Fictional Story Tanks Stock Market & The iPod Making a Comeback?

5AM. I'm up with a crisp Celsius energy drink. Running 12 miles today. Grab a green juice, quick change, and head to work. Meetings, workshops, one more Celsius, no slowing down. Working late, but obviously still meeting the girls for a little dancing. Celsius, live, fit, go. Grab a cold refreshing Celsius at your local retailer or locate now at celsius.com. Good morning, BRU Daily Show. I'm Neil Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, how a work of science fiction took down the stock market. Then Gen z hates their phones, but are obsessed with iPods. It's Tuesday, February 24. Let's ride. Good morning and happy Tuesday. I am back in the studio this morning, but Toby is still remote because of the storm. And that is a real shame because today is, drum roll, please, Toby's birthday. Please send him some love in the comments, write on his Facebook wall, send him bountiful gifts. Just tell him how much he cheers up your mornings. Toby, how's it feel to finally turn 21? Okay. My friend, Zach Pograb, actually has a system for how old you feel at each age. 25 is old. 26 goes back to young. 27, you're young again. 28 is the last young year, which is what I am right now. 29, you become old again. And then when you turn 30, you become an unc. So that is a foolproof system, and I'm right in that old stage. Well, what is 34 then? Do I feel the young or old? You're unc senior. You're actually you're the wisest unc among us, Neil. Alright. Well, happy birthday, Toby. I'm very glad you're not here to have to deal with all this snow. Okay. Let's hit our first story. The year is 2028, June. The economy is in a state of deep depression. The S and P has tanked almost 40% from its highs, and unemployment has spiked to 10.2%. The social fabric is fraying. This was a dystopian scenario laid out by investment analyst, Satrina Research, in an article on Sunday. The 7,000 word piece is purely speculative fiction. I repeat, fiction. But after going mega viral on social media, it caused a sell off on the stock market yesterday, the real one. Many companies name checked in the novella such as Uber, DoorDash, American Express, Mastercard, and Visa all fell at least 3%. In their essay, Citrini asked the question, what will happen when AI agents become ubiquitous? And their answer is, the economy will collapse. When companies can write software themselves using agents, white collar workers will be laid off en masse. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. As these high earning knowledge workers hit the job market, they'll take lower paying positions, reducing their purchasing power and crushing the consumer based economy. It gets worse from there, if you can believe it, because this process is a self reinforcing feedback loop with no natural break. Facing lower demand, companies will invest …