Old School https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec22_Post.mp4 One of Adam Smith’s famous lines is about enlightened selfishness. The butcher, baker, etc. don’t do what they do because of benevolence. They do so out of self interest. Not steal things from other people self interest. But stable, long lasting, mutual benefit self interest. I, for […]
The Ancient Path To Glory
Tested And Verified https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Oct31_Post.mp4 One recommended idea from the ancient stoics is about obstacles. Most people hate obstacles. They pop up right when you think everything is going fine. People even avoid physical obstacles at all costs. Like a guy I used to know down at my local bike shop. […]
Be A Covert Hypnotist
Innately Learned https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept03_Post.mp4 Humans are born with a lot of skills. And we can learn a lot of skills as well. William James, an philosopher and psychologist from a hundred years ago, said we have both tons of instincts and tons of learning ability. A lot of these have a lot of […]
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 […]
White Witches
Open Your Soul There is this massage therapist who is a very powerful, very covert, and very generous white witch. Some say she is really an angel, and that if you go back far enough into universal creation, you’ll find little differences between white witches and angles. She is part of a very […]
Alchemist Cult of Metallurgy
Novel Writing Secrets If you were to decide to write a novel, so you become famous, or maybe if you only wanted to become rich, you’d have unlimited options. But your unlimited options would necessarily be constrained within common story structure. There’s basically seven story types, 14 archetypes for the good guy, 14 […]
Ancient Alien Mythology
Day At The Library The other day I had a few hours to kill so I wandered down to my local library. I grabbed a random book off the shelf and sat next to the window, which had a nice view of a small lake and some ducks. The book turned out to […]
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. […]
Separation Anxiety
Backpacking Trip I was backpacking with friend once and I had a particularly frightening experience. We’d been planning this trip, a five day loop in the sierras, for a few months. Part of it involved taking a shortcut that was suggested in the guide. Shortcuts Never Work Out https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov30Loop.mp4 We got halfway […]
The Psychic In The Woods
Old Friend I ran into an old friend the other day that I hadn’t seen in a long time. She said she was halfway through her training at a psychic institute. She demonstrated some pretty powerful skill. She was able to read my thoughts in ways that I would never have believed […]
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