What Really Happened? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept25_Post.mp3 I’m a huge fan of history. There are plenty of ways to study history. Or to simply enjoy expanding your knowledge about history. But one thing about history is that it’s not really “history” like we think. It’s far from a collection of dates and events and […]
Generate Luck Opportunities
Different Experiences https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept16_Post.mp3 They say you shouldn’t judge somebody until you walk a mile in their shoes. This is a pretty common and basic idea. It’s one thing to get angry at people for not doing what you think they should. This is kind of an automatic response. With a little […]
What Kind Of Today Do You Want?
Dialing For Dollars https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept12_Post.mp4 There are two ways to sell things. Or two extremes. On one extreme, is the memorized sales pitch. An extreme case would be a memorized phone pitch. A pitch written out on a piece of paper you have taped in front of you. An auto dialer […]
The Stradivarius Seduction Pattern
Learning Rhythm https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug16_Post.mp4 One time, way back in college, I took a jazz appreciation class. I knew nothing about music, at all, at the time. But I was a fan of blues-based rock. Rolling stones, Jimi Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, etc. And much to my surprise, I learned a lot of […]
Why You Need To Qualify Everything
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Your Meta Instinct To Rule Them All
Split Test https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May23_Post.mp4 Natural selection is a very, very powerful tool. It doesn’t just work with evolution. It is also a fantastic marketing tool. The idea of a “split test” is central to natural selection. Advertisers have been using split tests for a long time. Split tests allow you to find […]
Brain Shenanigans
Bad Surgeon Once there was a brain surgeon. A very unethical brain surgeon. He had borrowed a lot of money. To become a brain surgeon. Unfortunately, for him. The people at the student loan company. Underestimated his loan payments. And overestimated his brain surgeon salary. Need More […]
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 […]
Thought Juggling
Trick Photography There is a few interesting videos matching the frames per second to a propeller on a plane. This makes it look like the plane is flying without the propellers moving. There are plenty of videos like this, where people purposely manipulate the recording process to create some interesting effects. Metronome […]
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 […]
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