Eastern Riches https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Sept05_Post.mp3 One of the greatest “rags to riches” story is about Japan. And how they became super wealthy very quickly. It all started with the British and the opium trade in China. As it happened historically, the British Empire was at its strongest, when the Chinese, during the waning Qing […]
Critical Time
Lost Sailors Once upon a time. The British empire. Over which. The sun never set. Had a problem. Their sailors. Didn’t always know. Where they were. Only Up And Down https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jan09_Loop.mp4 They could fix latitude. Relatively easily. But fixing longitude. Was much more difficult. […]
Cause Effect Keto
Keto Diet Fad Lately, the keto diet has become very popular. On a larger scale, many limited carbohydrate diets have been popular for several decades. And cashing in on the keto boom are plenty of people on YouTube with plenty of keto recipes. Athenian Imperialism https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar17Loop.mp4 When Athens was in its early […]
Pareto Planet
Sales Strategy There is a very common sales strategy used among many different sellers of many different things. Cars, houses, network marketing systems, and pretty much every sales job that is based largely on commissions. The system is very simple. Hire anybody with a pulse, give them a basic overview of the […]
Harvard Scam Theory
Lecture I watched this really cool lecture the other day called, “The Harvard Scam.” This wasn’t actually about how Harvard is running some kind of scam. But it was about how most things are not how they seem. And most things are not wholly organic. Most things are a combination of […]
Multi Verse Nail Sex
Tattooed Love Girl I met this girl in a bar a couple of weeks ago. She had tons of tattoos and I wanted to ask her about them. But at the same time I recognized this is a common pickup line, to approach an attractive girl and ask her about her tattoos. […]
Cause Effect Time Cats
Minor League Museum I went down to a local museum. It’s not a big museum, and they don’t have their own stuff. They host traveling exhibits, but not famous ones. Nothing like King Tut or the Dead Sea Scrolls. They host smaller and lesser known exhibits that travel around. Still pretty interesting. They’re not […]
Museum Of Time
Wandering Downtown A couple of weeks ago I was wandering downtown and I came across a clock museum. Now, I had seen this clock museum sign before and I had always assumed it was some kind of a clever marketing gimmick for a a watch shop or a clock shop but it turns out it’s […]
Conspiracy Theory
Murder Game I’ve always liked to play card games. Especially when I was a kid I like to play card games. Most card games are based somewhat on deception and conspiring against your opponents. One of my favorite card games that I played when I was a kid was called murder. It’s not really […]