Vanishing Cookies https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr30_Post.mp4 Once upon a time, a researcher did an experiment. The setup for the experiment was very simple. The researcher, a table, and a jar of cookies. The researcher would ask people if they wanted to participate. All they had to do was eat a cookie, and fill out […]
The Implied One Time Offer
Shrinking Chance https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr29_Post.mp4 The most commonly used “triggers” of influence is scarcity. Even when it’s blatantly fake. Like you’ve no doubt seen signs in some windows that say: Sale! Today Only! A sign that is there EVERY day. Long time ago I worked at a pizza place. They would […]
More Money Better Lovers
Increase Value https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr27_Post.mp4 There are a lot of overlapping metaphors between sales and dating. A lot of overlapping strategies. Numbers game works both in dating and sales. A sales funnel works in both sales and dating. This is common. Which means in both sales and seduction, there is a lot […]
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 […]
Secret People Training Skills
Cooperating Species https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr17_Post.mp4 A fascinating subject in science is co-evolution. It’s when two completely unrelated species develop a kind of mutually beneficial, overlapping selfishness. The most common example is bees and flowers. Once upon a time (metaphorically) there were tons of different kinds of bees and tons of different kinds of flowers. […]
The Pirate Treasure Attraction Pattern
Treasure Map Theory https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr16_Post.mp4 Things look differently based on what kind of time frame you have. This is kind of like those videos that start way out in space. And then they keep zooming in, until you’re looking at the molecular structure of a bug’s eye. Things within a one or two […]
Be The One They Want
Feeling People Out https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr14_Post.mp4 What’s the purpose of job interviews? First you send in your application, then you get a call for an interview. If it’s a decent job, you’ll have a couple of interviews. So do so many people need to speak with you? Clearly you are qualified, you have […]
Leave Your Pavlovian Bell At Home
Nurture And Nature https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr12_Post.mp4 There are two general schools of thought about what makes us who we are as individuals. There’s the blank slate side of the spectrum. That our minds are completely programmable. That with the right training, we can be “programmed” to do pretty much anything our “programmers” want us […]
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