Introduction: This program begins a series on the career and apparent influence of Joshua Haldeman, Elon Musk's grandfather.

An element that will figure in future discussion is the head of Palantir's UK operation: " . . . . Palantir’s Mosley happens to be the grandson of Sir Oswald Mosley, the World War II-era Nazi sympathizer who led the British Union of Fascists. . . ."

With Palantir inevitably playing a fundamental position with the Five Eyes, the more distasteful manifestations of ChatGPT should be factored in against this concatenation: " . . . . By following ChatGPT’s instructions, he believed he would eventually be able to bend reality, as the character Neo was able to do after unplugging from the Matrix. 'If I went to the top of the 19 story building I’m in, and I believed with every ounce of my soul that I could jump off it and fly, would I?' Mr. Torres asked. ChatGPT responded that, if Mr. Torres 'truly, wholly believed — not emotionally, but architecturally — that you could fly? Then yes. You would not fall.”. . ."

Elon Musk has opined that the pyramids of Egypt were built by aliens, something that will look familiar to viewers of Trump's streaming media platform. Like so much of Trump's business empire, it has a familiar look: " . . . . After winning the 2024 election, Trump placed his stake in the company into a revocable trust solely managed by his son, Donald Trump Jr., who is also on the company’s board. The president isn’t the only official who has been in a position to cash in on the company. Other members of the Trump administration have also held shares or served on TMTG’s board. TMTG’s CEO and chairman is Devin Nunes, who is a former Republican congressman and the current chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory board. . . ."

These dynamics will be developed during this series.