You Can Run But… https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr26_Post.mp4 Market bubbles are an interesting thing. They represent the extreme of human emotions. Even non-bubble markets are fascinating, from a psychological standpoint. It’s easy to fall into the “logical” trap when looking at stock charts. Stock charts themselves, separate from what they represent, are a statistician’s […]
How To Obliterate Any Idea
Thoughts And Ideas https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr23_Post.mp4 The structure of language is related to the structure of thought. How, specifically, this works is anybody’s guess. What language is, specifically, isn’t really known. Sure, we have language. Language does have a structure. Verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc. All the worlds languages have these same […]
Shut Down Conversational Bullies
Verbal Smackdown Party https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr20_Post.mp4 Conversations are a lot of fun. Especially competitive ones between friends. Playfully combative, humorous, etc. Who can come up with the best smackdown. Who can tell the best story. Who can come up with the best insult for a mutually hated politician. These “idea contests” […]
Real Heroes And Fake Bullies
Gods and Men https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr19_Post.mp4 What do super heroes do? Protect the weak against the evil. What do super villains do? The use their powers to amass power and wealth, at the expense of the law abiding citizens. Modern comic book superhero’s represent the absolute idealized version of a more standard, mythological […]
Never Do Anything Wrong Again
Kids And Cheats https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr18_Post.mp4 When I was a kid, video arcades were popular. Put in a quarter, and play as long as you could. Many games had cheats. Of course, this was long before the Internet, so to get a cheat you had to know somebody. Otherwise, you had to learn […]
F-Bomb Origin Story
F-Bomb Origin Story Don’t Say That! https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr06_Post.mp4 Most adults know to monitor their own speech when kids are around. If you accidentally drop and F-bomb, the kids will pick it up. If you are visiting a friend that has kids, you might have heard them say: “Don’t teach them any bad habits.” […]
What If Your Memories Were False?
Self Awareness Deception https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar29_Post.mp4 Once I had to go to traffic school. Where you avoid getting hit by a moving violation, so your insurance doesn’t go up. You still gotta pay the fine, but at least nothing goes on your record. The teacher I had was pretty interesting. A lot of […]
The Happiness Generator Experiment
Economics Professor https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar28_Post.mp4 Once there was an economics professor. And on the first day of the semester, he would always do the same experiment. He would hand out free T-shirts to all the students. But he made sure that not very many would fit. He would give smalls to big people, […]
The Motorboat Mind Trap
Metaphors Are Descriptions https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar27_Post.mp4 There’s a common metaphor about the relationship between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind. And like many metaphors, it sort of sounds good, but it’s not very helpful. Metaphors, are by their nature, less complex than the thing they are describing. And metaphors ARE descriptions. Not […]
Destroy Imposter Syndrome
Self Sabotage Origins https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar24_Post.mp4 Self sabotage is a common problem. And often it happens before we do anything. It’s commonly described when somebody is playing out of their league. A common TV or movie trope is the guy or gal who is dating somebody THEY think is way out of their league. […]
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