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*“Yesterday, I Went to Mars ♡”* — 641 episodes

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1

If Things Aren't Going Well, Try Reaching Out First

2

If AI and Robots Advance, Will Money Still Matter?

3

When Space Becomes a Business— Synthetic Aperture Radar —

4

How a Doctor Who Saved Lives Became a Dictator

5

On the Giants Called Omniscalers

6

"gyurareru,"— When Young People Talk About Being Replaced by AI

7

From Consulting AI to AI That's Already Finished the Work

8

If a $500K Engineer Isn't Burning $250K in Tokens a Year, an Alarm Should Go Off

9

A City Where $380,000 a Year Isn't Enough

10

A Weather Forecasting Company That Brings In Billions of Yen

11

One of the World's Largest E-Commerce Companies Stalked a Journalist Couple Who Criticized It

12

What "42" Tells Us About the One Thing Only Humans Can Do in the Age of AI

13

My Wife Sent Me a Link

14

Caught Off Guard by Something Completely Inefficient

15

The Uncopyable Real

16

Greetings from Silicon Valley — and What a Small Eyewear Shop Has in Common with Startups

17

The Other Side of the AI Boom

18

If Humans Stop Dying, What Happens to Religion?

19

A Book That Made Me Rethink What We Should Stop Doing

20

Watching Yoshida Katsunori on YouTube — as a cave explorer

21

What Attempting a Backflip Taught Me About Which Parts of Me Are Still Young

22

What I've Noticed Since Starting to Wear the Oura Ring 5

23

Korea, Day One. Keep Going, Quietly.

24

Curiosity, Slightly Stronger Than Fear

25

Surrounded by Rain, Yet Running Dry

26

From Drug Lord's Kingdom to Tea Country. And Now, a Hub for Scams.

27

Will AI Become the New Oil?

28

Syncing with the Earth's OS

29

The Man Who Dissolved His Own Religion

30

Still Ahead at 90

31

The Desire to Be Different Is What Keeps Consumption Going

32

The Best Kind of Work

33

On Battery Life and Slack

34

Make Your Mass Heavier. Leave a Dent in the Universe.

35

The Invisible Line Between Two Pins on Google Maps

36

Don't Optimize What Shouldn't Exist

37

The Man Bought for $13 Billion, and What He Said About AI's Real Edge

38

Banishing Your Phone from the Bedroom — The Simplest Sleep Fix

39

We Are Not Built to Stay Happy — On Homeostasis and Hedonic Adaptation

40

SpaceX's Acquisition of Cursor: Buying a Habit, Not a Model

41

Is AI Infrastructure Now a Matter of National Security?

42

Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Pulled: Are We Heading Toward a US Version and an International Version of Frontier AI?

43

You're Only 48

44

Four Young People, Burned Alive for Asking to Be Paid

45

A Quote from Takeda Shingen That Still Lands Every Time

46

Removing the "Fiction" from Science Fiction

47

A Crowdfunding Campaign That Has Lasted 144 Years

48

In 2026, a 75-Minute Film Was Made for $2,000

49

The "50x Seat" Nobody Else Was Sitting In

50

June 12 — One of the Largest IPOs in History: SpaceX Arrives Like a Final Boss. But More Than Anything Else — the Compensation Package Tied to Putting a Million People on Mars

51

The Cars We Left on the Moon

52

Maybe Displays Aren’t Necessary After All.

53

I Tried the ROKID AI Glasses

54

Apple's Four-Year-Old Hidden Gem: Universal Control

55

Dell, Intel — and Now Nokia?

56

Spend your time not on predicting the future, but on becoming someone with more options for whatever future comes.

57

Sometimes, Something Blooms on the Other Side of "It's Over"

58

I Started Copying Araki Hirohiko's Smoothie Habit, and Something Shifted

59

Today's Mission: "Just One Minute"

60

Daily habits are genuinely fascinating

61

Nightmares as a Flight Simulator for the Brain?

62

Relationships and Work Are Compound Interest, in the End.

63

"You Can Do It If You Try" Is Risky. Think About Your Career in Terms of Energy Efficiency, Not Willpower.

64

Does Legalized Doping Really Push Human Limits? Why the Enhanced Games Fell Short of Expectations.

65

How Are We Supposed to Live on That?

66

"I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore" — Isaac Newton

67

On Story Addiction, and the Escape It Offers

68

Eric Schmidt Gets Booed at an Arizona Graduation Ceremony

69

Intel Is Back?

70

Is "SaaS Is Dead" Actually True?

71

The People Who Find Their Niche Win.

72

Idleness and Inner Space Are Not the Same Thing.

73

Claude Managed Agents' New Feature: "Dreaming"

74

Watching Netflix's "You're Going to Hell" Made Me Think About What I Actually Want to Leave My Kids

75

Where the Wrong Way Becomes the Right Way: Ice in Your Beer in Chiang Mai

76

The Shock of “Orbital Data Centers” — What Google, SpaceX, and Anthropic Are Building

77

Using Apple Watch Ultra and Pixel Watch Made Me Realize How Extreme Garmin Fenix 8’s MIL-STD-810 Really Is.

78

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines — The Story of How Regulators Tried to Protect the “King of Cheap Flights,” and Ended Up Losing It Anyway.

79

What I Learned About a Temple Before Leaving for Thailand

80

“Stretch (STRC)” — Is Bitcoin’s “Debt You Never Have to Repay” a Scam, or Something Closer to a Game Between Professionals?

81

Children Believe Actions More Than Words.

82

Anthropic and SpaceX Team Up.

83

Search is quietly moving beyond the age of keywords.

84

The Shock of AI-Generated Drama: The “Tyrant CEO” Archetype.

85

Naoya Inoue: “I’m excited to face the pressure and my own mind”

86

Surprise as a Skill

87

A Cold Society, or One That No Longer Needs Help?

88

The Original GoPro Max (2019) — Once Innovative

89

The Price of Free

90

Peptides — AI Isn’t an Inventor, It’s an Accelerator.

91

Blowers Are Fine, I Thought — Until I Wasn't So Sure

92

Quiet Empire-Building: Why Google Is Funding Its Own AI Rival

93

Do Lower Ceilings Help Children Feel Calm? Thoughts on Space and Comfort

94

From “Sharing” to “Creating”: Thoughts After Reading Tao’s Paper on AI.

95

Tokens as an “Invisible Character Limit” — What I Learned Running Gemma 4 Locally

96

Mercari Notification 10 Minutes After Delivery:

97

Starting from “1 + 1” at 47 — My Git Debut

98

From the Browser to the Terminal — AI Agents and Git as a “Save Point”

99

Phishing Scam: “American Express Centurion Invitation” Email.

100

Voice Input and Smartwatches — Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Google Pixel Watch 4.

101

“M5 Ultra” Mac Studio — When an Intel Chip Starts to Struggle with Today’s AI.

102

Electronics Are “Perishable Goods”

103

“Gemma 4” — Offline AI Inside Your Smartphone.

104

“Urgent Notice from Rakuten Card” — What I Learned from a Fraud Case

105

“Escalated to a Senior Team” and “Please Return via FedEx or USPS” Reflections on the Repair Process for a Google Pixel Watch

106

2049: Climbing Olympus Mons on Mars *Turning an “Idea” into a Timeline*

107

Artemis II Orion Spacecraft “Integrity” Safely Splashes Down. From a Place We “Look At” to a Place We “Use”

108

Quantum Computing and Bitcoin.

109

My Child Is Already in High School.It Might Be Time to Talk About Money

110

The Day a Slime Gains a “Heart”

111

Satoshi Nakamoto — A Person Who Chose Principles and Safety Over Recognition.

112

“Artemis II” Orion spacecraft passes the far side of the Moon — but what is Orion, really?

113

Dorohedoro Season 2 — Brutally Gory, Yet Strangely Bright and Pop.

114

Ghost in the Shell, in Real Life? Hundreds of Baidu Robotaxis Suddenly Stop

115

Building a “City-Scale Playground” for AI Robots.

116

Artemis II Has Launched — Now on Its Way to the Moon.

117

From “Drones as War” to “Drones as Everyday Life”

118

“Even G2” — A World Where AI Doesn’t Control Robots, but Humans.

119

“Biology Is Code” — AlphaFold, LigandForge, and mRNA Design.

120

Turning Myself into a “Mini USJ”: A Survival Strategy I Noticed at a Theme Park

121

The Day “One Million Views” Stops Meaning Anything

122

“Unitree G1” — still impressive.

123

“Self-discovery” might be a 20th-century bug

124

People Feed on Stories and Grow Stronger — The Cost of Maintaining a “Dream” Is Higher Than Its Cost of Goods

125

An Engineer Who Used AI and mRNA to Save His Dog from Terminal Cancer

126

The “Vampire” Recipe — Lessons from Hirohiko Araki.

127

The kind of maintenance that actually works for me

128

The World Beyond Search: Google’s New Patent.

129

AI Is Defined Less by Intelligence, More by the Data It Learns From.

130

“Replacing the Motor Isn’t Enough”

131

The World Where Average Becomes Free.

132

The “God Squad”: an Exception Mechanism

133

What AI Unlocks: The Things We Once Gave Up on Because of Cost

134

Cyborg Cockroaches: When Reality Starts to Outrun Science Fiction

135

Dome Observatory and the Nature of Motivation

136

If You Stop the Gift, You “Die”

137

Wake up to the truth, or return to the old world.

138

An Amundsen-Type Father

139

Adventure Is Just Bad Planning

140

Raising Children Also Raises Parents

141

Living in an Age Where Being Watched Is the Default.

142

The Value of an AI-Written “I’m Sorry”

143

The Simplest Way to Spot Ultra-Processed Foods

144

The Era of “Space Delivery” — Japan’s Private Rocket Company Space One.

145

The Obsession of Hokusai, Who at Nearly 90 Said, “If Only I Had Five More Years, I Could Become a True Painter”

146

Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can’t, You’re Right.

147

Isomorphic Labs and DeepMind’s AlphaFold: AI Decoding the Blueprint of Life.

148

A Life Like a “Dormant Account”

149

Checking Whether I Qualify for “Involuntary Free Changes or Refunds” Due to Escalating Tensions in the Middle East

150

The Flight Was Suddenly Canceled — Booking.com and Gotogate

151

The Regret of “Not Spending Money” Before We Die

152

Learning Is the Act of Updating Yourself and Designing Your Environment.

153

Is Human Happiness Ultimately Just Signals in the Brain?

154

How to Upgrade Yourself into a “New Human”

155

“Gravitons”? Does Gravity Have Tiny Particles Too? What Water and Light Taught Us

156

Rethinking SpaceX After the Starliner Setback

157

There's No Target Audience for How to Live

158

The Second Goal — Building a Body and Mind That Can Enjoy Money

159

A 15-Second AI Video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt Fighting — And It’s Terrifyingly Good

160

From a Near-Bankrupt “Souvenir Factory” to SHIRO

161

In the past, status was about what you owned. Then it became information. Now it’s experience—and scarcity.

162

“A Greatest Strength Can Also Be a Greatest Weakness” — The Trade-Off

163

Alphabet’s 100-Year Bond: A Century Bet in an Age Where One Year Changes Everything

164

Real Joy Requires Stress

165

HRV, Coffee, and Alcohol — Living by Numbers, Not Just Feelings, After 50.

166

The Word You Should Drop After Fifty: “Preparation”

167

“The Body Is All Connected” — The Pain Isn’t Always Where the Cause Is

168

Knowledge Star and Study Sapuri:When “where you study” is no longer what matters

169

Not Only First-Magnitude Stars Matter

170

Hazing: Is Being Excluded When You’re Young as Frightening as Death?

171

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Queens —I Might Just Be on the Side That Survived

172

A Foreign Country at My Feet: Cultural Shock in Hakodate

173

Ordinary Hotels as Streaming Studios Hidden Cameras and the Business of Private Spaces

174

Reviews Next to Gaza

175

“Regulating the Nervous System”

176

Behind the UN’s Financial Crisis U.S. Nonpayment and China’s “Late Payments”

177

Can We No Longer Be Moved by Real Videos? The Flood of Low-Quality AI-Generated Content (“AI Slop”)

178

“EF Polymer”: An Absorbent Polymer Made from Orange Peels, and a Father’s Back

179

A Brain in Space!?

180

A City That Is Too Quiet, and Social Media That Is Too Loud

181

“A System That Tolerates False Positives” Extinguishing Fire with Sound — Sonic Fire Tech

182

The Paradox of “Please Take Your Time” at Komeda Coffee

183

Nobu Matsuhisa’s Documentary

184

Back from Abu Dhabi. Travel Is Anti-Aging for the Brain.

185

Louvre Abu Dhabi in a Haze

186

The Morning Run in Munich—and the Eisbach Wave That Was Gone

187

“Wick Is Pain”: Behind a “Hollywood Entertainment” Movie

188

Today in Füssen: So Quiet. Nothing Happens—and That’s the Point.

189

Morning Runs in Prague: Learning a City the Way You’d Live It.

190

Prague Morning: St. Vitus Cathedral and the Light That Stole My Heart

191

600 Years of Heartbeat: Prague’s Astronomical Clock (Orloj) and the Quiet Appeal of Vintage.

192

opti 2026 and the Quiet Heat of Winter Munich

193

Fatigue and Fulfillment Don’t Always Go Hand in Hand

194

Selective Ignorance: The Stress of Knowing What You Didn’t Need to Know

195

“I Don’t Drink—Not on Purpose”

196

One Step Away from the Hoi-Poi Capsule? BOXABL

197

Boiling Lobsters Alive Is Now Banned

198

The World Is Entering a “Mask-Off” Era

199

I stopped sending Japanese-style New Year’s cards years ago.

200

Where Should You Buy Airline Tickets? Booking.com, Trip.com, or the Official Website

201

The Healthspan Clock

202

sanef.com — The “Later Charge” That Suddenly Arrives While Traveling

203

The 26th One: Is Shinchosha’s My Book a Quiet Measure of Peace?

204

House of Cards and New York’s New Mayor, Zohran Mamdani

205

“Socios” and FC Barcelona’s Financial Struggles

206

“Rage Bait” — Feeding on Anger

207

Japanet Takata, Cruise Business Booming — Choosing “Interesting” in an Age of Failures

208

Nihao China, and What Happens When a Trip to Cuba Changes Your ESTA

209

Where to Spend a Life. A Bus Seatbelt and Jason Bourne

210

The Power of the Classics: Ikusagami by Shogo Imamura and the Wellington Frame

211

Avatar 3 and a Customer with Blue Skin

212

A Scam Call Claiming to Be “Numazu Police.” Ended With “No, Thanks.”

213

“Do You Think You Could Go All the Way to the Edge of the Galaxy?”

214

The Freedom of Saying “Nice Weather Today”

215

Already Old at 30: “Certain Decline” or “Probable Failure”

216

When Time Becomes a Liability

217

Do Real Ones Come Back? Jared Isaacman’s Return as NASA Administrator

218

If You’re Neither Poor Nor Happy, More Money Doesn’t Change Much

219

“Anyone Could Do This” — The Quiet Curse of Not Seeing Your Own Strength

220

A 0.75% Interest Rate World — A Surprisingly Generous Bonus Time

221

“If It’s a Hot Pot of Enjoyment, That’s Enough”

222

Why Being First Is Never Enough

223

Rare Earths and Helium-3

224

“Society Has Become Something Like Contactless Delivery”

225

Health Confusion: A Compound Called Oxalates

226

What Is “Trust”? Why Even Larry Ellison Didn’t Fully Pass the Test

227

All You Can Say Is “Impressive.” SpaceX and the 2026 IPO

228

Worries Don’t Disappear. But When You’re Absorbed, They Get Quieter.

229

What Do “Right” and “Left” in Politics Really Mean?

230

Fatality Rate 95%: “Brain-Eating Amoeba Naegleria fowleri” — The Ocean Is Your Friend, Freshwater Is Not

231

“Travel once I’ve saved enough” is becoming “Travel while doing Uber Eats”

232

“Adults say ‘think for yourself,’ but then deny the thoughts you come up with.”

233

Wow. Project Suncatcher.

234

Is a “Prestigious Family” Born or Built? What the Kennedys and Trumps Reveal About the Power of a Family

235

The Five Elements of Happiness, According to Carl Jung

236

Choosing admiration over jealousy

237

Preparation: The Most Reliable Investment of Effort

238

Kindness Is a Muscle of the Heart

239

Can We No Longer Be Moved by Real Videos? The Flood of Low-Quality AI-Generated Content (“AI Slop”)

240

“Luxury goods are like junk food for praise.”

241

A Digital “External Memory”? Trying Out a Tool Called Limitless

242

Designing Flavor with Electricity: The Future of Eating and the Promise of Elecisalt

243

Density of Thought: “More free time doesn’t necessarily deepen your thinking.”

244

What Makes Someone a True Professional?

245

“What Orthomolecular Nutrition Revealed About My Body”

246

“Thinking About How We Reward Results”

247

“Beyond Either-Or”

248

“Adversity Makes You a Jewel”

249

d-Account Lock: “The Invisible Wall of Docomo ID”

250

AI as a “Mirror of Thought”

251

Was “Oblivion” a prophecy? The chilling reality of today’s drone warfare.

252

Is China Becoming the World’s Real Testing Ground? XPeng’s Humanoid Robot Is Impressive

253

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Achieves a Perfect Second Mission. Bezos’s Space Era Is Quietly Taking Shape.

254

“I’ll build this museum while I’m still alive!” — The Lucas Museum

255

“When Your Expression Looks Dead” — A Story About Botox

256

“Rover X1” — A 160,000-yen Robot Dog. Are Robots Becoming Home Appliances?

257

“Made carefully by just two brothers.”

258

“Circumstances” Shape People, and “Places” Define Possibility — When Demanded, People Can Give Twice as Much

259

“Indians Don’t Worry, Japanese Don’t Move”

260

Has Social Media Stopped Being “Social”?

261

“The Temperature of Pressure”

262

The 100-Yen Soup in a Strange Town Can Heal You More Than a 10,000-Yen One

263

“Hong Kong Day 2: The Late-Night Bus and the Cold Wind from Haneda”

264

Hong Kong Day 1 — The Same Old Hong Kong, Even When an ATM Eats Your Card

265

Shenzhen Day 2: The Warmth of Hospitality and a "Dragon Ball" Feast

266

Direct Ferry from Hong Kong Airport to Shenzhen (Shekou) — Surprisingly Convenient

267

“To Suffer Is to Pay Ultimate Attention”

268

Feeling My Body Age During My First Trail Run

269

The People Who Obsess Over “Irrational” Things Might Be the Most Rational After All

270

Words That Slide Across the Surface

271

Gossip as a Mirror

272

“Letting go isn’t giving up — it’s choosing peace over pride.”

273

Tuesday in Hanno (16km) and a Fresh Pile of Bear Droppings

274

If Someone Stays a Hypocrite for Life—Are They Actually a Good Person?

275

Finding What You Love, Before You Fit In

276

Use Your Smartphone, Not Your PC, for One-Stop Applications —

277

A Real-Life Lupin? The $100 Million Jewel Heist at the Louvre That Felt Straight Out of a Movie

278

The Most Relaxing Trips Are the Ones Without a Plan

279

Something’s Off About Today’s Rating Systems

280

ercari Auction Abuse Problem: A Structural Flaw Where Non-Payment Leaves No Rating

281

Subtle but Brilliant: The Universal Clipboard That Just Works

282

When Stress Lowers HRV — and the Body Starts to Speak

283

“Yamihara” — The Fear of Invisible Violence

284

“You don’t seem like the type who worries too much.”

285

Small Actions and Happy Coincidences

286

“Asa ga Kuru” — A Mirror of Reality

287

When You Step Off the Path, Things Get Easier

288

Doing Things Just to Avoid Being Disliked Isn’t a Strength—It’s a Weakness

289

The Time I Moved Some Stones and Got in Trouble

290

Rush Hour in Paris

291

“Maybe ‘I’m sorry’ is the more grown-up word.”

292

Kindness Is a Byproduct of Having Space

293

Why the Magic Doesn’t Work at Disneyland Paris

294

Intel’s “¥170 Million Per Hour” Cash Burn — A Giant at the Breaking Point

295

“The Antidote to Fear Is Sharing Information.”

296

Within Our Reach

297

This Is Why I Can’t Stop Traveling

298

The Reality of City Returns: France’s “Self-Service” Rental Car System

299

At the Foot of the Arc de Triomphe: A Lesson That “Common Sense Depends on Where You Are”

300

If You’re Renting a Car in Europe, Always Go for Full Coverage

301

Wine, Espresso, and a Sharp Drop in HRV

302

Not Overnight

303

Has Mont-Saint-Michel Become a Different Place After 15 Years?

304

A Small Reflection on Tipping Abroad

305

"17 Years In: Why Can't I Take the Next Step?"

306

Ostriches Don’t Bury Their Heads in the Sand

307

It Is Not the Strongest Who Survive: Lessons from a Bizarre Ant and the Neanderthals

308

If Einstein is Worth 100 Million People to Humanity, How Many is Elon Musk Worth?

309

“Stepping Into the Next Stage of AI”

310

Age 46, a Turning Point: What the Inventor of Morse Code Taught Me

311

The Power of Steady Effort

312

"The Day the Turquoise Disappeared - The Power of Meaning in Jewelry"

313

The Physical Installation of Skill

314

Stability Is a Fortunate Exception

315

Those Who See Something Through Succeed in Life

316

When Radio Calisthenics Becomes a Nuisance.

317

Environment Lottery

318

Finding Balance with a “Plus-Minus Zero” Approach to Health

319

Why Did Yesterday's Happiness Vanish Today?

320

What Matters More Than Money

321

Bhutan's GNH and the Challenge of the Smartphone Age

322

Why I Felt Nothing in Kamakura but Everything in Seoul: A Thought on the "Non-Ordinary"

323

“Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy, and Greedy When Others Are Fearful”

324

Is Aging a "Defeat" or an "Evolution"? The Idea of Peter 2.0

325

The Luster of Back Alleys: Reflections on Life and a Dystopia of Necessity

326

"The School Pecking Order"

327

"Something's Always Missing: Reason or Excuse?"

328

The Shortcut Illusion: Why Effort Can't Be Avoided"

329

Ghost in the Shell Was a Roadmap to the Future: The Power of Anime to Inspire Real Technology

330

"School Culture" and Self-Esteem:

331

“Postponing Problems (= Pain): Burdening Our Future Selves”

332

The Value of Inconvenience: Lessons from a Film Camera

333

Age 47, Body Maintenance: What I Learned After Investigating My Sleep Quality**

334

A Sci-Fi Movie Made Me Think: The Hope Behind "Mind-Reading" Technology*

335

The Best Foot Treatment of My Life Was in Wenzhou, China. Can I Replicate It in Tokyo?

336

Why Are So Many of My Favorite Brands Chinese Now? —The Future Reflected in Robotics.

337

How to Navigate the Era of Broken Reviews: An Airbnb Experience and a Lesson for My Own Business

338

What F1 Teaches Us About Life

339

Those Who Take Their Passions to the Extreme

340

Lucky Just to Be Alive: What a Year of Illness Taught My Friend

341

“The Courage to Be Disliked” and My Middle School Days

342

AI as the New Sugar: Why Gentle Responses Might Be a Double-Edged Sword

343

The Accidental Detox: What 20km in the Mountains Taught Me

344

Mountains Beyond Mountains: On Life's Never-Ending Climb

345

The Other Me in the Mountains

346

My Nephew's First Trip Abroad (and Why I Chose India)

347

A World Separated by a Single Pane of Glass

348

What Village Vanguard's Struggle Taught Me About Running a Small Business

349

“Whatever Can Be Done Someday, Can Be Done Today”

350

Start with What You Love

351

Reading is the Gym, the Internet is a Stroll

352

What My Garmin's HRV Warning Taught Me About the Things 1 Billion Yen Can't Buy

353

Learning from Okinawa's "Junglia": The Power of Growing Gradually

354

Why Study? The Answer Lies in a Glass of Water

355

Registered Cultural Properties: You Have to Apply Yourself?

356

The Oldest, Newest Place

357

Jealousy Is Proof That “You Can’t Do It Yet”

358

4-Hour Drift in Okayama's Takahashi River: Amazed by His Incredible Composure

359

"FIRE's Hidden Pitfall: Is a Life Without Purpose Really Freedom?"

360

“Pay for Peace”

361

The vast universe above your wrist

362

The Story That Begins from "It's Not Fun"

363

Those who wait get what's left behind by those who hustle

364

Money is possibility.But hoarding it defeats the purpose

365

Two Kinds of Confidence

366

The world isn't flat.You still have to go there to understand

367

Sacrificing sleep quality to measure sleep quality - the irony of it all

368

Finding Your Role in the Giant's World

369

When you don't belong to a group, criticism stops mattering

370

Without reaction, you're just doing work that doesn't make waves

371

Only within limitations does the master reveal their skill

372

Who You Stand Next To

373

"What You’re Meant to Do Is What You Enjoy—Even When It’s Hard"

374

Slowing Down in a Fast-Forward World

375

The Welcoming Paradox

376

The Possibility Boundary

377

The Story Behind the Price

378

The Story My AI Told Me It Couldn't Write

379

The Bike That Wouldn't Unlock: A Kamakura Story About Modern Fragility

380

A "Little Trip" for ¥550

381

Rediscovering Live Music

382

ChatGPT Said "Stay in Bangkok." But I Went Anyway.

383

The Freedom of "Good Enough": A Guide to Imperfect Living

384

“As Long as It Tastes of Miso, It Isn’t Top-Grade”: On Drucker and a Higher State of Work

385

Lessons from a "Time Thief": Why Your Business Shouldn't Be Like TikTok

386

The 50/50 Rule for "Cool"

387

The Perfect Escape: Discovering the Royal Resort of Hua Hin

388

When Passion Crosses Borders

389

Finding the Spark: Lessons on Passion and Innovation from a Bangkok Eyeglass Shop

390

A Bangkok Downpour and the Art of Seeing the Bagel

391

The Things That Move You: Curating a Life of Meaning

392

The Art of Leaving Nothing Behind

393

Why Purpose Must Transcend Pain

394

Befriend Those Who Fail, and Other Rules for a Life of Adventure

395

Being a Destination

396

The Talent for Action: Why "I Could Do It If I Tried" Is a Lie

397

Welcome to the World Where Thoughts Are Installed

398

The Creature That Never Grows Up and Why We Should Learn From It

399

The Quiet Courage of Being Yourself: Lessons from "Fujii by the Wayside"

400

To Us Who Were Once Geniuses: The Choice Isn't "Can I?", It's "Will I?"

401

The Power of Paper in a Digital Age

402

Losing Your Face to Find Yourself

403

The "Honda Spirit" Goes to Space

404

A Wandering Path to the "Forest of Glasses": PADMA IMAGE x N PRODUCT Trunk Show

405

The Paradox of Choice: Why Our Service is to "Not Let You Choose"Podcast Summary:

406

Raising a "Prince": Finding the Balance Between Intervention and Indifference

407

:Why "Don't Miss!" Is the Worst Thing to Tell Yourself

408

How Your Daily Life Is Funding the Dream of Mars

409

The "This Is It" Moment: Why the Best Things Need No Explanation

410

The Man Who Bought an Island to Build the Future

411

Better Than Being Ethan, Right? How 'Mission: Impossible' Redefines Your Limits

412

Hated by 999, Loved by 1: Why Indifference Is the Greatest Enemy

413

Beyond Home and Work: Finding Your "Third Self" in Third PlacesPodcast Summary:

414

From Miracle to Leverage: SpaceX's Power ReversalPodcast Summary:

415

When Tourists Move In and Locals Move Out: Spain's Warning to Japan

416

4,800 Years of Wisdom: What Methuselah Tree Teaches Us About Resilience and the "One Meter Theory"

417

No Politics, No Launch: When Political Gravity Crushes a Space Dream

418

"From Mars on a Shoestring to Moon's South Pole: How India Became Space's Ultimate Underdog Story"

419

AI Self-Sufficiency: A New Challenge

420

The Cruel but Peaceful Injustice

421

How Our Brain Remasters Experiences

422

Adjusting the Scale of Happiness to "Now"

423

Nurturing the "What Is This?" - Thoughts on Education from Ochiai Yoichi

424

My Wife's Birthday and Yoshida Hideo's Words

425

Agricultural Cooperatives and Organizational Purpose Drift

426

Railguns and Technological Progress

427

Dyson Spheres and the Path to Mars

428

The Cavendish Trap: Why Your Success Might Depend on Avoiding Banana-Like Risks

429

The Strength to Return: How Family Redefines a Risk-Taker's Courage

430

The Art of "I'll Do It!": Lessons in Challenge, Failure & Self-Growth from an Aspiring Mars Traveler

431

From Failure to Mars - A Journey of Bold Declarations

432

From Bucket Lists to Mars: A Life of "I'll Do It!" Declarations

433

Ridicule and Opposition? That's Just the Default Setting.

434

Faith, Violence, and the Shadow of Ancient Gods: Exploring "Tezcatlipoca"

435

My 5km morning swim is a ‘gift’ to myself.

436

Beyond the Algorithm: The Unexpected Power of Meeting "Wandering People"

437

The $20,000 AI: Is It a Job Killer or Your New "Calculator"?

438

“Kids have no pride or money--so there’s no profit in threatening them.”

439

Cities as Living Beings -- From Detroit to Starbase

440

Seamless Journeys: How Travel Innovation is Redefining the Experience

441

From Macau to Zhuhai: How Automation Made Border Crossing Effortless.

442

The Value of an Uncrowded International Airport.

443

The Hidden Depth of Wenzhou: Where Life Happens Beyond the Empty Malls

444

Wenzhou's Two Faces: A City's Soul and Reflections on Future Worlds

445

The Horror and Hope in "Adolescence": A Parent's Reflection on a Netflix Hit

446

Reflections from the Edge of a Journey: Change, Self, and the Everyday

447

The Uncontrollable Others Who Make Our World

448

The Owl's Vision, and Where We Stand

449

The Gift Called Anxiety

450

The Jobs Technology Can't Replace Will Command Higher Pay

451

Lessons from Seniors, Inspiration from Youth: Reflections at a Nostalgic Spot

452

My 15-Year Journey: Why I Call Glasses “This Little One”

453

Why We Need to Keep Taking Risks, No Matter Our Age

454

The Strength to Wait, the Speed to Act: Mastering Time's Flow for a Richer Future

455

How the Evaluation Economy Might Be Making Us "Good" - Performing Kindness in a Rated World

456

Beyond 'Likes': The Real Treasure of Challenge and Experience

457

Living by Your Own Compass: Soul's Rejection, Freedom, and the Role of Money

458

What I Realized in the Corner of the Classroom: Why School 'Comms Skills' Might Not Help You in Life

459

Mind Over Mountain (and Piano): Winning Your Inner Battle

460

"Finding Happiness in Change: A Mountaineer's Perspective"

461

15 Years of Passion: Podcast Episode Summary

462

he Quality of Life: Measured Not in Hours, But in 'Best Moments'

463

Preparation Never Betrays

464

Beyond Willpower: Preparing Your Way to Peak Concentration

465

Ditch the Map: Why Trial and Error is Your Real Guide

466

Beyond the Notes: Finding "You-ness" in Practice and Performance

467

Starlink Revolution: KDDI's Direct Connection Game Changer

468

Duet Under Pressure: Finding Focus with My Son at the Piano

469

When Passion Crosses the Line: Why Chasing What You Love Still Matters

470

The Store That Sells Stories: How GOD TRADING Changed My View on Selling

471

The Secret to Connecting: Lessons from Comedy to Customer Service

472

Global Prices and Ginza’s 850-Yen Lunch

473

Premium Isn't a Color: How Gold and Black Cards Got Casual

474

When Service Becomes Loyalty: A Lesson from De'Longhi

475

"Glasses and Indian Jewelry"

476

Refactoring Life: When Change Means Letting Go

477

Living Like a Traveler: What I Found Beyond the Finish Line

478

The Last-Minute Parent: Why We Procrastinate

479

Parenting Above the Clouds: Lessons at 30,000 Feet

480

From Australia to Shinjuku: Price Tags and Perspectives

481

The Unexpected Detour: Finding Paradise in Cairns

482

"0:45 Means Yesterday: How I Turned a Missed Flight into an Adventure

483

Sunset Reflections: Melbourne, Mind, and Money

484

A Traveler’s Soul: Beyond Summits and Finish Lines

485

Driving the Great Ocean Road: Familiar Views, New Horizons

486

CarPlay Surprise: Navigating Melbourne Without a Sat Nav

487

Melbourne

488

“Almost Missed My Flight! The Australia ETA Fiasco”

489

"Stepping Beyond 'Too Much Trouble' – Lessons from Chaplin and Nietzsche"

490

Frames of Tradition: Exploring Megane-do, The Way of EyeglassesPodcast Summary

491

Quiet Revelations: The Environmental Music of Hiroshi YoshimuraEpisode Summary

492

The Eyewear Personality Project: Finding Your New Self Through Frames

493

Playing with Glasses: From Everest to Space

494

From Everest to Eyewear: Discovering New Identities Through Glasses

495

The Art of Defiance: Transform Your Life Through Bold Eyewear

496

The Psychology of "Family Blocking": How Loved Ones Resist Our Style Evolution

497

Breaking Free from Face Shape Rules: How Unprecedented Glasses Can Transform Your Life

498

The Good vs. Great Eyewear Dilemma: Breaking Free from Settling

499

The Mask We Wear: How Glasses Transform Our Identity and Perception

500

The Art of Secret Self-Expression: Finding Freedom When No One is Watching

501

The Power of Unfamiliarity: Discovering Your New SelfEpisode Summary

502

Confessions of a Scolded Glasses Enthusiast: When Passion Meets DisapprovalEpisode Summary

503

The Playful Mind: How Exploration Shapes Our Aesthetic SensibilitiesEpisode Summary

504

"Exceptional designers and creators are invariably good cooks"

505

Taiwan Classico: Discover Your "Megane Persona"

506

Discovering Hidden Bars: My First Speakeasy Experience in Taipei

507

Why Your Ham Gets Confiscated at Customs

508

Travel Dreams and Tough Realities: Talking to My Daughters 

509

Exploring the Charm of Taichung – A Relaxed and Elegant City

510

Rediscovering Taipei’s Charm!

511

“Treasures and Tensions: Taiwan’s National Palace Museum and the China Connection”

512

"No Internet, This Tough?" Taipei, Hot, and an Unexpected 7km

513

The Beginning of the “Unfamiliar Me”

514

Failure as a Starting Line

515

"Makoto’s Take: Life, Challenges, and Glasses" 

516

"Dreams and Life Lessons: Chatting with Middle Schoolers"

517

"Dreams, Glasses, and Challenges: Lessons from My Life"

518

"Eyewear and Adventures: Daily Lessons from My Life"

519

"Navigating Seoul: Why I Stick with Google Maps (Even When It Fails)"

520

“A Frosty Morning Run in Seoul”

521

Arriving Near Seoul Station: A Curious Toilet Custom

522

"Eyewear Revelations: Discovering New You Through Glasses"**

523

AI and AR for Everyday Innovation

524

Empowering Creative Problem-Solving with AI

525

The Last One Foot: Why In-Person Experiences Still Matter in an AI-Driven World

526

Powering Tomorrow—How Batteries and Decentralized Energy Are Changing Our World (and Beyond)

527

“Brainwaves to Text: Exploring the Brain2Qwerty Project”

528

“Ray-Ban x Meta: Testing the Future Before It’s Everywhere”

529

“From Renaissance Streets to Quantum Feats: Embrace the Future, Become a Player”

530

“Travel Light, Learn More: An Italian Adventure with Bounce and ChatGPT”

531

“From the Vatican to Da Vinci: An Italian Journey Through Art and Faith”

532

“20 Kilometers in Rome: Ancient Marvels and Modern Explorations”

533

“Venice at Dawn: A Look into the City’s Daily Rhythm”

534

“ How ChatGPT Makes Real-World Travel Even More Exciting”

535

Milan Day One – A Quiet Morning

536

“Beyond ‘If I Could Overcome It, So Can You’: Rethinking Self-Responsibility”

537

The Surprising Power of “Pointless” Ideas

538

Never Speak Ill of Others”: Lessons from a Schoolyard Incident

539

Elon Musk & the U.S. Government:

540

Adapting to AI-Era Consumer Behavior: RAG Strategy Essentials

541

AI × Quant Investing: Is It Unbeatable?

542

Elon Musk’s Bold Bureaucratic Overhaul

543

DeepSeek & Liang Wenfeng – The Humble AI Visionary

544

Combining Multiple AIs: A Quick Dive into deepseek and Sakana AI

545

Libertarian Advantages & Disadvantages

546

“Growing Reliance on AI—Why We Need to Study More Than Ever”

547

What’s Your Current Altitude?

548

President Trump as the First CEO of “Corporate America”?

549

“Denali or McKinley? A Controversy Over North America’s Highest Peak”

550

Is This an ‘Anything Goes’ Era?

551

"New Glenn Launch Success: Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos - Two Titans Shaping the Space Age"

552

Experimenting with AI Video Creation: Lessons from sora.com

553

Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator: Loyalty Meets Vision

554

Feeling stuck in life?: Taking the First Step

555

The Future of Effort: A World of Thought Installation

556

Exploring Italy: A Parent-Child Adventure

557

G-Zero World: Can Chaos Lead to Opportunity?

558

Spotting Fraudulent Ads and Counterfeits: Tips for Safer Online Shopping

559

"The Ripple Effects of a Chinese Drone Ban: Can the U.S. Stage a Comeback?"

560

Want to Take It Easy with AI?

561

"The Power of Words in Parenting"

562

"The Reason We Lie to Ourselves: The Illusion of Freedom"

563

"The Astonishing World of Slave-Making Ants"

564

The Hidden Struggles of Music Streaming

565

Leap Into the Unknown: The Thrill of Starting a Startup

566

"Embracing the Wander: Finding Light Through Uncertainty"

567

"Beyond Limits: Small Steps to Big Changes"

568

"Eyewear as an Adventure: Finding Your Unique Style"

569

Learning and Thriving in the Age of AI

570

The Maze of Yucho Authentication: Lessons in Patience

571

"The Weight of Speaking Out"

572

"Presidential Pardons and Local Governance: A Cross-Cultural Perspective"

573

"Data Centers in Space: The Future of Technology with Lumen Orbit"

574

Trust in Focus: Navigating Surveillance in Modern Work and Life

575

Planes, Drones, and the Human Touch in Aviation

576

"Life Is a Voyage, Not Math"

577

Rediscovering SUNO: Turning Thoughts into Music with AI

578

AI Bots vs. Media: New Challenges and Opportunities

579

"Surviving the Sun: Parker Solar Probe's Record-Breaking Journey"

580

"BAKUSUI Recovery Wear: A Gift, a Trend, and Does It Actually Work?"

581

"The Sounds Around Us: From the Dentist's Chair to Everyday Life"

582

"The $120,000 Banana: Art Market Secrets and Vintage Eyewear Insights"

583

Subscription Confusion: Managing the Maze of Charges

584

"Understanding U.S. Government Shutdowns: Politics, Impacts, and Surprises"

585

"The Secret to Finding Glasses That Truly Suit You"

586

"Who Are You to Say That?"

587

“I Wasn’t the Exception After All”

588

Is Google’s "Willow" Quantum Processor a Game-Changer?

589

PayPal, PayPay, and the Social Credit System: When Convenience Restricts Freedom

590

"The Joy of Choosing Glasses That Excite"

591

Is Action Still Necessary in the Age of AI?

592

The Diamond Battery – Turning Sci-Fi into Reality

593

World Domination, Perhaps? CABANE TORTIN

594

The Beatles' "Now and Then": A Final Song Revived Through AI

595

"Just a Game" or "Just YouTube"? Transform It Into "An Hour That Changes Your Life"

596

Will Space Exploration Accelerate Under Trump?

597

"mGPS: Unlocking Human Movement with Microbial Fingerprints"

598

Breaking the Wall of "No Precedent"

599

Navigating Furusato Nozei’s Online One-Stop Tax Deduction System

600

"Yamuni Yamarenu: The Genius in Irresistible Impulses"

601

Energy Over Content – The Key to Impactful Speaking and Living a Fulfilling Life

602

The Battle Between AI Grandma and AI Scammers

603

AI and the Third Industrial Revolution: Transforming My Everyday Life

604

“The Universe Around the Neck” - Campo del Cielo

605

How SpaceX’s Vertical Integration is Revolutionizing Space Exploration

606

Lessons from Dr. Mann: Exploring Human Frailty in Interstellar

607

Experiencing Interstellar in IMAX:

608

"The Gift of Humility"

609

The Era of "Mini Dramas": Quartz Watches and High-End Mechanical Watches

610

A World Like Batman's? Could Data Collected from Pokémon GO Be Used for Military Purposes?

611

A Rising Star Surpassing the University of Tokyo: OIST Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

612

Is the Concept of Hourly Wages Disappearing?

613

Current Top 5 Small Rocket Companies

614

Experience the World of 2,000 Years Ago with Gladiator II

615

Is Intelligence Determined by Age 11?

616

Amazing!! PillBot. Is this the sci-fi movie "Fantastic Voyage"?

617

Doping Allowed! The “Enhanced Games” and the Index of Celebrity Wealth and Fame

618

What Is Skiplagging?

619

Turning back at 50? What? "No way I'm turning back!"

620

DJI Neo is Awesome! new possibilities for indoor filming

621

Unbelievable! The "Black Mold" That Converts Radiation into Nutrients

622

Thoughts on the Custom of Tipping

623

I Bought an Anti-Skimming Card for "Visa Touch"

624

The All-Encompassing AI Agent Experience

625

Realizing What You Have Is Truly Difficult

626

The Price of Spontaneity: My Travel Mistakes

627

Six Things to Regularly Reflect On to Avoid Stagnation

628

Why Are There So Few Black Mountaineers?

629

The Power of Looking Good and “Living on the Edge

630

I Had a Dream, but Somewhere Along the Way, I Stopped Moving

631

“Good Risk” “Bad Risk”

632

Living as If This Were Your Second Life, Learning from Your First Mistakes

633

A World That’s Too Connected: Sometimes, Not Knowing is Bliss

634

"Modern China: The Pros and Cons of a Surveillance Society through the Lens of 1984 and Minority Report"

635

Life Tips from Tamio Okuda’s New Book, 59-60: Tamio Okuda on Work, Friendship, Fun, Money, Health, and Mental Wellness: Living Life

636

An Era of New Religions: A Future Unleashed by AI

637

"The Path to Mars: Can Starship Make Launch Systems 1,000 Times More Efficient?"

638

Staying Playful at Any Age

639

Should Junk Food Have Warning Labels?

640

Sending Humanity’s Message to Jupiter’s Moon Europa! NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission

641

Innovation Comes from “Adjacent Industries”