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A Crowdfunding Campaign That Has Lasted 144 Years
This episode looks at the Sagrada Família — currently in its 144th year of construction — and what it means that a building has been continuously built across generations, with full completion not…
In 2026, a 75-Minute Film Was Made for $2,000
This episode looks at Dreams of Violets — a 75-minute feature film depicting Iran's 2026 pro-democracy movement, made for $2,000 by two brothers who fled the country in 2009, using generative AI…
The "50x Seat" Nobody Else Was Sitting In
This episode looks at the investors who were already sitting in the best seats long before SpaceX became a $1.7 trillion story — specifically, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which put roughly 30…
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
This episode looks at the SpaceX IPO — one of the largest in history — and why the feverish energy around buying shares on listing night might be worth pausing before joining.It walks through the…
The Cars We Left on the Moon
This episode follows the process of building a LEGO NASA lunar rover, and the thoughts that surface while putting it together piece by piece.It looks at the three rovers left behind on the moon after…
Maybe Displays Aren’t Necessary After All.
After spending time with several AI glasses, including Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, Rokid, and Even G2, an interesting realization emerged: displays may not be the most important feature.While much of…
I Tried the ROKID AI Glasses
This episode looks at a first hands-on experience with the ROKID AI glasses — a wearable device that overlays information directly onto the lenses.After a few hours of use, a right eye began to hurt.…
Apple's Four-Year-Old Hidden Gem: Universal Control
This episode looks at the moment of discovering Universal Control — the ability to move a cursor and keyboard seamlessly between a MacBook and a Mac Pro across multiple screens — and the quiet…
Dell, Intel — and Now Nokia?
This episode returns to a theme that has come up a few times recently on the blog: companies that seemed finished, only to turn out to be quietly building something in the background of the AI era.…
Spend your time not on predicting the future, but on becoming someone with more options for whatever future comes.
This episode reflects on a shift in thinking about how meaningful connections actually happen — not through luck or timing, but through the accumulation of small, consistent actions over time.It…
Sometimes, Something Blooms on the Other Side of "It's Over"
This episode looks at the story behind Dell's recent stock surge — and what that story actually reveals about how reinvention works.It traces how Dell went private in 2013, largely disappearing from…
I Started Copying Araki Hirohiko's Smoothie Habit, and Something Shifted
This episode looks at a small experiment that started with Araki Hirohiko — the creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, famous for appearing decades younger than his age — and the decision to borrow one…
Today's Mission: "Just One Minute"
This episode looks at the specific friction that appears before beginning — not a lack of ability, not a lack of motivation, but something closer to the weight of that first instant before anything…
Daily habits are genuinely fascinating
This episode looks at the daily habits of remarkable people — and what those routines might reveal about how an interesting life actually gets built.The detail that anchors it is Beethoven's morning…
Nightmares as a Flight Simulator for the Brain?
This episode looks at a theory that reframes nightmares not as disturbances to escape, but as something closer to training runs — a neuroscientific idea called Threat Simulation Theory, which…
Relationships and Work Are Compound Interest, in the End.
This episode looks at trust as a form of compound interest — built through seventeen years of running an eyeglass shop, one careful fitting at a time.The turning point arrives when a long-time…
"You Can Do It If You Try" Is Risky. Think About Your Career in Terms of Energy Efficiency, Not Willpower.
This episode looks at a book encountered by chance at a bookstore — *To Everyone Who Couldn't Become a Genius* by Kappy, creator of Left-Handed Ellen — and the idea at its center that stuck: "MP…
Does Legalized Doping Really Push Human Limits? Why the Enhanced Games Fell Short of Expectations.
In this episode, we talk about the 2026 Enhanced Games in Las Vegas — the controversial sports event where performance-enhancing drugs were openly allowed.The idea sounded extreme: break human…
How Are We Supposed to Live on That?
This episode takes a single scene from the TV series *Billions* — a wife snapping "How are we supposed to live on that?" despite sitting on tens of billions of yen — and uses it as a lens for…
"I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore" — Isaac Newton
This episode turns over a quote from Isaac Newton — one that surfaced again almost by chance — about the nature of knowledge and how much remains unknown.The quote imagines Newton as a boy on the…
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