Dismal Baby https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb22_Post.mp4 A basic idea in economics is everybody has unlimited wants and needs. This is one half of the reason why they call economics the “dismal science.” Because while we all have unlimited wants and needs, we are surrounded by a finite amount of stuff. This means there will always […]
Master Your Mind
Watch The World https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb14_Post.mp4 It’s been said that very few people make things happen. Then a slightly larger group sits back and watches things happen. But most people notice the changes and then say: “What happened?” A few very interesting studies have been done about the role of our self consciousness. […]
Ice Cream Or Carrots
Easy Peasy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb09_Post.mp4 Suppose your neighbor came over one day, in a panic. She had a sudden and unexpected problem. A MASSIVE problem. She got called into work and HAD to go. A problem only SHE could solve. Otherwise, planetary mayhem would ensue. Maybe there was an asteroid about […]
Elegant Seduction
Train Wreck https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Feb08_Post.mp4 There are a lot of problems in today’s society. Many of them can be attributed to something called “instinct mismatch.” Hunger is the easiest to spot. Back in the day, having an uncontrollably STRONG desire to eat was a benefit. Whoever had the strongest desire to eat would […]
The Super Hero Frame
Believable Storytelling https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun03_Post.mp4 A long time ago, I took an acting class. And one of the exercises was to bring in two items. And each item had to have a story. But only one story was true. The game was to try and make BOTH stories sound so believable, that nobody […]
Broke Samurais and Wealthy Romans
PT Barnum PT Barnum famously said there is a sucker born every minute. But what’s commonly not said is a couple of very important corollaries to that statement. The first is that suckers are suckers because they are willing to believe something that is too good to be true. Now, why would […]
The Priestess
Software Expo I went to a software expo nearby my house a couple weeks ago. It wasn’t really a software expo, more like a tech expo, but it was mainly software. Most of the software was for entrepreneurs, home business type people. I saw this one booth that had a kind of interesting looking […]
Real Magic
Summer School I have a friend who volunteers at a local community center. She asked me if I would help her teach some kids summer school. Some magic tricks during summer school. It took me about 10 minutes of research to realize that if I tried to teach these kids any kind of sleight-of-hand […]
How To Use Reverse Psychology
That’s Just What They Want Us To Do Using reverse psychology is a popular way to get people to do what you want, especially if you know they wouldn’t do it if you asked them directly. Since you are not being completely honest, it can be manipulative. If you were being totally honest, you would […]
How To Kill Social Anxiety
Everybody’s Got It There are many truths about humans and human nature. Here are two: All people have social anxiety. All people would like to have less social anxiety. Consider this a given. Many people would like to go out and meet people, but they say, “Yeah, but I have social anxiety!” Unfortunately, some people […]