In this episode of Curiosity Theory, hosts Dr. Dakotah Tyler and Justin Shaifer sit down with Joshua Regis, co-founder and CEO of KritKarr, an AI-powered platform for auto repair, for a conversation about fixing one of the most broken industries in America, what the trades are actually worth, and who gets to write the future.
The discussion moves from Josh's path out of traditional school and into automotive work, how he discovered that a car contains every trade skill in existence, and how the flat rate pay system exploits the mechanics who keep the industry running. From there they get into what KritKarr is building, how AI diagnostics and mobile mechanics can bring trust and transparency back to auto repair, and why skilled trades are a six-figure opportunity that almost nobody is talking about.
The conversation also dives into whether robots will replace mechanics and why the human touch still matters, how automation is set to widen the wealth gap, the SpaceX IPO and what commercializing space actually means for regular people, whether we should be trying to colonize Mars before fixing things on Earth, and what Afrofuturism has to say about who controls the narrative of the future. It opens on the Tulsa Race Massacre and the question of what Black Wall Street could have become, and that thread runs underneath everything.
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro and meeting Joshua Regis
00:03:00 Black Wall Street, the Tulsa Race Massacre, and what could have been
00:07:28 Sci-fi, anime, and the Tony Stark effect
00:14:50 How Josh went from struggling in school to becoming a mechanic
00:15:44 Why a car contains every trade skill in existence
00:20:35 Flat rate vs hourly: how the auto industry underpays mechanics
00:27:42 What KritKarr is and how it works
00:29:55 Skilled trades as a six-figure career opportunity
00:35:00 Will robots replace mechanics? The human touch debate
00:41:56 Automation, the wealth gap, and universal basic income
00:50:56 The SpaceX IPO and what commercializing space actually means
00:57:08 Mars colonies: who benefits and at what cost?
01:00:18 Solar panels in space and the future of energy
01:07:50 Should we fix Earth before trying to leave it?
01:14:18 Afrofuturism, Black culture, and who controls the future's narrative
01:17:00 Where to find Josh and KritKarr
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