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On today’s episode, we discuss everything from Trump’s drawn‑out war with Iran to Tesla’s fast‑evolving self‑driving software, future robotaxis, and the coming wave of home robots. James opens by grilling the “Fearsome Threesome” futurists—Glenn, Mark, and Dwayne—on whether Trump can find an off‑ramp in Iran, how turning the Strait of Hormuz into a toll canal might work, and why “breaking their arms but not fixing their government” risks long‑term instability. The conversation then pivots to Tesla’s latest Full‑Self‑Driving updates: better road graphics, parking‑spot memory, “smart summon” for rainy‑day pickups, quirky voice commands, and an almost comical obsession with avoiding animals—even if that means a squirrel or armadillo gets priority over a human who “should know to move.” From there, they explore Tesla’s broader ecosystem, including third‑party Supercharger build‑outs at abandoned gas stations, vehicle‑to‑vehicle communications, the Cybertruck’s rear‑steer “crab walk,” and rumors of a Cyber‑SUV lurking in drone footage over Giga Texas. In the second half, the panel zooms out to Musk’s Optimus robots and a future where bots clean garages, wash cars, cook lasagna, and free people to write novels or tend showpiece yards, while Mark warns that such freedom will still demand new kinds of responsibility and “management” of our machines. They close with a whirlwind tech‑finance lightning round—crypto as an “office commodity” with lost wallets and off‑grid keys, quantum‑computing races over qubit designs, AI‑driven corporate layoffs that Wall Street perversely rewards, and college students whose ChatGPT‑assisted assignments are homogenizing their voices in the classroom. Don't miss it!