Hard Times Coming https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec16_Post.mp3 One of my hobbies is economics. I’ve read tons of books on economics. I read several blogs on economics daily. And one thing most writers and economists agree on is that harsh times, if they are not already here, are on the horizon. Or that more and […]
Socratic Party Love
Party Killer https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr08_Post.mp4 Socrates was a smart dude. But not the nicest guy you’d meet. He had perhaps the most anti-party skill ever. Everybody’s met somebody who is like Socrates. Not as smart, but the same kind of mindset. The guy or gal who needs to assert their intellectual dominance. […]
The Dark Triad Of Love
Dark Secrets https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jan19_Post.mp4 There’s a few potentially disconcerting ideas when it comes to attraction. For example, there’s the uncomfortable idea that girls go for “bad boy” types when they “should” go for the safer choice. But this is kind of like food. Attraction for people and attraction for food are driven by […]
Protect Your Mind Integrity
Randomness https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jan17_Post.mp4 Few people ever put much thought into words. At least during regular conversations. During important conversations we do. First dates, job interviews, presentations, etc. But these words in these important situations aren’t really as good as they could be. Speaking elegantly, articulately and eloquently is very impressive. […]
Your Ancient Reserve Of Ambition
Unknown Extra https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Dec26_Post.mp4 Once, way back in college, I borrowed my friends motorcycle. On the way back from wherever I was going, I ran out of gas. So I walked back home. My friend asked where his bike was. I explained, and he shook his head. We walked to his […]
Your Secret Competitive Advantage
Lucky Read https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug15_Post.mp4 Once I was playing flag football with some buddies. I was on defense. My job was to count three Mississippi’s and run in at the QB. But when I got to three, something felt a bit off. So I just stood there, not sure what to do. […]
Why The Road Is Better Than The Inn
TV Party https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May18_Post.mp4 If you are really hungry, and you decide to eat a sack of fast food, along with your favorite alcoholic beverage, it would be a good time. Particularly if you were watching the latest installment of your favorite movie or TV show. Even better if you were surrounded by a […]
Social Status Death Trends
Health Boom I read an interesting study the other day that wanted to find any correlation between recent health food trends and the actual health benefits of the food trends. The assumption was that there would be at least some correlation between how popular any particular diet was, and how beneficial it was from […]
Social Status and Wealth
Ancient Vikings There’s not a lot known about bronze era Scandinavians because way back in the bronze era which, was before about 1200 BC, there was never a large enough population to create lasting infrastructure that historians and archaeologists can look at and try to piece together what kind of society they had. All […]
Slowly Then All At Once
Wandering Home From Somewhere I was walking home from somewhere a couple of weeks ago I passed by this old stripmall. All of the businesses in this old stripmall had gone out of business at least a year ago so the place is essentially vacant. There was just one ginormous tree in the parking […]