*“Yesterday, I Went to Mars ♡”*

This episode looks at the phrase "SaaS is dead" — what it actually means, and whether the rise of AI automating software tasks is really as threatening as it sounds. It touches on a concrete example: an eyeglass shop with years of customer service records — face shapes, frame preferences, which materials wore out fastest. The idea is that an AI trained on that kind of accumulated data be...

This episode picks up a thought from an in-flight newsletter — the idea that, in the end, the people who find their niche are the ones who win — and follows it from 30,000 feet back to ground level. It touches on a pattern visible on YouTube and elsewhere: channels built around something almost absurdly specific ("the most niche harness talk in Japan," "bouldering for beginners in y...

Traveling has made me realize that “having free time” and “having inner space” are very different things. I stayed at beautiful hotels in Chiang Mai and once near Lake Garda in Italy — infinity pools, incredible scenery, amazing food. At first, everything felt perfect. But after a few days, I started feeling strangely restless and even a little depressed. I realized that the problem wasn’t the pla...

Claude’s new “Dreaming” feature for Managed Agents feels like an interesting shift in how AI may evolve. Instead of starting from zero every session, these agents can review past interactions during idle time, organize memories, identify recurring mistakes, and gradually adapt to users and teams over time. It’s still an early-stage feature aimed mainly at developers and enterprise systems, but the...

This episode starts with a Netflix drama watched on a flight to Thailand — a fictionalized portrait of Kazuko Hosoki, the fortune teller known for phrases like "You're going to hell!" and "the Great Killing Cycle." The show opens with the disclaimer "fiction based on fact," and that tension runs through the whole thing: a woman narrating her own life as triumph wh...

This episode reflects on a habit that seemed wrong until it suddenly made complete sense — putting ice in beer, something encountered for the first time in Chiang Mai's heat. It touches on the practical logic behind it: daytime temperatures above 35 degrees, a beer that goes lukewarm in under five minutes, and the way ice becomes a form of quality control rather than a shortcut. There's al...

In this episode, I reflect on the growing collaboration between companies like Google, SpaceX, and Anthropic, and what it says about the future of AI infrastructure. What first sounded like science fiction — orbital AI data centers powered by satellites and solar energy in space — is now being discussed as a real long-term strategy. As AI systems require more electricity, cooling, and compute powe...

In this episode, I talk about traveling to Thailand with an Apple Watch Ultra and a Pixel Watch after years of relying almost exclusively on the Garmin Fenix 8. Using different smartwatches side by side made me rethink something I had mostly ignored before: Garmin’s MIL-STD-810 military-grade durability standard. On paper, many modern smartwatches are water resistant and highly capable. But over t...

This episode looks at the failed merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines, and the complicated question of what it really means to “protect competition.” U.S. regulators blocked the acquisition because Spirit’s ultra-low-cost model helped keep airfare prices down across the market. But after the deal was stopped, Spirit’s financial condition worsened, raising the possibility that the airline cou...

This episode reflects on a recent news story about rising nationalism and increased military volunteering in Thailand, and how that led into reading about the long-running dispute surrounding Preah Vihear Temple on the Thai–Cambodian border. The discussion explores how a border disagreement rooted in maps drawn more than 100 years ago still shapes politics and emotions today. Depending on which pe...

This episode looks at the unusual financial structure behind “Stretch (STRC),” a new perpetual preferred stock issued by MicroStrategy as part of Michael Saylor’s ongoing Bitcoin strategy. Rather than focusing only on Bitcoin itself, the discussion explores the psychology and incentives behind the system: investors accepting high risk in exchange for high yield, confidence in being able to exit ea...

A quiet reflection on how children often learn more from what adults do than from what they say. This episode explores the idea that being a good example does not mean being perfect. Sometimes, apologizing honestly, trying again after failure, or simply continuing forward with humility can teach more than advice ever could. It also touches on a simple but grounding thought: maybe we don’t need to...

This episode looks at a recent development where Anthropic gained access to SpaceX’s large-scale supercomputer, raising questions about how competition in AI is evolving. Rather than a simple rivalry, the situation highlights a separation between AI models and the infrastructure that powers them. Companies may compete at one level while still relying on each other at another, especially as demand...

This episode looks at how search is shifting from keyword-based queries to more natural, context-rich questions. In the past, users had to simplify what they really wanted into a few keywords. Now, with AI, it’s becoming possible to describe a situation more fully and receive answers that reflect that context. Rather than just listing links, search is moving toward assembling more direct responses...

Podcast Summary A recent story from China’s entertainment industry highlights how AI is beginning to reshape even creative fields. Actor Zhang Xiaolei, who had appeared in over 200 short dramas, reportedly lost work as AI-generated actors became more widely used. He was known for playing a recurring “tyrant CEO” role in short, mobile-first dramas—content designed for speed, scale, and repetition....

Naoya Inoue once said that what excites him most before a big fight isn’t just physical preparation, but facing pressure and his own mind. This perspective is unusual. Most people experience pressure as something to avoid. But he approaches it as an opportunity to sharpen himself. The reflection connects this idea to personal experience in extreme situations, where composure breaks down and one’s...

This episode reflects on how the feeling of “surprise” can fade in a highly convenient world. With information arriving in advance and AI anticipating what comes next, there are fewer moments where we naturally notice something unexpected. As a result, the habit of observing small changes—something that once happened more automatically—can become weaker over time. The episode explores the idea tha...

This episode reflects on the idea that the growing sense of “personal responsibility” may not come from a colder society, but from one that no longer requires as much help to function. Many everyday tasks—navigation, health information, communication, even administrative work—can now be handled individually through digital tools and services. As a result, situations where people naturally rely on...

Summary (Podcast) This episode is a simple reflection on organizing a few cameras and noticing how their roles have changed over time. Looking at four devices—the original GoPro Max (2019), GO 3S, GO Ultra, and X5—it becomes clear that the differences are not just in specs, but in how they fit into a workflow. Newer models handle low light better, produce cleaner images, and integrate more smoothl...

This episode looks at a report from Proton claiming that Google users carry an invisible price tag — some valued at around $19,000 a year to advertisers, others at just $34 — and what it actually means to use a "free" service. It touches on a comparison drawn from the eyewear business: just as the cost of materials is only a fraction of what a customer pays for frames, Google's real...

In recent years, we’ve heard a lot about AI transforming medicine. Terms like mRNA and peptides often appear in that context, which can make them seem like entirely new inventions. In reality, both have been studied and used for decades. mRNA functions as a kind of blueprint inside our cells, while peptides are the molecules created from those instructions. Technologies like mRNA vaccines or pepti...

This episode follows a Tuesday morning run past Oji Shrine, where a leaf blower working through the grounds sparks a small but genuine question: does efficiency actually diminish a place, or does it simply not matter? The turning point comes from a newsletter by Satoshi Nakajima, who wrote about the shock of seeing leaf blowers introduced at Meiji Jingu — workers in white coveralls, engines runnin...

This episode looks at news of Google reportedly committing up to $40 billion to Anthropic — the company behind Claude, a direct rival to Google's own AI, Gemini — and the question of why anyone would pour that kind of money into a competitor. The answer turns out to be structural: if Gemini wins, fine; if Claude wins, Google still profits as a major shareholder. It calls to mind sending climbe...

Today’s topic is about space and comfort—specifically, whether lower ceilings help children feel more at ease. I recently heard that some childcare facilities intentionally design lower ceilings because it helps kids feel calm. At first, that felt counterintuitive to me, since I usually prefer open spaces. But thinking about past experiences, I realized it’s not just about how big a space is. Bein...

Recently, I’ve been working a lot with AI on my own computer—running models like Gemma and building small tools. While doing that, I read a paper by Terence Tao about how human thinking should evolve in the age of AI. One point stood out. Until now, technology helped us share what we create. But AI is starting to create itself. That’s a big shift. Tao also talks about the “smell test”— that intuit...