Weird Metaphor https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct27_Post.mp3 Imagine the following scenario. It’s very strange, but hang in there. It’s got a pretty good punch line. Suppose there were very, very few people who could actually play music. These guys that could play music were treated like absolute royalty. I don’t mean super groups like […]
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. […]
Let Loose Their Dreaming Mind
Non Stop Fantasy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb23_Post.mp4 Humans are natural dreamers. We love dreaming. We love creating. Sure, some of us are better than others, but we all have that instinct. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have invented all this stuff we have around us. At the same time, most of us don’t have very […]
Real Heroes And Fake Bullies
Gods and Men https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr19_Post.mp4 What do super heroes do? Protect the weak against the evil. What do super villains do? The use their powers to amass power and wealth, at the expense of the law abiding citizens. Modern comic book superhero’s represent the absolute idealized version of a more standard, mythological […]
Custom Built Heroes
Unlimited Supply https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr09_Post.mp4 The entertainment industry is a kajillion dollar a year industry. Movies, books, TV shows, music, etc. These are sometimes purely “escapism.” You watch a movie that has no bearing on reality whatsoever. But at least for a couple hours, you can forget about life. This is why […]
Jigsaw Story Puzzle
Relaxing Weekend I went to my local library a couple weeks ago, something I do to relax and kill time on the weekend. I picked up an interesting looking book, and sat in my favorite chair next to the window with a nice view of the park. But I started reading through book, […]
Co-Evolving Hallucinations
Long Form Sales Letters The best form of copywriting, when it comes to long form sales letters is the story format. Especially if these stories contain relatable characters that you can identify with, so when you get to the end of this, you’ll go right along with the main character as they take action. […]
Angelic Symbols of Magic
Secret Recipe There are a lot of very complex recipes that require you put in the right ingredients, in the right order, and at the time temperature. Do everything perfect, and this comes out tasting fantastic. Make one tiny mistake, and you have a gross tasting pile of crud that even you’re dog […]
Treasure Hunting Symmetry
Emmy Noether There was a German mathematician, Emmy Noether, who came up with a beautiful idea linking symmetry and conservation laws. She said that wherever you find any kind of symmetry, you’ll find a corresponding conservation law. And whenever you have a conservation laws, there will be an equivalent symmetry somewhere. Invisible […]
Hallucination Instinct
Viking Invasions During the early middle ages in Europe, life was very chaotic. One reason was that for about 300 years, the Vikings had a short term, lighting attack based, military superiority. They had these thin boats that didn’t need a lot of depth. They could sail up rivers, deep into Europe. […]