Future Design Podcast

Designs for Happiness #9 - The Poison That We Take

This is a short form episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

Designs for Happiness #8 - Reality is an Illusion

This is a short form episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

#069 Intera: Restoring Energy to Repair the World - Ki Gong Master's View

Energy is delivered to the body through not only the foods and liquids that we consume but also from etheric matter. In Indian terminology, our body has also an invisible body known as Pranamayokosha, and Prana (energy) is distributed from the outer world to the physical body through this energy body. When Prana energy is flowing and glowing, we feel positive and healthy. When Prana is subdued, we can feel negative and sick. We can also reverse this energy externally as well. In this episod...

Designs for Happiness #7 - Teaching Kids about Grit

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

Designs for Happiness #7 - Get a Grit on Life

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

# 068 Intera: Lonely but Not Alone - The Loneliness Epidemic

Technology was supposed to bring us together but somehow it has divided us. We have traded in convenience for human connection. We can do every daily activity while staying in the comforts of our house. Shopping can be done on Amazon, food delivery on Food Panda, exercise on Peleton or gym apps, calls on Zoom, etc. Our opinions can even be canceled on social media. Even though we aren't actually isolated, jobless, or friendless, why are we becoming more lonely? In this episode, Peng Fong, a...

Designs for Happiness #6 - Trifecta of Life

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

Designs for Happiness #5 - Go All In or Nothing

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

Designs for Happiness #4 - Letting Them Be

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

#067 Extera: A World with AI Everywhere Is Near - What Are The Implications

#067 Extera: A World with AI Everywhere Is Near - What Are The Implications

# 066 Intera: The Quest for Peace - Spirituality Beyond Religion

Religions create conflict all around the world. However, was religion really created so that it polarizes people? Doesn't all religions teach us how to love each other and seek a peaceful world? Did it also say, as long as it's between religious members? I don't really think so. If it did, was it the original intention, or was it because the teaching became a doctrine to organize people? In this week's episode, I invited Jerry Zehr, the author of The Peacemaker's Path: Multifaith Reflection...

Designs for Happiness #3 - The Power of Networking

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

Designs for Happiness - The Power of Networking

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

Designs for Happiness - Unsure About Being A Parent?

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

Designs for Happiness #2 - Unsure About Being A Parent?

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter) Music: ShowNing (Website)

Designs for Happiness - The Love of Grandparents

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)

Designs for Happiness #1 - The Love of Grandparents

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series. It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years. Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here. Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)

#065 Extera: Reflections on Nihilism - Mitigating the Pitfall

Nihilism is permeating in Western Societies but it's starting to spread across the world. Distrust in politics, economy, financial markets, science, and perhaps even technology.  It isn't just the bifurcation of ideology but the classification of people, failed monetary policies, diversion from value to price, and widespread misinformation and propaganda. Has everything lost its meaning and value? In this episode, we bring back Jim Mosquera from Episode #24 Reflections on Freedom, to talk a...

#064 Intera: Bringing Sanity to the World (Part 2.) - What We Need To Do

Wajid Hassan is back on our show again to discuss the concept in greater detail that we couldn't get into in our last episode. Here's what we discuss in this episode; - What is the significance of the Age of the Aquarius - Earth's evolutionary history from a spiritual perspective - What can be these out-of-place artifacts - Why ancient civilization understood the cosmic consciousness - What it means that Earth is rising its vibrations - What can bring people together Wajid's book The St...

#063 Intera: Bringing Sanity to the World (Part 1) - How to Break Free of Our Struggles

Have we exhausted our efforts to bring about world peace? We have slowly evolved to have better ethics and principles throughout history. However, does the timeline to cure this world in line with our speed of progress? We only advance in a linear manner. In this episode, I speak with Wajid Hassan, the author of "The Struggle for World Sanity". He speaks from the view of the Aetherius Society, which sheds a thought provoking perspective of how we can bring about peace and unity. We have tr...

#062 Extera: Beyond Finance for the Unbanked - How Crypto Can Humanize Finance

Cryptocurrency is in the spotlight for the seemingly lucrative trade opportunities but there's the almost forgotten aspect of why Bitcoin came about. Trading is for the ones who have a certain level of wealth. What about the others who are left out in the economic activities that we all enjoy and benefit from? Crypto was invented for everyone, and in my view especially for the ones that have no access to traditional finance, the unbanked and underbanked. In this episode, I speak with Tayna...

#061 Extera: Decoding Age and Living Forever - A Challenge or Upgrade to Humanity?

Discovering the fountain of youth has been the millennia-old dream of humans. We have seen it in the old stories of Herodotus to the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs talk about it. The gene-editing technology such as CRISPR has made possible of preventing diseases before it happens, which could eradicate many of the incurable illnesses we have today. However, it has also allowed us to dream once again to the possibility of eternal life. I've always in the belief that we try to maximize our time ...

#060 Intera: War, Work and Sex with Robots - Remaining Human in the Future with AI in Society

In the near future, there will be a society where we all live among robots. They will be utilised for war, work and sex. In this future, we will need to reexamine how to maintain our human dignity. War without mobilizing humans can either turn us more vicious as we aren't the ones pulling the trigger. Needless to say about work; we are already experiencing the replacement for humans for robotic automation. Sex is a big concern, which I think may end our human civilization. How do we maintain...

#060 Intera: War, Work and Sex with Robots - Remaining Human in the Future with Robots in Society

In the near future, there will be a society where we all live among robots. They will be utilised for war, work and sex. In this future, we will need to reexamine how to maintain our human dignity. War without mobilizing humans can either turn us more vicious as we aren't the ones pulling the trigger. Needless to say about work; we are already experiencing the replacement for humans for robotic automation. Sex is a big concern, which I think may end our human civilization. How do we maintain...

#059 Extera: Breaking Down Barriers of the Status Quo - Crypto Networks that are Beginning to Recreate the Social Construct

The more I examine the crypto industry, I can’t help but feel a generational and paradigm shift that started to happen in the backdrop of the global financial crisis in 2008. No longer do the Millenials, GenZs and even GenXers want to accept the economic and systematic construct that keeps them out of control of not only their wealth but how their society is run. The crypto community wants clarity, transparency, and a system that works, not by fuzzy man-made decision-making processes but by ...

#059 Extera: Breaking Barriers of the Status Quo - Crypto Networks that are Beginning to Recreate the Social Construct

The more I examine the crypto industry, I can’t help but feel a generational and paradigm shift that started to happen in the backdrop of the global financial crisis in 2008. No longer do the Millenials, GenZs and even GenXers want to accept the economic and systematic construct that keeps them out of control of not only their wealth but how their society is run. The crypto community wants clarity, transparency, and a system that works, not by fuzzy man-made decision-making processes but by ...

#059 Extera: Breaking Down Barriers of the Status Quo - Crypto Networks that are Beginning to Recreate the Social Construct

The more I examine the crypto industry, I can’t help but feel a generational and paradigm shift that started to happen in the backdrop of the global financial crisis in 2008. No longer do the Millenials, GenZs and even GenXers want to accept the economic and systematic construct that keeps them out of control of not only their wealth but how their society is run. The crypto community wants clarity, transparency, and a system that works, not by fuzzy man-made decision-making processes but by ...

#058 Intera: A New Pathway To Success with Jonathan Troen (Life Mastery Coach)

We need to challenge the definition of success that society showcases for all of us. The stardom, the big house, and cars, the luxurious vacations. All of that is empty without the human connection. The ties to family, friends, colleagues, etc are fundamentally more important. Without them how do you enjoy your so-called success? We have seen people like Chris Cornell, Robin Williams, Anthony Bourdain, Chester Bennington, etc take their lives even though from the outside, all they looked wer...

#057 Tech Driven Incentives Pushing Societal Change with Justin Goldston (Professor Penn State University)

Why are governmental incentives and punitive measures not enough to drive societal change to tackle problems like climate change, ethical sourcing of labor, etc? Shareholders demand profit at all costs and that most likely won't change. But what if we the consumers, end-users, and economic participants demand change and influence their value in society? How do we do that? In this episode #57, Justin Goldston, professor of Penn State University, talks about the use of technologies like block...

#057 Extera: Tech Driven Incentives Pushing Societal Change with Justin Goldston (Professor Penn State University)

Why are governmental incentives and punitive measures not enough to drive societal change to tackle problems like climate change, ethical sourcing of labor, etc? Shareholders demand profit at all costs and that most likely won't change. But what if we the consumers, end-users, and economic participants demand change and influence their value in society? How do we do that? In this episode #57, Justin Goldston, professor of Penn State University, talks about the use of technologies like block...

#056 Intera: Zen Life in Capitalism with Dan Tricarico (Zen Teacher)

Is it possible to live a life in tranquility when you have to face the forces of capitalism in your everyday life? You have sale targets to hit, shareholders you have to answer to and make sure your family is provided for. Does the life of zen can really exist in this busy modern lifestyle that we experience? In this episode, I speak with Dan Tricarico, a zen teacher, who has left his life as a school teacher and been teaching how to incorporate zen into the capitalistic society we live in....

#055 Extera: What it Takes to Survive with Michael Pachan (CEO Mountain Made)

What does it take to survive in a world where traditional jobs are being destroyed and new ones created? There are no job descriptions or a full set of skillsets that can be brought into these roles. You have to have the flexibility to mold into these new positions. You have to piece together the skills that you have accumulated and dive right in with a mindset that you are going to have to figure it out as you go. In this episode, I speak with Michael Pachan, CEO of Mountain Made, a CBD br...

#054 Intera: Creative Cocooning & Shifting Reality with Ellie Shoja (Founder PeaceUnleashed)

The reality that you think you are living in is actually what you create. There is no such thing as a pre-destined future. What we create in our minds who we think we are becoming a reality. Then why not shift that reality. In this episode, I have Ellie Shoja, the founder of PeaceUnleashed and an author of The 13th Planet. She motivates her clients through touching consciousness within our inner selves. We also talk about how we are now in a creative cocooning moment where were are going to...

#053 Extera: What's Going on in Crypto? with Naomi Oba (Marketing Director Bitcoin.com Exchange)

Crypto is the talk of the streets these days, almost similar to 2017. What's different is that corporates and institutional investors are getting involved. It's not just a retail craze anymore. I thought it would be good to get back on the topic to talk about all things crypto and perhaps make it into a regular topic to pick up. In this episode, I speak to Naomi Oba, the marketing director of Bitcoin.com Exchange. We get into the topics of crypto payments, DeFi, derivatives and education. W...

#052 Intera: Innerspace Discovery & Integration with Greg Lawrence (Psychedelic Transformation Coach)

Research is underway, after many decades, psychedelics are back in the spotlight for academics and physicians to discover safe ways to cure people with trauma and mental illnesses. Some states in the US are decriminalizing them. However, in the past 2 episodes, I've covered that. In this episode, we dive a little bit deeper into how we can heal, integrate and transform our lives. It's not just for the mentally ill, but even for all of us. There are self-discovery and transformation that can...

#051 Extera: Imagining Creative Manufacturing with Cesar Keller (Chief Experience Officer Alliance Systems)

3D printers are going to revolutionize manufacturing as we know it. They have been around for a while now but it’ll be years until we see a complete transformation of the manufacturing industry. The environmental impact could also be phenomenal when manufacturers will start producing products that are designed to be reused by personal 3D printers and their business model will change into a recurring revenue-focused business like the software industry. Ideas around it are limitless. However,...

#050 Intera: The Search for Happiness with Vernon Brown (Happiness Coach)

Peace of mind is what I look for in life but especially in this time of a pandemic, happiness is something that we should look for to get by on a daily basis. If you don't taste the sour, you never know what sweet is. We should be looking for happiness for every bitterness we have in life. In this episode, I have Vernon Brown a Happiness Coach, who talks to us about his upbringing and how we can find the happiness in our every day lives. Here what you will learn in the episode, - Vernon'...

#049 Extera: Hidden History of the Cannabis Industry with Colleen Higgins (Cannabis Pharmacist)

The cannabis industry has grown exponentially grown in the last decade or so. But this plant medicine has been around since ancient civilizations. It has been pushed into the abyss of a century now but it’s coming back from the darkness.  In this episode, I speak with Colleen Higgins, who is a cannabis pharmacist, and author of the book The Cannabis Prescription, one hell of a book with so much information that it’ll be all that you need to know about the medicinal usage of marijuana. Here...

#048 Intera: Entering the Lucid Dream with Aldo Barba (Lucid Dreaming Coach)

Have you ever woken up and realized you are in your dreams? That’s lucid dreaming. You are in this fuzzy area where your conscious mind meets your subconscious mind. You can fly, you can have sex with the person of your dreams, but also tune in to the psychological trauma you have inside you. No need for therapy, no need for drugs, you can get in touch with your subconscious and understand yourself and heal. In this episode, I speak with Aldo Barba, a lucid dreaming coach from Mexico, about...

#047 Extera: Future of Live Events with Ed Vincent (CEO festivalPass)

Zoom fatigued? I guess we are in the same boat. Nobody wants to be on another Zoom call or attend a webinar. We just want to get back to meeting people, listen to live music and get inspired by live speeches. Certainly, during this time, people got creative and thought of new ways to interact online and there were new trends that were starting to spark pre-COVID. In this episode, I speak with Ed Vincent, CEO of festivalPass, a market place for live events, talks to us about what types of li...

#046 Intera: Education as Lego Blocks with Dustin Miller (The Polymath Polycast Host)

In this episode, I speak with Dustin Miller, the host of The Polymath Polycast, who has been interviewing polymaths to learn about their traits and mental modes to become multi-disciplinary in numerous fields. I have read many articles and books about the debate of whether being a specialist or generalist is better. Being a jack of all trades, master of none, is not a disadvantage anymore. Moreover, having many different skills and continually mastering them is something we should be doing....

#045 Extera: The Future With Quantum Computing with Shalaka Verma (Director Microsoft)

In this episode, I speak with Shalaka Verma, Director of Microsoft about the kind of future we can see with quantum computing. She was previously a guest on my COVID-19 Special series: “What’s Next for AI” and wanted to get her back on the show.  The use cases for quantum computing are vast, ranging from agriculture, medical, finance, etc but still, the technology can be only used on a small scale as the results still need to be validated by quantum simulators. However, the future is promis...

#044 Intera: Making Sense of Plant Medicine with Jonathan De Potter (Founder Behold Retreats)

In this episode, I speak with Jonathan De Potter, founder of Behold Retreats, which provides bespoke holistic wellness programs incorporating plant medicine retreats in beautiful, safe, and legal locations. The information we read and/or hear about the healing effects of plant medicine, but there’s no point to this if the experience is a one-off situation. It’s only effective if it can be integrated into our stressful and busy modern life. Here’s what to expect from the episode; How modern...

#043 Extera: Using Reputation For Better Social Media with Jenna Pilgrim (CEO Streambed)

The first episode of 2021 is on redesigning social media that can incentivize better content sharing to reduce fake news and propaganda using reputation as an indicator. The relationship with the original content creator and who’s sharing is disconnected. There’s the reputation of the publisher and the sharer that needs to be set straight to understand the quality behind the information that is spread. Jenna Pilgrim is the CEO of Streambed, a company that is building a social media content ...

Year End Fun: Future of Turntablism and DJing with DJ toMU:吐夢 (aka ShowNing)

In this 2020 year end special, I had an awesome chat with my friend and also the music producer of the Future Design Podcast, DJ toMU:吐夢 (aka ShowNing). We explored the future of turntablism and DJing as technology has been changing how musicians are creating and recording music. Also the landscape of DJ has changed drastically since DJ toMu started DJing. This episode is a special one for me as I was a turntablist when I was back in school, obviously not as good as DJ toMU. He went on to ...

#042 Extera: Navigating Through Muddy Waters of DeFi with Edmund Lowell (CEO KYC Chain)

Decentralized Finance, DeFi as it’s called in the crypto community, has gained so much popularity during this year. The market size went from just under U$1bn to over $11bn, which is still small compared to the colossal size of the traditional finance markets, but it’s becoming a force to be reckoned with.  In this episode Edmund Lowell, CEO of KYC-Chain, talked to us about all the nuts and bolts of the DeFi industry and how AML/KYC is an essential part of keeping this industry together if ...

#041 Intera: Conscious Breakthrough from Karma with Johnson Chong (Dharma Teacher) Part 2

In this episode, I speak with Johnson Chong who was my former yoga teacher but also he’s so much more. He’s an artist, life coach, and dharma teacher. Currently, he resides in Sydney and released his book Sage Sapien. It’s an autobiography about his difficult upbringing and how he reconciled with his past by embracing the emotional adversities and finding his opportunities for growth to be his true authentic self.  Here is what you will find in this episode; Struggles between family values...

#041 Intera: Conscious Breakthrough from Karma with Johnson Chong (Dharma Teacher) Part 1

In this episode, I speak with Johnson Chong who was my former yoga teacher but also he’s so much more. He’s an artist, life coach, and dharma teacher. Currently, he resides in Sydney and released his book Sage Sapien. It’s an autobiography about his difficult upbringing and how he reconciled with his past by embracing the emotional adversities and finding his opportunities for growth to be his true authentic self.  Here is what you will find in this episode; Struggles between family values...

#040 Extera: Reclaim Biodiversity with Alternative Protein - Eugene Wang (CEO Sophie's BioNutrients))

In this episode, I speak with Eugene Wang, CEO of Sophie’s BioNutrients, a Singapore based food biotech company that’s developing large scale facilities to grow alternative protein using micro-algae.  We have lost nearly three-quarters of our land environment's biodiversity due to industrialized agriculture to raise livestock. Like cell-based protein, this can be produced in a lab but unlike lab-grown food, this can be scaled bigger and faster. Here are the highlights from this episode; H...