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EPISODE · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 MIN

Caught Off Guard by Something Completely Inefficient

from *“Yesterday, I Went to Mars ♡”* · host MakotowillOlympusMons

This episode takes a close look at the LEGO Technic life-size Koenigsegg build — 327,906 pieces, 9,407 hours, 43 professionals, and a finished car weighing 1,800 kg that actually drove at 111 km/h — and what that project suggests about the value of doing things the hard way.It touches on a specific detail from the build that's hard to forget: the challenge of connecting a black part to a black connector while trying to find the black hole to insert it into. A small, vivid picture of the friction involved when you refuse to cut corners.There's also a quiet observation about efficiency — how AI has made it genuinely easier to do almost anything faster now, and how that's a real good, while something human might still live in the opposite direction.The moon, flight, a LEGO car that goes 111 km/h. Most of those people probably heard, at some point, what's the point of that.A small reflection on the kind of time that looks like waste but doesn't feel that way looking back — and a reminder to keep making room for the things you find genuinely interesting, even when you can't quite explain why.

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