It May Sound Weird and Farfetched, But...

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Sometimes my imagination gets the better of me. Maybe because a fiction writer still lives inside me, and he of course makes an appearance from time to time. But I got to thinking about this $1 trillion pay package Elon Musk got that shareholders of Tesla just approved overwhelmingly. Granted, when you read the details of the package, which requires several achievements broken down into multiple tranches to actually get the money, he's got what would seem like an almost impossible task to ever actually get the money. Beyond my overall thoughts about that, there were some things that Musk talked about during his shareholder's meeting that were more of interest to me. Those Optimus robots he's working on. He says they could end poverty, fight crime, provide the best medical care ever imagined, and the technology would far surpass anything we've ever seen or imagined. That's the stuff of fiction. You could tear that page right of your favorite comic book from Marvel or DC. Places where rich guys like Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark wore superhero costumes at night. Musk's got the money. Certainly, he's that guy. Dark, mysterious, quirky and very rich. What if Tesla is the real-time version of Stark Industries? What fantastical things might be being conjured up in the labs of Tesla? You know, his very own version of Area 51, complete with secrets and people willing to hide them. I don't know. The world is crazy. Musk is too. Fantasy seems more prone to be allowed into pop culture and the rational psyche. Is it really beyond the realm to think we might actually see an Iron Man-like figure one day? I know it sounds crazy to say all this. But start looking up. Into the sky. If you see something there, or if you hear about some dark villain somewhere being whisked away in the night? You might want to put a call in to Elon Musk.