Everything Costs Something https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July20_Post.mp3 A lot of things in life are inherently unpleasant, but necessary. This is the cost of being a human. Even way back in the days of hunter gatherers, we had to work for a living. If you didn’t kill, you didn’t eat. The better of a killer […]
Why You Feel Like An Outsider
Superficial Hierarchy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July15_Post.mp3 Ask ten dudes what ladies want and you’ll get ten different answers. Generally speaking, these answers will be less than scientific. They will be to partially enhance or protect the ego. But we can do a kind of experiment of sorts. Just imagine your answers to the following […]
Leverage Human Nature
Similar Creatures https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July01_Post.mp3 Most everybody wants the same things. Most everybody fears the same things. We all must live under the same basic constraints. There are a few basic economic laws that we all must deal with. A couple are opportunity costs and diminishing returns. Opportunity costs are the things […]
Protect Your Territory
Monkey People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun29_Post.mp3 Humans are very territorial. This is the idea behind “Molon Labe.” The inscription on the statue at Thermopylae. The famous battle between the 300 Spartans and the “Immortal” Persian army. The Persian general said lay down your weapons and we won’t kill you. Leonidas, the Spartan king […]
Casual Polarity Shift
Pre Game Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun15_Post.mp3 Imagine the following scenario. You are going to a party. At a colleague’s house. You aren’t sure if you’ll know anybody there. You’ve invited a couple of friends, but they may or may not show up. As it stands, you are rolling solo. So you’re […]
One Frame To Rule
Metaphor Frame https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun13_Post.mp3 Once, a long time ago, a bunch of scientists were looking at a box. A box tightly filled with a whole bunch of atoms. This was the first mathematical discussion in the new science of solid state physics. Most matter is spread out. Tons of space in between […]
You Don’t Need Looks
Subconscious Beauty https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May06_Post.mp3 The halo effect is real. Scientifically verified. They send gorgeous people into job interviews. And tell them to give dumb sounding answers to the interview questions. They send normal people into job interviews. And coach them to give really thoughtful and thorough answers. But the pretty […]
Reject Rejection
Disconnected https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May05_Post.mp3 I recently watched an interesting series of lectures a few weeks ago. Based on the greatest trials of all time. The first was the trial of Socrates. The last was the famous O.J. Simpson trial. In between were some famous ones, like the Scopes Monkey Trial. Also, perhaps […]
Magic Love Words
Magic Love Words https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr26_Post.mp3 Voltaire famously said he only needed ten minutes to talk away his ugly face and he would bed the Queen of France. He was known also known for his “anti government” writings. According to historians, he wasn’t a revolutionary. Not like dudes like Robespierre to came after him. […]
Hobby Practice
Local Guitar Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr25_Post.mp3 Once a friend of mine and I were at this local bar. The bar was locally famous for the band that played there on weekends. Not so much the band, but the guitar player. He had a unique trait that made him very memorable, beyond his guitar playing […]
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