Switcharoo https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr19_Post.mp3 Imagine you were hungry. And you’d been planning on a cheating day all week. You had your eating and TV watching (or whatever) all planned out. Maybe you were about to finish a big project at work. Maybe you just got a raise and wanted to celebrate. Not […]
Delicious Treasure
Dumpster Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr14_Post.mp4 Once when I was a kid, I found treasure. I was reading the Sunday comics, and I came across a coupon. For a free candy bar. A mainstream, full sized candy bar. No strings. Since I was a kid, I had no idea why. Only that […]
Pareto Game
80-20 https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr05_Post.mp4 The Pareto Principle is a vicious idea. A horrific idea. It says that 20 percent of any system does eighty percent of the work. What the heck does this mean? Suppose you counted all the players and all the points scored in the NBA for 2021. You’d find […]
Fail More Often
Find Bumps https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr04_Post.mp4 One of the central themes of stoicism is the idea of the obstacle being the way. This is not an easy thing to do. It’s easy to say when talking about philosophy. It’s easy to say a lot of cool things when talking about philosophy. All without really […]
Always Better Now
Inside Your Brain https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr02_Post.mp4 No matter where you go, there you are. This is a quote from Buckaroo Banzai. Maybe not from him, but whoever wrote the book. Or maybe not from him, something he heard, as it’s a pretty common idea. We are always somewhere. Wherever we are, there […]
Ego Love
Multi Layered https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar31_Post.mp4 Humans have a ton of instincts. Most of which we have no clue about. Food, sex, status, these are pretty basic. Dudes compete with other dudes. The winners get the social rewards. Fame, money, sex, etc. These are pretty basic. But just like a delicious […]
Calibrated Love
Jigsaw Lovers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar30_Post.mp4 There are two kinds of charisma. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. One is powerful, but not flexible. One is very flexible, but you don’t notice it until you feel it. The first is the kind of charisma most people have experienced. Those gifted folks. Confident, […]
Party Love Saturation
Everybody Loves You https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar27_Post.mp4 Going “viral” is a common meme. A common description of a mathematical concept. Or more specifically, an exponential function. The “S” curve, described by an exponential equation, is pretty common. It’s called an S curve because it looks like an S. If you were to stretch […]
Love Storm
Butterflies https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar25_Post.mp4 Way back in the day, they finally had a computer powerful enough to predict the weather. Or so they thought. They started with a set of initial conditions. Their goal was pretty simple. Start off with some initial conditions. Then let them play out for a week or […]
Money Creativity
Creative Income https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar24_Post.mp4 I had a friend once. He made his living at the track. Betting on horses. But not like most people do. Well, most people bet on hunches. They see the track as a hobby, something to do for fun. Then there are the individuals who make […]
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