Status Instinct https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar30_Post.mp3 Hierarchy is very important. We don’t often like to admit it, but it’s always there. Everything is organized into hierarchies. Sports teams, companies, militaries, even groups of friends. It’s pretty easy to take an observer view and guess the hierarchy of any one particular group. There is […]
End Self Sabotage
Trained Elephant https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Jan22_Post.mp3 There’s a famous story about an elephant. When he was young they kept him tied up. But when he got older they untied him. But he kept staying in the same spot. He still felt as if he were tied up. Because when he was young, every […]
They’ll Pursue You
Shooting Only https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec04_Loop.mp3 The idea of being “outcome independent” has been around for a long time. At least a couple thousand years. It’s one of the prime recommendations of stoicism. To focus on the shooting of the arrow, and not on the hitting of the target. This is exactly why they […]
Become Approachable
Dangerous Ideas https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov20_Post.mp3 Humans don’t like uncertainty. In fact, historians have said that the history of humans is a history of scared and lazy people doing everything we can to make things safer and easier. Chasing after a wooly mammoth is scary and dangerous, filled with uncertainty. Growing a bunch of corn […]
Linguistic Brain Punch
Wrong Brains https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov12_Post.mp3 There’s a lot of weird studies that show how messed up our brains are. Messed up like those schools that say everybody is above average. Everybody being above average is mathematically impossible. But since few people have a solid grasp on mathematics these days, people can get away with […]
Rule Every Party
Humor Instinct https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Nov11_Post.mp3 Some people have a huge collection of jokes. They hear them and they remember them. They’ve got so many jokes in their brain, every time somebody refers to something, they’ve got a relevant joke. “Hey, that reminds me of the one about the penguin who decided to become a […]
Think Beyond Normal
Game Everything https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug22_Post.mp3 I’ve always been a fan of game theory. It’s an interesting way to “game out” pretty much anything. And unless you make it a point to study game theory, you don’t really understand that it is everywhere. And it can be applied in a kajillion places. One popular […]
Gorilla Death Stare
Scariest Face Ever https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug19_Post.mp3 A gorilla is a pretty scary looking animal. If you were out on afternoon stroll and you found yourself face to face with a gorilla, you couldn’t do much. You couldn’t run, or fight, or slowly slink away and go in the opposite direction. Your only hope would […]
Critical Life Skills
Always Practice https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug18_Post.mp3 If you wanted to be an athlete, you’d need skills in a couple of categories. Specific skills and general skills. Specific skills would be skills related to the sport. Champions in one sport are rarely champions in another sport. Michael Jordan, arguably one of the best basketball players […]
Unsung Hero Love
Two Strong Frames https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July14_Post.mp3 Holding a strong frame is a very, very valuable skill. Perhaps THE most valuable skill. We can consider two different types of people who have strong frames. On one side, you’ve got cult leaders, self help gurus and politicians. Guys that have kind of squishy ideas, but […]
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