What if I told you that the biggest persuasion campaign I’m running right now isn’t with some stranger on the internet — it’s with my own parents?

They live near Salt Lake City. They only recently sold their house. They’ve driven trucks for years. They hate the Cybertruck. They think the Model Y is “toooo small.” And they flat-out refuse to believe they can comfortably slide their butts in and out of it.

Meanwhile, they regularly make the long haul down to Arizona to visit me… and even longer trips all the way to Missouri to see family. They’re about to buy their next vehicle — and I’m on a mission to make sure it’s a Tesla Model Y.

I’m Brad Smith, the third person on planet Earth to receive the Neuralink brain-computer interface. And today on Future Link, I’m using every bit of future-tech knowledge in my head — plus cold hard facts — to convince my parents (and maybe yours) that the 2026 Model Y isn’t just a car… it’s the smartest decision they’ll ever make.

Hey everyone, welcome to episode 31. If you’ve been following along, you know this show is all about the wild frontier where human minds meet machines, where tomorrow’s tech collides with today’s reality, and where we explore what it actually feels like to live in the future right now.