Recalibrated Instincts https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May14_Post.mp4 Imagine two hunters. Two imaginary hunters way back in the days of hunter gathers. Where humans lived for 200,000 years. Where all our modern instincts were calibrated. Anyhow, here’s the mental experiment. Both guys throw their spears at a deer. Both miss. One guy reflects […]
How To Be Outcome Independent
Arrow Vs. Target https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May12_Post.mp4 The idea of outcome independence is pretty common. That if you’re in a situation where you really WANT the outcome, it makes it harder to get it. This is best understood from a purely brain engineering standpoint. Let’s say you’re going in for a job interview. Not […]
Stop Punching Walls
Born Again Cursing https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May10_Post.mp4 A long time ago, I worked in a lab with a couple of other guys. One of these guys was a born again Christian type. He used to be a hard drinking, lady chasing type. But then he found Jesus, got married and settled down. And he […]
Intermittent Love Game
Recalibrated Instincts https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May07_Post.mp4 A very common idea is that most of the food we eat is overly processed. Some believe this is a deliberate plan to kill us. But it’s also, arguably, simply an outcome of mass production. Imagine, for a moment, what it would cost, as a company, to mass produce […]
One Shift To Change Everything
Scarcity Gone Wild https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May06_Post.mp4 Nearly everybody is aware of the value of scarcity. Even in goofy romantic movies, the idea of not calling or texting too often is pretty ubiquitous. When you really dig somebody this is hard to do. Particularly if you really dig somebody and you aren’t sure if they […]
Old School Love Ideas
One Way Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May04_Post.mp4 Most people are familiar with the term “one-itis.” Meaning you have strong feelings of attraction for somebody. Which, by itself, is not bad or wrong or even undesired. This label has a couple of problems with it. One it is generally a one-way attraction. Before the […]
The Science Of Love
I’m Falling https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May03_Post.mp4 How does one fall in love? First, take a look at that phrase. “Fall” in love. According to a theory of metaphors, we think of love as a container. Since we use it with the preposition “in.” Kind of like being “in” a meeting. George Lakoff […]
More Money Better Lovers
Increase Value https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr27_Post.mp4 There are a lot of overlapping metaphors between sales and dating. A lot of overlapping strategies. Numbers game works both in dating and sales. A sales funnel works in both sales and dating. This is common. Which means in both sales and seduction, there is a lot […]
The Most Powerful Force On Earth
You Can Run But… https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr26_Post.mp4 Market bubbles are an interesting thing. They represent the extreme of human emotions. Even non-bubble markets are fascinating, from a psychological standpoint. It’s easy to fall into the “logical” trap when looking at stock charts. Stock charts themselves, separate from what they represent, are a statistician’s […]
Secret People Training Skills
Cooperating Species https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr17_Post.mp4 A fascinating subject in science is co-evolution. It’s when two completely unrelated species develop a kind of mutually beneficial, overlapping selfishness. The most common example is bees and flowers. Once upon a time (metaphorically) there were tons of different kinds of bees and tons of different kinds of flowers. […]
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