I Want… https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec06_Post.mp3 Everybody is gun shy about expressing their desires. This is very structural. As children, we keep asking for stuff. And we keep getting told no. And usually, we get told no with not so pleasant body language. So by the time we reach adulthood, most of normal […]
Dominate Conversations
Rehearsal https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov24_Post.mp3 There’s an interesting reason why people believe in conspiracy theories. And that is “man on the street” interviews seem much more articulate than how most people speak. For example, I remember way back shortly after 9-11. They interviewed a witness. Somebody who saw it happen. And the description […]
Hack Their Brains
Easy Brains https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov05_Post.mp3 There are plenty of hacks in human language and in human thinking. Noam Chomsky, the inventor of “Transformational Grammar” demonstrated that a sentence can both be grammatically correct and utterly meaningless. The example: Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. There are plenty of ways to do both. Hack […]
Profound Connections
What Happens Next? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July05_Post.mp3 Humans are living in a very unique time. Whether this is the new normal or we’ll have a mean reversion is anybody’s guess. Some say we will not only mean revert, but we’ll mean revert all the way back to the pre-industrial times. The explosion in the past […]
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 […]
Social Competitive Advantage
Nothing Is Easy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May21_Post.mp3 Most of everything is a competition. Nobody likes to hear that. But think of all the things you want, that are easily within your grasp. Things you don’t have, but can get relatively easily. When you choose, there is choice. And among all the choices, you […]
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 […]
Midnight Response
Old School Radio https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr21_Post.mp3 When I was much younger, fresh out of college, I listened to a radio station in LA. Driving to and from work. In the morning, they had a talk show duo. Did a lot of funny bits in between the music. During the drive home, it was […]
Change Your Time Space
Lucky People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug11_Post.mp4 There are plenty different reasons for success. Most of which, are not under our control. This is something that’s hard to accept. But random luck has a lot more to do with our lives than anything else. At least for most people. The movie “The Social Network” […]
The Best Acting Role Ever
Never Assume https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug05_Post.mp4 If you study game theory, one of the prime directives is to never assume what the other person’s intentions are. In sports, teams and players do everything they can to fake out their opponents. Even in chess, there are plenty of strategies based on trickery. Why do we humans […]
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