{"podcast":{"title":"*“Yesterday, I Went to Mars ♡”*","slug":"yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","podcast_index_feed_id":7106663,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://makoto-hoshino.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42313807/42313807-1729942256050-67940c9698ba4.jpg","author":"MakotowillOlympusMons","episode_count":644,"summary":"*“Yesterday, I Went to Mars ♡”* Makoto Hoshino, CEO of Makoto Co., Ltd. and Galactic Hitchhikers, shares his journey of pursuing heart-moving experiences and embracing the unknown. In 2017, he summited Everest and all Seven Summits and completed the 250km Gobi Desert Ultramarathon. His future goal: to stand atop Olympus Mons on Mars by 2049. Through this podcast, Makoto reflects on his life’s adventures, celebrating family, global friendships, and the joy of trusting intuition and living freely. Join him as he explores the excitement of breaking free from conventions","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T02:17:25.711616+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663"},"episode":{"title":"If AI and Robots Advance, Will Money Still Matter?","slug":"if-ai-and-robots-advance-will-money-still-matter","published_at":"2026-07-28T12:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/if-ai-and-robots-advance-will-money-still-matter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/If-AI-and-Robots-Advance--Will-Money-Still-Matter-e3ml7sl","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/123428181/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-28%2Fe7c2745d-e00b-8fc8-411b-0ecef2a49a79.mp3","summary":"This episode takes up a question prompted by something Elon Musk was saying: if AI and robots eventually handle most work and drive production costs down sharply, does money still matter? It works through the logic carefully — the reason we pay for things now is that making them costs something. If that changes, the assumption that you work to earn might start to shift too. But scarcity doesn't disappear. Land stays finite. So do reservations at a popular restaurant, time with another person, rare experiences. Even if the form money takes changes, some system for exchanging value still seems necessary. There's also a small parallel drawn to AI itself: once something becomes available to everyone, what you do with it becomes the thing of value. Physical goods keep getting cheaper; what may carry more weight instead are things that can't be easily reproduced — connection, experience, trust, a sense of identity. A quiet reflection on a future that may be less about how much you have, and more about what kind of value you can create.","meta_description":"This episode takes up a question prompted by something Elon Musk was saying: if AI and robots eventually handle most work and drive production costs down…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":99,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/episodes/if-ai-and-robots-advance-will-money-still-matter/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/if-ai-and-robots-advance-will-money-still-matter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}