Bad Metaphors A nearly always incorrectly used metaphor in economics is something called, “pent up demand.” The way it’s used, is that longer somebody goes without buying things, the more things they’ll buy once they have the chance. But a more accurate way to describe this is delayed demand, rather than pent up […]
Self Sustaining Hallucinations
Thinking Is Hard There are plenty of logical fallacies that humans tend to use without even realizing it. There are also plenty of biases built into our brain. Just like it’s hard to run around with a bag of rocks for very long, it’s hard to think in purely logical terms for very […]
Curving History
Practice Makes Better To get better at shooting free throws, you need to practice throwing free throws. This means you are slowly building up a ton of success data, connecting the behavior that created the success to the good feeling. You are also building up tons of failure data, to connect negative feelings […]
Once Only Clothing
Cheap Traveler A friend of mine went on a trip to Thailand, and wanted to travel as cheaply as possible. He was going to backpack around, stay in hostels, etc. But he found an interesting way to save money, one he never would have predicted before the trip. Sleazy Profits https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May10Loop.mp4 Recently […]
Alien DNA Determinism
Self Help Loops Any kind of self development absolutely requires an honest feedback loop. You need both success data and failure data in order to better calibrate the targeted behavior. This is true in sports, music, investing and even business, in the case of profits and losses. No Aliens https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May09Loop.mp4 The Fermi […]
Blender Hallucinations
Home Depot Disaster I had a friend once in this class I took a couple of years ago at a community college. He told me a story about how he’d just seen the movie, “Jackass,” and was feeling inspired. So, he and a friend went into Home Depot and he took a dump […]
Secret Society Origins
Cliques and Groups Lots of people are familiar with the idea of cliques. Smaller groups within larger groups. These are primarily based around the common human tendency to demonstrate hierarchical dominance by withholding information. Four Reasons https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May06Loop.mp4 There four ideas associated with secret societies going back to the dawn of time. […]
Washing Machine Demons
Secret Porn Stars There is this love hotel in Japan that was the focus of a big scandal a few years back. It was frequented mostly by young prostitutes and wealthy businessmen. The girls were just barely out of high school and were making about $500 per session. Meditation Cult https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May05Loop.mp4 There’s […]
Subacoustic Phone Store
Gong Once… There is this auctioneer who makes twice as much money as everybody else. He travels around, kind of like a free agent. He came to my town, so I decided to figure out what the deal was. Why So Crowded? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May04Loop.mp4 I was wondering through my local mall and […]
Hot Dog Empire
Worse Than Drugs Processed food is not only dangerous, but it is very hard to resist. One reason is they are strategically located in the grocery stores. Sumerian Power https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May03Loop.mp4 There are a collection of ancient symbols, supposedly handed down to the ancient Sumerians by the aliens who first founded Earth. These […]
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