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 […]
Think Beyond Today
Once Upon A Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr01_Post.mp4 Once upon a time, these two dudes wanted to wander around in Europe and collect stories. This was in the 1700’s. These two brothers were hoping to stitch together and bunch of local stories from local oral tradition. Stories told and passed down. Their goal was […]
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 […]
Stress Release Love
Pressure https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar29_Post.mp4 I have an Instant Pot. When I first got it, I was a bit worried. A high pressure cooker. I was worried it might explode, killing me and everybody within a ten mile radius. The very first time I opened it, after cooking something, I kind of flinched. […]
Lust For Life
Infinite Jokes https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar28_Post.mp4 There are plenty of kinds of humor. Angry, political humor. Trollish type humor. Class clown humor. Silly slapstick toilet humor. Shakespearean comedies are not like modern day comedies. Shakespeare’s plays are tragedies, or comedies. Tragedies are like Romeo and Juliet. Unhappy end. Comedies […]
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 […]
Win Hearts
Common Fantasies https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar26_Post.mp4 Everybody has the same categories of desires. We all get hungry and eat. But we like different kinds of food. Different tastes. We all have a collection of skills. Skills we have, skills we want, skills we’d like to improve. We all have a deep desire […]
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 […]
Monkey Money
Banana People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar23_Post.mp4 Imagine a monkey. A proto human, if you like. And this monkey lives in banana jungle. This monkey, like all metaphorical or stereotypical monkeys, loves bananas. But bananas don’t just poof into existence because you want one. Monkeys need to put in some effort to find bananas. […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- …
- 97
- Next Page »