Vancouver Discussions Meetup

🧠 Elon Musk: Tech Titan or Troublemaker?
— A meetup for sharp minds, curious futures & hard questions

When & where
🗓️ Sunday Nov 16th - 1 PM
📍 Central Library — L6 North (690) Meeting Room

Why you should come
Elon Musk doesn’t just build rockets and electric cars — he’s shaping the blueprint for human existence in the coming years. On The Joe Rogan Experience #2404 (Oct 31 2025), he dropped major reveals and warnings that have big implications: flying cars, alien comets, AI tsunamis, and the future of democracy.
Topics we’ll dig into

• Hovering cars or hype? — Musk teases a near-flying Tesla Roadster demo for 2025. What does “mobility of the future” really look like?
• AI as a tsunami — Musk warns: those jobs plugged into screens will vanish. What happens to value, purpose, and identity in a world where physical work fades?
• Alien comets and existential mysteries — The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, the possibility of extraterrestrial probes and Musk’s promise to disclose if evidence exists. What if our “reality” is bigger than we assume?
• Power, politics, and tech elite — Musk’s comments about elections, democracy and his influence in global politics raise tough questions: who really steers the ship?
• Elon for President 2028?

What to expect

• 15-minute opener: recap of Musk’s key claims (no jargon)
• Guided discussion: split into 3 micro-rounds covering Mobility / AI / Power & Reality
• Open floor: your ideas, push-back welcome

When & where
🗓️ Sunday Nov 16th - 1 PM
📍 Central Library — L6 North (690) Meeting Room
🎟️ Cap 12-15 + waitlist • RSVP to save your seat

## Momentum Club : Ideas → Action

Why this exists
Have you ever read a self help book but never put its teaching into action? Or you wanted to make a change for the better in your life or community but never had the will to act?
Then this club is for you!! Momentum Club is a fast, low‑pressure hour where we trade useful ideas and leave with one tiny Action to try for 7 days. (Inspired by Ben Franklin’s Junto—updated for 2025.)

How it works (recurring format)

• We write down what our personal goal for the week is
• We Share short ideas/passages from our favorite books/movies/websites aloud (optional)
• We discuss how each of us can have a positive impact on our communities and each other
• We finish with one small positive action you’ll test before next meetup
• And one tiny habit that would make tomorrow 5% easier
• Bring one useful thing (optional): a question, a quote/data point, or a tool/link you’ve tried

What to bring (optional)

• Question you’ve been chewing on (Could be about anything!)
• Quote/data point (≤150 words) from a book/article
• A Tool/link you actually used this week (something you found to be interesting)

When & where
🗓️ Saturday, November 16th, 4:00PM - 5:00PM
📍Central library Central Library — L6 North (690) Meeting Room

Leave with
A written, specific 7‑day change you’ll actually try

For next week (what to bring back)

• Your experiment results (did you do it ≥3 times? what changed?)
• Optionally, one useful thing to share: a question, a short quote/data point, or a small tool/link

💗🤖 Her & AI Companions — Love, Code, and Loneliness

Please read the summary provided.
A man falls for an operating system. Cute premise—until it isn’t. We’ll use Her to talk about attachment, authenticity, and what AI “girlfriends/boyfriends” are doing to real relationships right now.

Why come

If you’ve ever wondered whether digital comfort helps or hollows us out, this is your night.
Leave with better questions (and a few boundaries) for life with AI.

What we’ll explore :

Is it love if it’s optimized? Authenticity vs. algorithmic mirroring.

Loneliness & rights: what do humans owe each other in an age of perfect replies?

Consent & data: who owns your story when you confide in a model?

Emotional labor: do AI partners relieve pressure or raise the bar on “always‑on” intimacy?

Bridging back to humans: do AI ties train us for closeness or make the real thing feel harder?

How we’ll do it (clean & simple)

8‑minute primer on Her and today’s AI companion trend (summary only).
Guided prompts → open floor (short turns, strong arguments welcome).

Watch the Movie Her

Bring one example (headline, screenshot, or story) of AI companionship you’ve seen.

When & where

Sun, Nov 23, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM • Central Library — L4 North (492)
Cap: 12–15 + waitlist • Speak or listen—both fine. Pass is OK.