That Guy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov11__Post.mp4 How many ways to people judge us? Judge isn’t the nicest word, but we “judge” each other all the time. A more appropriate description of this would be a much longer, “get data from us to come up with an approximation of who we are.” We see people and […]
Funny Brain Hacks
Backdoor Baby https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov09_Post.mp4 Plenty of video games have cheats. Even way back in Junior High School, when Pac Man was popular, there were “cheats.” Kinds of patterns you could learn and memorize to beat the game. This was way back before the internet, even before cell phones. So to get a […]
How To Take Brains Offline
Snap Out Of It! https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov08_Post.mp4 There’s a common scene that used to be in the movies. Not so much any more, because if it were, it would be roundly criticized. The scene is when somebody starts to lose control. They’re in some kind of situation where everybody needs their wits. But […]
Organic Feedback Love Loops
Didn’t See It Coming https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov05_Post.mp4 The best conversations are spontaneous. The ones that just flow. The best stand up comedians, who have practiced their routine over and over, make it seem like it is spontaneous. Actors do scenes a kajillion times until they get it “right.” So that it seems spontaneous. […]
The Ancient Path To Glory
Tested And Verified https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Oct31_Post.mp4 One recommended idea from the ancient stoics is about obstacles. Most people hate obstacles. They pop up right when you think everything is going fine. People even avoid physical obstacles at all costs. Like a guy I used to know down at my local bike shop. […]
The Caveman Sex Trinity
Three Rules https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Oct29_Post.mp4 A long time ago, I was at this seminar. A kind of self-help exploration seminar. It was loosely based on NLP and hypnosis, but we covered a lot of stuff. One of the topics was to create a list of deep criteria. An “exhaustive” list of all the […]
Become Sexually Enlightened
Theory And Reality https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Oct26_Post.mp4 The first time anybody has sex, it’s never they way they’d hoped. For many young people, once they realize some of their friends are getting some, they get desperate. The first reason, for many, is to simply NOT be a virgin. This sort of feels like you are […]
Become Their Savior
Breakable Human https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Oct25_Post.mp4 Most normal people feel like they are broken inside. This is the source of most social anxiety and fear of rejection. The reason we like hanging out with friends is we don’t feel any fear. We have a lot of experience sharing our opinions with them. We choose […]
Get Respected Authority
Power Battle https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Oct23_Post.mp4 Once, a long time ago, I worked in a lab. A lab that served two departments. One was the research and development department. To do experiments to come up with new products. The other was manufacturing. We had to do destructive testing on a certain percentage of […]
Become Everybody’s Hero
Cake Judge https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Oct22_Post.mp4 Imagine being a taste judge in a cake contest. You got picked at random or something. And you show up, and all the cakes look the same. Round, two layers, no frosting, no decorations. And the cakes are, more or less, made the same way. Every cake’s […]
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