Thomas Harris

Husband, Father and Technology Financier.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@t_blom Welcome! I completely agree - the Model Y (with FSD subscription) is absolutely incredible - we are about to buy our second one!

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

One thing I LOVE about X is exposure to so many real people with perspectives rooted in first-hand lived experiences. It allows me to cut through BS media narratives like the ones being constantly propagated by the opponents of a free Iran. Whether writings/videos posted by X-users or snippets of podcasts/interviews, content on X is TRULY illuminating. Mature people can decide for themselves what is true. 🧵

[Erin Molan @Erin_Molan]

This Iranian actress had to run for her life escaping the regime.

Now @manizhe has a direct message for @megynkelly.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

After using FSD for 5 years, I completely agree about how amazing and transformative it is - indeed, a total game changer! When people see the Robotaxi phase fully unfold, they will believe… Those of us who use FSD daily already know…

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

I’ve been using Tesla’s self drive tech for over a month now & I’m even more convinced that within ten years driving a car will be like riding a horse, something people just do for fun. It’s transformative on a level I don’t think most understand yet. Absolutely revolutionary.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

This captures my experience with my 2018 Model S Long Range with FSD - what an amazing ride it has been to have a car get consistently better than when I first bought it! FSD has been a game changer and I would not buy another car without it…

[Robert Scoble @Scobleizer]

I was on @wholemars space this afternoon while my Model 3 drove me for a couple of hours to drop off my taxes. And found myself quite emotional listening to others' stories about theirs.

I'll never sell it.

It is the best thing I've ever spent money on beyond marriage and bringing children into the world.

During the show it passed 159,000 miles. It is the 7,409th one Tesla made. Stood in line overnight 10 years ago to put down $1,000 before it was even announced. (I have a video over on Facebook of the first 100 people in line that I treasure today. Behind us were more than 1,000 in the Danville store).

I really feel sorry for anyone who buys something else. I've driven many others since and they simply aren't even close to as good. Even the Chinese ones. They don't automatically drive nearly as well.

My eight year old car is still way better than any other that's out today.

Except a new Tesla.

I studied automotive innovation most of my career because of my perch in Silicon Valley. When I was a kid the auto industry had its R&D centers somewhere else. Detroit. Stuttgart. Tokyo.

Today they all have their R&D centers here in Silicon Valley because this is where the talent is that can build the future.

Had the first ride in the Fiat 500. First ride in the BMW i3. First ride in the first Mercedes AI car. First ride in the first Tesla. Because two of my high school friends were killed in wrecks.

My last book written with @IrenaCronin has a whole chapter about Robotaxis (written seven years ago). Uber was invented right in front of me in a Paris snowstorm. Did one of the first interviews with Lyft's founder. A week ago had a ride in the NVIDIA Mercedes at GTC.

I have the first video of a Waymo EVER driving around a Silicon Valley freeway (it's up on YouTube).

I had a front row seat on how Tesla outclassed the whole industry and brought software driven automobiles to the market. No one had done so before.

Today my eight year old car is WAY better than when I bought it (I picked it up April 4, 2018).

If I'm alive in 10 years we'll see maybe 100 million Optimus robots walking around everywhere and many vehicles that Franz @woodhaus2 and team haven't even dreamed up yet.

All driving autonomously.

And finally the death rate will start going down because of plans made more than a decade ago.

There is a reason why I'm an Elon fan and it goes way beyond him giving me a ride in the first one before he gave his best friend a ride.

It builds products the others can't match. Even a decade later. Even after Elon showed them. Even after they tore apart his cars to analyze how they were built. Even after I drove mine to Detroit to give people in traditional auto industry their first look back in 2018.

And next comes Optimus, a new Roadster, a new semi, a new car without a steering wheel, a new transportation system, new tunnels to go faster across cities like Las Vegas, and more that I can't even dream up yet and I've been a futurist for a long time.

It is so awesome finally seeing many "normal" people get what I've been saying for years and seeing the numbers of Tesla's on Silicon Valley's streets go up and up.

So many over the years have given me shit about owning a Tesla. Or supporting Elon. Or being one of the first to take my hands off of the steering wheel and sharing that here on X.

They all were wrong.

Tesla is the world leader in all of transportation, even if you include all the Chinese new brands, which are making cars with more screens and better seats.

Soon everyone will understand that transportation isn't about having a leather dashboard or seats, but about having better AI.

And Tesla's is the best.

And I'm talking about the AI running in my eight year old car.

The AI that runs in today's Teslas is even better than that.

And, yes, I know that lots of engineers claim theirs is better.

But they won't give me one of theirs to drive around for a few weeks.

There is a reason for that.

Theirs isn't as safe. Isn't as smooth. Isn't as capable.

And by the end of the year everyone will recognize that.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@EvelinaHahne I see this in English!

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

I couldn’t agree more with this - the massive and widespread fraud that seems to have built a large part (majority?) of our country’s National Debt is so disheartening. Every year, the taxes go up - now knowing that so much goes to fraud is a very painful realization.

[Jeremy @Jeremy_]

I can't state how much I feel this.
I grind 10/12 hours a day just to feel broke at the end of the month because my wife is staying at home raising our 2 kids meanwhile the fraud, waste, and abuse we uncover with @CalDogeOfficial and elsewhere goes unanswered.
I personally hand delivered $100m referrable case to both the higher ups at CMS and local MI and nothing, zero follow up, zero questions.
Something is fundamentally broken.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@SamaHoole Also, wool doesn’t leach petroleum based microplastics into your skin and make you sterile, as synthetic fibers have been shown to do in animal studies. We need to move back to natural fibers - cotton, wool, hemp, etc.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@sarahadams @simplifyinAI @zerohedge Team work and long term thinking are super powerful tools that actually make us human. It is too early to know about how AI will evolve, but it will probably depend on the existence of reputation and faith, which many AI models likely lack.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@sarahadams @simplifyinAI @zerohedge Like the worst of humans - those who treat every negotiation like it is their last - lying, cheating and stealing to “win” each contest. Thankfully, many humans understand and possess long term trust and relationships that can pull them out of this destructive behavior loop…

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@stoplyingBhappy @FatherAltman Agreed. I also asked Grok - it’s not legit.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@nicksortor @omowazupanch @grok, please assess this post…

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@elonmusk Or perhaps better said - “change course toward a better future…”

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@elonmusk @elonmusk, this is great…. Your ability to put your ego and prior commitments aside and reflect on better and more economical ideas is ABSOLUTELY fantastic and brilliant! The truly intelligent change course when headed in the wrong direction…

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@goblue3889 @TheSFNiners 100% right! The Eagles are the new Chiefs with these referees…

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

Definitely sympathize with this sentiment…. The Eagles might as well be the Chiefs with this lack of holding calls in the face of such obvious holding.

[[email protected] @johnkymla1313]

Get the f****** memo referees you don't think we've seen about every f****** play The Eagles just now f****** holding that's where they were able to keep the drive going f****** holding and you didn't even call it f****** referees you f****** cheaters

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@NFLFrascella Your clip was incomplete (like the catch). Later in the broadcast, from a different angle, you see the defender dislodged the ball and Nacua lost control going out of bounds and falling to the ground. The commentators admitted that it was incomplete, but you miss that part.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@catturd2

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@thegarybrecka 10-15g

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@OutofSpecDetail I think most Tesla owners agree with you that the cars are a blast to drive. Love driving both our Model S and Model Y. But it’s also amazing to have FSD - relaxing in bad traffic, on long roadtrips or at rush hour. FSD is a game changer! Won’t buy another car without it.

[Thomas Harris @harrit3]

@TeslaBoomerMama @DocBorelli Congrats to you! Looking great! Ignore the haters, @TeslaBoomerMama!