Trained Elephant https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Jan22_Post.mp3 There’s a famous story about an elephant. When he was young they kept him tied up. But when he got older they untied him. But he kept staying in the same spot. He still felt as if he were tied up. Because when he was young, every […]
Emotional Resonance
Resonance https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept11_Post.mp3 A long time ago, a friend taught me how to surf. I was always more into body surfing than board surfing. Anyway, we went out one day and he taught the basics. You need to see the waves coming in and choose the right one. You had to be […]
Two Sided Luck
Fearless Brain https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept10_Post.mp3 I read an inspiring quote the other day, from Rocky Marciano, famous world champion boxer. “In the ring I never knew fear.” What does this mean? One thing is his brain was fully present. No clutter from second guessing or anxiety. The cherished flow state. The […]
Celery Hunter Love
Slipped In Thoughts https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug07_Post.mp3 Presuppositions are very powerful. For anything spoken or written, there are linguistic presuppositions. Things you must accept in order to make sense of a sentence. For example, suppose you were selling cars and you wanted to get across the idea that the car is popular. So you […]
False Prisons
Professor Evil https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar03_Post.mp4 There are a lot of messed up psychological studies. One of the worst, and most controversial is the famous “Stanford Prison Experiment.” The way it was allegedly set up was a bunch of college students signed up for an experiment. Half would randomly be the guards, and half would […]
Love Calibration
Wrong Hug https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar02_Post.mp4 The other day, I saw TV show. And in this show was a very, very common dynamic. A guy and a gal were talking. They were partners, working for the government. Both through the CIA or some other spy stuff. The dude liked the girl, romantically. […]
Baseball vs. Football Lifestyle
Pass The Chips https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July10_Post.mp4 Humans are pretty lazy animals. Which, paradoxically, is our best trait. Or one of our best traits. A long, long time ago, we split based on gender. Men hunted, and got protein and fat. Women gathered, and got roots, nuts, etc. This made is different […]
Higher Forms Of Meditation
Generate Verbal Brilliance https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar13_Post.mp4 If you were an athlete, there would be plenty of “meta skills” that could help no matter what your sport was. Endurance, flexibility, strength, how fast you can recover from workouts, etc. These would also be supported by good “meta habits.” Proper sleep, diet, etc. Even things […]
Circle Origin Story
Trigonometry is Magic One of the coolest discoveries in mathematics is that of trigonometry. Since cycles are a deep part of the natural world, and trigonometry deals in cycles, its discovery helped humans to understand a lot more than they did previously. It all started by wondering about the mathematical descriptions of the […]
Lucid Dreaming Lab
Anti Anxiety Pattern There’s been a fairly recent discovery about how the brain will reconfigure itself during deep sleep to get rid of anxiety. This, of course, can lead to either positive or negative reinforcing loops. The less anxiety you have, the better you sleep, which will further decrease your anxiety. The […]