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 […]
Colonization Plans
What You See Isn’t Real There are a lot of cool optical illusions floating around. They are, of course, built by understanding the inefficiency of our visual perception. Most of what we see is an approximation, and by purposely creating false approximations, we will see things that aren’t really there. The field […]
Weaponized Brain Swarms
Food Inflation Rising prices can quickly destroy a society. They say that any civil society is only a three meals away from a revolution. Studies have shown that the majority of civil unrest after world war two is based on food inflation. Affordable Food Most Important https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov23Loop.mp4 The ideas about democracy, freedom, […]
Self Replicating Cults
Secret Psychology There is this psychologist who has been studying cults for a long time. His angle is to compare their origin stories and their underlying mythological identity structure. For example, Heaven’s Gate had the idea that dying meant going to a higher plane, and that involved aliens. Famous Cultists https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov22Loop.mp4 Jim […]
Power Node Sexual Theory
VIP Doorman I have a friend who is a doorman at a very, very exclusive club. He’s worked there for a long time, more than a few years. And he’s figured out a way to leverage his job for lots of sex. But not from the girls waiting in line, hoping to […]
Hallucinating Wealth Strategy
YouTube Genius I saw this dude on YouTube the other day. He could look at something for a quick second. And close his eyes and make a finger painting of that exact thing. Somebody would hold out an easel with all the paints, and they would stand in front of him. […]
Harvard Scam Theory
Lecture I watched this really cool lecture the other day called, “The Harvard Scam.” This wasn’t actually about how Harvard is running some kind of scam. But it was about how most things are not how they seem. And most things are not wholly organic. Most things are a combination of […]
Alpha Male Productivity
Get Some If you don’t have access to oxygen for more than a few minutes, you will die. If you don’t have access to water for more than a few days, you will die. If you don’t have access to food for more than a few weeks or months, depending on how much […]
CIA Remote Seduction
Lame Sci Fi Movie I saw what I thought was going to be an interesting movie the other night but I ended up not even finishing it. It had an interesting concept, but this turned out to be a gimmick. One that wasn’t enough to overcome the weak story and character development. […]
Medieval Historian Disaster
Gut Bacteria Scientists have recently discovered an interesting link between gut bacteria diversity and health. People that are more sedentary, eat a lot of processed food and are overweight have much less diversity in their gut bacteria. People that are more active, live a healthy lifestyle and eat much less processed food have […]
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