Ancient Role Models https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec13_Post.mp3 One of the reasons they invented storytelling was because it provided good role models. Well, not really, it was more of an accident. But we can imagine two different tribes. Each told stories around the campfire each night. Epic legends of heroic monster killers of the past. […]
Gorilla Bias Technique
Did You See That? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec12_Post.mp3 Here’s basic theory on how we may develop unhelpful beliefs. Beliefs are kind of like filters between the world and our brain. Some are built in, some are learned. Anyhow, here’s what happens. There is the first event. Something that happens unexpectedly and gives us […]
Recalibrated Memories
Wait, What? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec11_Post.mp3 There are a lot of cool stories that spin memory. Specifically improperly functioning memory. Maybe the most clever is Memento. The dude can only remember the last fifteen minutes. But he, like every other protagonist, is on a quest. But because he can remember only 15 minutes, […]
Life Long Winning Streak
Good vs. Bad https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec10_Post.mp3 Imagine two different scenarios. A good one and a bad one. First the good one. You are going to a party. At the place of a friend of friend. You are supposed to meet him there. But right when you get off the elevator to […]
Control Your Future
Story Control https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec09_Post.mp3 There are a lot of modern ideas about the “narrative.” This is a very broad word. It’s always been a kind of battleground for news stations. The “news” is not just an information dispensary. They just don’t spit out streams of facts. They take the facts and […]
Rebuild Your Personality
B People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec07_Post.mp3 Most of what we remember is wrong. Plenty of studies confirm this. Even in school, when we’re told exactly what to study, we can’t remember. We get B’s on tests. So when things happen to use unexpectedly, it’s a sure bet we really don’t know what happened. […]