Deep Down https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jan11_Post.mp4 Most humans think we are attracted to content, or what exists on the surface. But we are moved by structure. For example, imagine two actors. One is A list. One is bottom of the barrel Z list. They both say the EXACT same words. But one […]
Be The Center Of Their World
Neuron Loops https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun01_Post.mp4 I was watching a really interesting lecture the other day. One in a long series about all the reasons different people exhibit different behaviors. A lot of our neurological makeup is based on feedback loops. Like some neurons fire and light up another neuron. But some neurons fire, […]
Irresistible Love Frame
Hand Out Money https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May31_Post.mp4 Imagine if you worked for a huge marketing company. A marketing company that had access to tons of capital. And somebody decided they wanted to get some info. From the people on the street. And they wanted them to answer a few very simple questions. Do […]
How To Be The Source of Truth
Authority Belief Hack https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar03_Post.mp4 One interesting idea is how we humans treat “ideas” or beliefs. That we’d much prefer a comfortable lie than an unpleasant truth. There are TONS of metaphors that describe how HARD it is for us to accept a harsh truth about life. This is essentially the idea behind […]
Reunited Tragedy
Before Conscious Mind Once there were two friends. They’d been friends for a long time. Every since they could remember. Before kindergarten. Before they developed conscious awareness. They went everywhere together. They did their homework together. They went to the same college. They worked in the same […]
Why Be Yourself Is Excellent Advice
Be Yourself A very common piece of advice when wanting to make friends or to create romantic relationships is to be yourself. From a superficial level, this seems to make logical sense. If you can be yourself, you’ll eventually meet people who like the real you. At the same time, this advice […]
Inter Mental Magic
Best Twenty Five Cents Ever I went to a local coffee shop a couple of weeks ago. I’d been downtown wandering around and I found this used book store. I like bookstores, especially used bookstores. In the movies these are always places you can find ancient books on magic. Like somehow the most powerful […]
Science and Metaphorical Resonance
Tale of Two Teachers When I was in junior high school had two science teachers. Both of them were completely different. The first guy is what you might expect a science teacher to be. A junior high school science teacher to be. He was kind of a typical doofus geek type of guy. He […]
Mind Illusions
Young Magician I have a neighbor and her son is in fifth grade. Lately he’s been practicing these card tricks, these magic tricks, and he’s getting pretty good. He’s got a very good little magician’s pattern going on. So far most of the tricks he’s been doing are called self-working card tricks. These are […]
Broken Brain
College Foolishness When I was in college I had a lot of part-time jobs. Because my university was on the semester system and because I lived in the dorms and because there were several weeks in between semesters I always had quit the job at the end of the semester. I had a lot […]