One At A Time I have this really weird friend who has this strange eating style. According to his mom, he’s had it ever since he was a kid. He absolutely refuses to put solids and liquids into his mouth at the same time. I first found out about this when I […]
Black Magic Alchemy
Slave Card Makers
Increasing Slopes
Science Toys There are tons of cool science toys you can buy. Disks that spin on smooth, concave surface. Seemingly infinite vortexes with small balls that spend round and round. Boulder Dares https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr17Loop.mp4 When I was younger I was in Boy Scouts and we went to Joshua Tree quite a lot. […]
Malthusian Cycles
Up And Down I used to love cycling. I had a well calibrated loop around where I used to live, up and down the biggest hills I could find. I actually enjoyed going up long hills, since I could look forward to going back down. Potential Dream Job https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar25Loop.mp4 I used to […]
Wood Shop Genius
Wooden Man I have a neighbor who has turned his hobby into a pretty interesting income stream. He creates this really intricate wood carvings that he sells to people. He’s got a massive online reputation, and he’s got a long list of customers waiting for his products, that takes him dozens of hours […]
Lion Debt and Extinction Events
Hunting Documentary I saw this interesting documentary about lions and how they hunt. Lions, like all other animals, have instincts that are calibrated for their environment. And like all other animals, they need to energy to survive, and they have to expend energy to survive. This is essentially the difference between any […]
Diamonds Weddings and Debt
Diamond Seller I have a friend in sales. He makes a ton of money. He is a pure natural. He’s worked in this jewelry store for a while. He sells mostly engagement rings. When he’s not selling engagement rings, he’s selling other diamonds. Probably 90% of the stuff he sells are diamonds. […]
Slippery Slopes of Terror
Drug Dealers If you are a drug dealer it would be fairly easy to continuously get new customers. The first thing you would do is give somebody free samples. The free samples would be something that makes him feel very good. Anything that makes a human feel very good is something that human will […]
Time Value Of Money
Time Preference Derivation There is an idea and economics that involves thinking about money in two different ways. If you thought about having $1 million now versus having $1 million plus a little bit more in the future, there’s a point where the money that you imagine now versus that same amount of money plus […]
Origins Of Long Game
End of The Stone Age There are two major discoveries in human history that essentially have informed human society ever since. The very first was the change that stopped the Stone Age and began the Bronze Age. Most historians believe this happened accidentally. If you think about how they get bronze, they find bronze […]