles for diffrent purposese, yet there seems to be a slight similarity.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Tesla_Cybertruck_outside_unveil_modified_by_Smnt.jpg , https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck

Whether the Tesla_Cybertruck ever appears in a future Ready_Player movie, that remains to be seen. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the Cybertruck eventually is seen in various movies on this world and others. https://www.inputmag.com/design/this-lunar-tesla-cybertruck-should-be-the-official-truck-of-space Vehicles can be modified to function in various environments. https://electrek.co/2020/06/06/tesla-cybertruck-modified-lunar-vehicle

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tesla+Cybertruck

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tesla+Vehicles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

The Changing Face of Mars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaSaVanPysA JPL

Looking for Life on Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhtw7Dpntb4 NOVA  PBS

Mars Making the New Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50N5QoQoc4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/spaceandastronomy/videos

Elon Musk reveals stunning video that shows Starship's mission to Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyWE2bA4h6A CNET

SpaceX Starship Animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oox2w5sMcA , https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceX/videos , https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/mars

In 1953 a scientist predicted a man titled 'Elon' would lead humans to Mars and crown himself 'Martian Emperor' https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-science-fiction-nasa-colonize-colony-planets-solar-system-2021-6

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-mars-scientist-braun-b1879535.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mars_Project 1952 & 1953. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mission_to_Mars#Wernher_von_Braun_proposal_(1947_through_1950s)

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/terraform-mars-elon-musk-inspiration4

https://twitter.com/elonmusk

EM is very serious about the eventual transforming of Mars into an inhabited world. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/header_photo

At this point some might say that it's like EM was destined to do this.

https://historyofyesterday.com/70-year-old-book-mentions-elon-musk-leading-humanity-to-mars-39688cfd9d78

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mission_to_Mars#SpaceX_Mars_transportation_infrastructure_(2016-present)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Mars_Colonization_Program

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a34738932/elon-musk-glass-domes-terraforming-mars/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=SpaceX

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s buyout deal

 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/twitter-accepts-elon-musks-buyout-deal.html

So EM was able to buy up Tw.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61212567

If the deal didn't go through, EM would likely have started to build his own version.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-twitter-set-accept-musks-best-final-offer-sources-2022-04-25

https://www.barrons.com/articles/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-deal-51650889324

https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/25/23041965/jeff-bezos-twitter-troll-elon-musk-china-spacex-blue-origin

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1518623997054918657

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/jack-dorsey-make-worth-twitter-elon-musk-b2065095.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

Computer Models and Simulations

Jim-Elvidge of, theuniversesolved.com,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDInjkyu234

Will_Wright and The_Sims, SimCity & SimEarth
Eventually an Earth_Simulator project was created.
www.extremetech.com/extreme/108025-living-earth-simulator-will-simulate-the-entire-world,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/12/virtual-model-brain-with-25-million.html
Computer Simulations continue to reveal several peculiar things about the nature of reality & the universe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_simulation#Simulation_versus_model,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/c/computer_simulation.htm, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100331000235.htm
QC http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503163146.htm

Supercomputers indicate that there is some kind of organized structure & pattern to the universe
http://io9.com/5799396/youre-living-in-a-computer-simulation-and-math-proves-it,
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KkEHcB4y7R8#!,
http://simulism.org/Articles&Essays, www.kurzweilai.net/forums/topic/theuniversesolvedcom

So even if we aren't in a cosmic video game, there is still some kind of interactive recording & projection taking place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti_Mark_1#One_of_the_oldest_computer_games,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams#Computer_games_and_projects,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Game

Games & simulations can help to better understand various aspects of the cosmos.
http://simulism.org/Simulism, http://simulism.org/Games,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_video_game#History,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games#Early_history,

Some people would rather just treat the world as a shoot em up video game with wars & multi level global conflict.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Consoles,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_video_games
However, many people perceive the world as being like a school & simply destroying most of its life would be utterly foolish & inept.

EM suspects that this world might be part of someones cosmic simulation. Very advanced AI could reveal many more clues about such a hypothesis.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/10/the-i-chip-etc.html

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/10/lauren-weinstein.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Cosmic+Pattern

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis

TESLA EMPLOYEES WILL GET THE CYBERTRUCK FIRST

https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/tesla-employees-will-be-first-to-get-cybertruck/
Whenever a vehicle looks so cool, it instantly sells it self.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/will-tesla-cybertruck-and-model-s-plaid-bring-350kwplus-v4-supercharging/ar-BB186HRq


https://www.caranddriver.com/tesla/cybertruck

There are some people that want to go back to the horse & wagon era, a time before there was electric technology. What's the point, why not become cavemen then? EV technology will continue to improve & should eventually become ubiquitous.
https://insideevs.com/tesla/cybertruck


https://electrek.co/guides/tesla-cybertruck


At least the people that want to live in a cave on the moon or Mars..., will have high technology with them.


Just imagine the land vehicles planned for the moon & other worlds. EM already has, of course.
https://www.motortrend.com/cybertruck

Of course A.I. will continue to be an integral and essential part of vehicles. However, it's essential that there is always a manual human override mode.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tesla+Vehicles

Musk's xAI set to launch first AI model to select group

 https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-xai-set-launch-first-ai-model-select-group-2023-11-03

The Timeline_of_Twitter into becoming X and AI or xAI. Twitter had a long path to take with gradual AI upgrades all along the way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk

It's all part of the EM plan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter#Rebrand_to_X 

Now it's the dawn of xAI after so much X and Twitter data have been fed into it.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1720645900471554146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1720645900471554146%7Ctwgr%5E67b3ab13625c5665b8f357004aa11cfd0cd2238e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Ftechnology%2Fmusks-xai-set-launch-first-ai-model-select-group-2023-11-03%2F

Tesla’s Problems Go Way Beyond Elon Musk

 https://www.wired.com/story/teslas-problems-elon-musk-twitter/#intcid=_wired-right-rail_edca5529-b2ea-4974-809d-a1205a8bf591_popular4-1-reranked-by-vidi

Perhaps EM just has too much on his plate now.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

DeepFake of Elon Musk or Lookalike?

Well, it was just a matter of time when someone would pull off a deepfake of Elon_Musk.

https://nypost.com/2021/12/16/elon-musk-lookalike-dubbed-yi-long-musk-stuns-fans

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/you-can-find-a-fake-anything-in-china-including-a-fake-elon-musk-meet-yi-long-musk-176691.html

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269387/20211215/viral-elon-musk-chinese-lookalike-dubbed-yi-long-tesla-ceo.htm

https://mirrorimages.co/portfolio/elon-musk-look-alike

Kevin_Durand just naturally looks close enough to play Elon Musk. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSUpDqlpqDP , https://www.instagram.com/thekevindurand/?hl=en Of course EM has a dog as well. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1437179881260032016

https://www.thethings.com/elon-musk-biopic-the-real-life-iron-man-kevin-durand-twin

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/kevin-durand-as-elon-musk.25706

https://archive.nerdist.com/3-actors-who-should-and-3-who-shouldnt-play-elon-musk-in-a-movie

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/found-a-actor-who-looks-just-elon-musk.94406

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elon-Musk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk_in_popular_culture

https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbVSZvC7UxY

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269423/20211215/elon-musk-gets-financial-times-person-year-newsweek-disruptors-hof%E2%80%94tech.htm

https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/?sh=3f4497657999

https://twitter.com/elonmusk , https://www.instagram.com/elonmusk/?hl=en

https://nypost.com/tag/doppelgangers

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=DeepFake

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=doppelgangers

Elon Musk says his AI company is ready to release

 https://qz.com/elon-musk-says-his-ai-company-is-ready-to-release-its-f-1850990564

X Twitter provides so much essential data input for xAI.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/11/03/elon-musks-artificial-intelligence-startup-launching-its-first-product-saturday---heres-what-to-know-about-xai/?sh=31fea50b3f2a

EM has planned this out for a long time.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/03/elon-musk-says-his-new-startup-xai-will-debut-tech-for-the-first-time.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-03/musk-says-mysterious-xai-product-to-be-offered-to-select-group

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1720645900471554146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1720645900471554146%7Ctwgr%5E67b3ab13625c5665b8f357004aa11cfd0cd2238e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Ftechnology%2Fmusks-xai-set-launch-first-ai-model-select-group-2023-11-03%2F

Nicolas Cage Reveals The Reason He Turned Down Lord Of The Rings And The Matrix

 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nicolas-cage-reveals-the-very-sweet-reason-he-turned-down-lord-of-the-rings-and-the-matrix/1100-6502637

The LOTR might have worked out well for Nicolas Cage, but he had other priorities.

https://people.com/movies/nicolas-cage-turned-down-lord-of-the-rings-em-and-matrix-to-put-family-first-exclusive

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/very-rare-1300-version-of-lord-of-the-rings-announced-with-new-artwork-and-more/1100-6502641/

https://www.polygon.com/23032806/everything-to-know-lord-of-the-rings-series

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-characters-revealed/1100-6502603/

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lord+of+the+Rings

Large Tesla shareholder Ron Baron reacts to Elon Musk joining Twitter’s board

 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/07/elon-musks-twitter-stake-is-meaningless-says-tesla-bull-ron-baron-.html

Elon+Musk could have easily just set up his own digital communications platform.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/06/musk-twitter-sec

However, it seems that he wants to try to improve Twitter first.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507777913042571267

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507777261654605828

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507259709224632344

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507041396242407424

https://twitter.com/elonmusk , https://twitter.com/SpaceX

EM always has several options. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

5 charts that show Elon Musk and Tesla's struggles during Trump's first 100 days

 https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-net-worth-tesla-sales-down-trump-100-days-2025

EM has more wealth than what most people will ever have.

https://cointelegraph.com/learn/articles/elon-musks-net-worth-breakdown 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/01/elon-musk-forbes-2025-billionaires/82755835007

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/who-loves-elon-musk-tesla-founders-popularity-plummets-in-u-s-poll-shows-just-a-third-view-him-favorably/articleshow/120686182.cms?from=mdr 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk#Sources_of_wealth

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-lost-popularity-as-he-gained-power-in-washington-ap-norc-poll-finds

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-approval-low-reflecting-opposition-trump-cuts/story?id=121199149