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GP: NIVC. Narrative Command. American Dynamism. Founder: Johnson-Roy, Autonocast, The Drive, Human Driving Association. Chairman Emeritus @The Moth. “Godfather of the Modern Cannonball Run" 🎗️
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submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I'm not a Tesla fanboy, but will the Tesla critics & MSM gushing over Mark Rober's idiotic "Self Driving Tesla Hits Wall" video ALSO post Kyle Paul's counterpoint where FSD does NOT hit the wall? Both "tests" have flaws, but at least Kyle's is a good faith, transparent effort. 1/x

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

There MUST be more than enough Harvard applicants who DO know algebra that remedial algebra shouldn't be necessary. One can only conclude that Harvard is unwilling or unable to filter out the best of the best applicants. Which devalues a Harvard degree. This is incompetence, or worse.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

DARPA. Nailguns. Robots. Affordable homes 🇺🇸 🎙️ Barrett Ames, CTO of BotBuilt, joins TOOL OR DIE to discuss how his company is revolutionizing home construction with robotic framing technology that dramatically reduces build time.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Roy’s 4th Law of Robotics: The better a robotic startup’s technology, the more counterproductive its Marketing & Communications strategy.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

New episode now live: Raquel Urtasun of Waabi joins @alexroy144.bsky.social, @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social and @niedermeyer.online to discuss the different "AV 2.0" approaches, the exciting year playing out in autonomous trucking, and more www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/3/14/330-raquel-urtasun-of-waabi

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Binary thinking is slavery to someone else’s paradigm.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I did a lot of dumb things as a teen. A few as an adult. But no one ever coaxed me. I was raised to take responsibility for my actions. I recommend pleading guilty, delivering an honest and heartfelt allocution, and asking for mercy. FAFO

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

David Moodie, founder of Foundry Lab, joins Joel Johnson and me on Tool Or Die to discuss how he’s reinventing metal casting with a digitized, tooling-free process that could reshape 🇺🇸 manufacturing.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

In an age when money can buy almost anything, that which cannot be bought is the only thing of true value.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

A tragic story I’ve seen firsthand. The cost of eldercare in America is frightening. Dementia & Alzheimer’s is common, but most - the victims and their grown kids - are unaware until it’s too late. And then the scramble to take care of loved ones begins. 🙏 for Gene & Betsy

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

So many marginal/terrible ADAS/L2 systems from OEMs out there. A subset still trying to build their own, while buying near-term solutions from suppliers. Meanwhile, comma.ai OpenPilot has been selling one of the best systems for ~10 years. Why hasn't someone bought this company yet?

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

🎙️ Halley Hartenbower, Manufacturing Market Executive at Mortenson, joins us on Tool Or Die to talk about the massive industrial and infrastructure projects shaping America. Plus, why electricians are the hottest job in America right now. www.toolordie.com/p/submarine-...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

New episode now live: with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social traveling for work, @niedermeyer.online and @alexroy144.bsky.social go back to their arguing-about-Tesla roots... only now things are... political? You've been warned! www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/2/27/329-ed-and-alex-touch-the-third-rail

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

“We already have arable land and great trading partners. The Americas are so far away. Colonization makes no sense." — Chinese leadership, 15th century

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

If you like Bond this is disastrous.

submitted 31 days ago • 202 comments

Bernhard Leitner Builds Truck Racks For Adventurers (And Maybe Special Forces) TOOL OF DIE Ep. 06 — The second-generation son of SoCal on his pursuit to hit 100% American-made parts for his premier overlanding racks. www.toolordie.com/p/bernhard-l...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

One of my portcos - led by Matt Puchalski, one of my favorite founders - is hiring! www.ycombinator.com/companies/bu...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I'm loving the new podcast Tool or Die from @alexroy144.bsky.social and Joel Johnson. Check it out! www.toolordie.com

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

New episode now live: @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social and @niedermeyer.online stare into the abyss of Tesla earnings, @alexroy144.bsky.social rants about local AV coverage in San Francisco, and much more www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/2/3/326-tesla-earnings-yellow-av-journalism-and-the-social-contract

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

2015: 99% of self-driving car stories are BS 2025: 99% of AI stories are BS Don’t contribute to the BS

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

As with autonomous vehicles, AI will be winnerS take most. The business “race” narrative kills clear thinking.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Open AI: We build AGI. All jobs will be destroyed. Give us money. DeepSeek: We shorted $NVDA, built AGI for 3% the cost, and gave it away for free. Elon Musk: I've read all of Iain Banks' Culture Books, and my long-term plan makes all of you look like single cell organisms.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Incredible how many debate trivialities rather than digest realities like 👇🏼

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

“AI Race” narrative as dumb an oversimplification as the “Self-Driving Car Race”

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Them: Jevon’s Paradox! Gary Marcus: Open AI is the WeWork of AI Rodney Brooks: Let me tell you about the humanoid bubble.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Open AI just lost Narrative Command. What that means: www.nivc.us/blog/narrati...

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Jevons Paradox experts on 🔥 today

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine your name below this headline Imagine being the editor who ok’d this Imagine living in SF your whole life watching housing prices rise for decades, and seeing this Now imagine how many ppl MIGHT be dumb enough to believe this is true What is the dumbest “journalism” you’ve seen in 2025?

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

The gall of leaders who fail yet do not relinquish the chair.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Alex Roy cover for Vegas Vibe #ces @alexroy144.bsky.social

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

That feeling when one sends an invitation stating “NOT TRANSFERABLE” and “NO +1’s” and 5-10 ppl from the recipient’s company RSVP.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

The annual @autonocast.bsky.social prediction pod is here! Listen to how well (some of us) did & what @alexroy144.bsky.social @niedermeyer.io think will happen in 2025! Plus, Alex gives the scoop on his cross country FSD drive. www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/1/2/323-the-annual-prediction-episode-2024

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Eight years ago, Elon Musk claimed Teslas would be capable of driving coast-to-coast without human intervention by the end of 2017. The Cannonball Run Is The Nurburgring of Autonomy. So we set a record in a Tesla.

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

The NIVC #NarrativeCommand thesis catching on. And it's not just applicable to Tesla & Elon Musk 1/x

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

Listen to @niedermeyer.io, @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social and @alexroy144.bsky.social discuss the rise and fall of Cruise, one of the AV developers that defined the highs and lows of the technology's "bubble era." www.autonocast.com/blog/2024/12...

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments