I’m Falling https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May03_Post.mp4 How does one fall in love? First, take a look at that phrase. “Fall” in love. According to a theory of metaphors, we think of love as a container. Since we use it with the preposition “in.” Kind of like being “in” a meeting. George Lakoff […]
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 […]
Play The Most Ancient Game
Maslow’s Mistake https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar26_Post.mp4 What does it mean to be self-actualized? This is the top of Maslow’s hierarchy. Maslow’s hierarchy is something that is kind of misunderstood. It’s one of those things that’s kind of repeated so much it’s believed to be an iron clad law of human nature. In reality, the […]
The Money Life Game
One Causes The Other https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar25_Post.mp4 One old law from Economics is called “Say’s Law,” from a guy named Say. Basically, it says that production creates its own demand. This is very DIFFERENT from the idea of building a better mousetrap and the world beating a path to your door. Say’s law is […]
The Most Beautiful Sales Pitch
TV Charisma https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar20_Post.mp4 Halt and Catch Fire is a pretty good TV show. It’s a four season show that covers the rise of the PC and the Internet. It’s a fictionalized version, but it’s pretty accurate. The competition for the first PC, then the first couple search engines, then the first browsers. […]
The Paradox Of Societal Collapse
Marketing Genius There is a cereal company that has come up with an ingenious marketing strategy. It is a cereal targeted at kids, so they need to have some kind of gimmick. A prize in the box, some kind of game or comic strip on the back. They were slowly losing market […]
Wasabi Popcorn
Popcorn Palace There’s this really interesting popcorn store downtown. All they have are popcorn related paraphernalia. I got to admit, I passed by it a few times before going inside, and I was surprised how big it is. They got popcorn from all over the world, special popcorn pans and pots. […]
Doppelganger Night Terror
Dangerous Inventor I have this neighbor that lives a few doors down. He’s incredibly intelligent, and retired in his mid forties because of a couple of patents he invented. He loves hobbies, building things, most of which would get him arrested if anybody knew about this. Instant Turkey https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun30Loop.mp4 His latest invention […]
Proof of Telepathy
Fake Or Real There are a lot of very clever tests to determine if somebody has ESP or not. But there is one that indicates there might be some kind of extrasensory perception, but nobody’s really sure. It does require attempting to communicate telepathically with somebody you know. What Do You Really […]
Spinning Brains
Science Toys There’s this cool toy called Euler’s Disk. It’s like a big coin, very heavy, and you spin it on a very polished, slightly concave surface. It spins for a very long time, and they have plenty of different designs that create holographic images while it’s spinning. Health Promises https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun07Loop.mp4 There […]
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