Old School Ideas A very interesting idea from antiquity, made famous by Plato, is the idea of the lost city of Atlantis. These idea of an underwater ancient city that was far more advanced is very compelling, and surrounded in tons of mythology. We humans seem to have a very keen interest in […]
Lunatic Planet
Full Moon Party One popular reason people go to Thailand is they have these wild full moon parties. It’s mostly for tourists, and they have it on this long stretch of beach. Basically a lot of alcohol, drugs and plenty of uninhibited sex. Humans vs. Nature https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov12Loop.mp4 The relationship between humans and […]
Planting Mind Seeds
Genetic Modification Ever since the agricultural revolution ten thousand years ago, humans have been slowly applying genetic modification to our environment. Up until very recently, this was done by selective breeding. By carefully replanting the plumpest fruits from an orchard, which, over the centuries, creates plumper and plumper fruit. This is why […]
Anti Anxiety Nightmare
Drugs There is a huge market for anti-anxiety drugs. Plenty of people suffer from social anxiety of one form or another, so if they could come up with a drug that would completely eliminate anxiety, that would be fantastic. But so far, most anti anxiety drugs work more or less like chemotherapy. […]
Mind Control Pheromones
Hare Krishna Magic Once upon a time, the Hare Krishna’s were a bunch of broke hippies. They were founded in the sixties in New York, and their entire business model was based on begging for money and trying to teach people their philosophy. There were always broke, because they didn’t really apply any […]
Evil Clown Show
Traveling Circus During the Great Depression, a lot of interesting ideas popped up that didn’t really exist before. A lot of traveling circuses and carnivals became popular. These had been around for hundreds of years, but they kind of became an employer of last resort. If you lost your job, and nobody […]
The Death of Hippocrates
Health Expo I went to this health expo a few weeks ago. It was kind of non-main stream expo, mostly supplements, lots of homeopathic based medicine. They had a lot of booths, mostly books and supplements. They also had a lot of talks, some by doctors, some by dieticians, but they were […]
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 […]
Lion Debt and Extinction Events
Hunting Documentary I saw this interesting documentary about lions and how they hunt. Lions, like all other animals, have instincts that are calibrated for their environment. And like all other animals, they need to energy to survive, and they have to expend energy to survive. This is essentially the difference between any […]
Fourier Hallucination Magic
Digital Audio Workstations If you are at all familiar with music production, then you know what a DAW is. A digital audio workstation. A way to create pretty much any kind of music you want. There are two kinds of virtual instruments that go inside of a DAW. Sampled instruments, which […]
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