Which Came First? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun26_Post.mp3 There are two, very broad, competing theories of history. One is that history is made up by powerful dudes making pivotal decisions. The other is that history more or less unfolds on it’s own, and when possible, people try and take credit for the good stuff. I tend […]
Stop Hiding Chocolates
Assembly Line https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb21_Post.mp4 When I was a kid I watched a lot of “I Love Lucy.” A pretty funny TV show, even by today’s standards. One classic episode is where Lucy and Ethel (the two protagonists) got a job working on a chocolate candy assembly line. At first, it was pretty easy. […]
Discover Your Purpose
Where To Go? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec31_Post.mp4 Many, if not most, feel a lack of purpose. Dangerously, many also feel a need to be “told” their purpose. The reason this is dangerous is our “purpose” can be hijacked. Our instinctive thinking can be hijacked. For example, in many mammals they have something called “kin […]
Peel Back Layers of Deception
Subliminal Popcorn https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar23_Post_1.mp4 There was a famous experiment done back in the fifties. Where they blasted subliminal messages to a movie audience. And, as the mythology goes, they sold more coke and popcorn to people because of these subliminal messages. If you are a big fan of conspiracy theories, the idea of […]
Balloon Animal Disaster
Lost History Humans have been the same, anatomically, physiologically, intellectually and linguistically for about 200,000 years. But we only have written historical records going back about five or six thousand years or so. This means that over 95% of human history is something we know absolutely nothing about. 95% of our ancient […]
Flooding The Nile
Flooded Farmers In ancient Egypt, the Nile would flood once a year. This was actually a very good thing, as the Nile brought in needed silt that would enrich the crops. Other places didn’t have such luck, as their soil would tend to get more and more depleted over time. Stacked Up […]
Cheese Empire Origins
Cheese Eater I have this friend who absolutely loves cheese. For the longest time, he would rave rant and tell anybody who would listen about this fantastic new cheese that he’d found. But then he was tangentially involved in this industrial accident, and even though he didn’t get hurt, he got a huge […]
Once Only Clothing
Cheap Traveler A friend of mine went on a trip to Thailand, and wanted to travel as cheaply as possible. He was going to backpack around, stay in hostels, etc. But he found an interesting way to save money, one he never would have predicted before the trip. Sleazy Profits https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May10Loop.mp4 Recently […]
Controlling Frequencies
Doppler Effect The Doppler effect is pretty cool and pretty easy to understand. When something is making a sound, getting closer, and then passes you, the sound will change in pitch. As it’s just about to pass you, the apparent frequency will change, as the relative velocity will change. Green Light Creation […]
Hidden Mistakes
Roman Persuasion There is a common technique in the art of rhetoric that goes back to the Roman Empire. You oscillate between an idea that is true, and an idea that sounds true. So long as the true sounding idea is sandwiched between two true ideas it will usually go undetected. One […]
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