Know Your Intentions https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar22_Post.mp4 Jung famously said that if you do not make the unconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it fate. Plenty of neuroscientists say most of our actions are emotional. But then we come up with a rational sounding story of why we did what we […]
Hat Beliefs
Lucky Boy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar10_Post.mp4 There’s a famous story about the farmer and his three sons. One son finds a horse. His neighbors say he’s lucky. The farmer says maybe. Then his son breaks his leg while trying to tame the horse. The neighbors say he’s unlucky. The farmer says maybe. […]
Social Gold Digger
Eating Tigers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar06_Post.mp4 One interesting theory from evolutionary psychology is the idea of assuming agency. What the heck does this mean? Imagine two kinds of cave people. One assumed agency, one didn’t. So they both see a tiger. The one that doesn’t assume agency within the tiger sees it as […]
Write Your Story
Truth Or Fiction https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar05_Post.mp4 Imaginary things can cause real responses. This is the whole reason we have stories. Or a storytelling instinct. Kids growing up around campfire. Hearing stories about ancient heroes who killed monsters. The Greeks came up with the idea of Catharsis way back in the day. […]
Leverage Human Biases
Filter People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb27_Post.mp4 Humans have tons of biases. These are generally thought to be bad. Things that are somehow “wrong” with us. But these were very useful. These still are very useful. One common “bias” is we tend to assume we have much more agency than we really do. […]
Silver Love Linings
Love Clouds Some of the most powerful insights are also the most uncomfortable. Adam Smith mentioned a few hundred years ago that everybody is driven by selfish behaviors. This can be bad, this can be good. Really, really good. His famous line is that the butcher, the baker, the brewer don’t […]
Escape Velocity Dreaming
Quick Switch https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb24_Post.mp4 I remember way back in the day. When I was living in the dorms. It was my second year in college. And me and a couple of buddies were going to some adult oriented places. Strip clubs, etc. And we took this one “new guy” with us. […]
Master All Frames
Don’t Be Shy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb18_Post.mp4 Humans have a very ancient, “frame battle” instinct. All mammals fight over territory. Whoever controls the most territory, gets the most food. Whoever gets the most food, can have the most kids. One way to look at mammals is inter-generational hierarchy contest. Even if a group […]
Master Your Mind
Watch The World https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb14_Post.mp4 It’s been said that very few people make things happen. Then a slightly larger group sits back and watches things happen. But most people notice the changes and then say: “What happened?” A few very interesting studies have been done about the role of our self consciousness. […]
Fishing For Love
Lakes Are Different https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb13_Post.mp4 I remember a fishing lesson I learned once. Way back in boy scouts. This was the first time I’d fish in a lake. Before, it had always been in the ocean. Either off a pier or one of this big party boats. Anyhow, the guy teaching […]
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