Sponge People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun27_Post.mp4 When humans are born, our brains are extremely thirsty sponges. Our instincts are calibrated so doing what help us to survive feels very good. Being hungry sucks. Eating feels fantastic. Being alone sucks. We are social animals, not sharks. So being around people we enjoy, and […]
Play Like A Happy Kid
Brain Wires https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun25_Post.mp4 All humans are born with some basic programming. We have some basic language wiring, and as we grow up we kind of fill in the blanks based on the local dialect. This is why any kid born anywhere can grow up and speak like a native. There’s probably a […]
The Vegas Brain Section
Party Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun24_Post.mp4 A very old and widely used phrase is: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” The idea is that Vegas is where you can do things you wouldn’t normally do. So when you and your buddies go to Vegas, it’s understood that nobody talks about this stuff. Within […]
The Inner Golden You
Inside Magic https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun22_Post.mp4 There’s a cool story about a golden Buddha. The golden Buddha is real. I’ve actually seen it. It’s a popular tourist destination in Thailand. It’s about two meters high, the kind of Buddha that is sitting there cross legged. A very wise smile, and eyes slowly downward. […]
Long Game Occultist
License Scams Getting a license these days to sell something is difficult. A hundred years or so ago, if you wanted to sell something, you just sold it. An interesting problem from game theory is why it’s illegal to advertise cigarettes on TV. Why No Cigarette Ads? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug11Loop.mp4 Most people assume that […]
The Friendly Clock Lady
Looking For The Time I needed a clock, so I went to home depot. I wanted a big, analog clock to put on the wall. Something about a big analog clock up on the wall gives you a different perspective of time than a digital one on your device or in the lower corner of […]
Poison Snakes And Unintended Outcomes
Funeral For A Friend I saw friend a couple of days ago and he was just coming back from a funeral. I asked him who died. He told me, and it happened in an accident that was in the news a few weeks ago about a building that had collapsed. When I first saw […]
Making Money Selling Coffee
Dude Out Of Place There is a coffee shop that I go to regularly, a couple of times a month. There is one person that works there that doesn’t quite fit the type of person you would expect to be working at a coffee shop. You would expect to see people that are younger, […]
Drive By Psychic
So This Friend Set Me Up I had this nice female colleague several years ago. I say nice because she was always trying to set me up with her friends. A lot of guys don’t like this because they don’t like to go on a date with somebody that they might not be attracted […]
Update Strategies Or Die
Lucky Accountaint Once upon a time there was a very introverted accountant. He worked for very large firm. He was very good at his job so he made a lot of money. One summer they had a picnic a company picnic and this introverted accountant won a raffle at the picnic. The prize for […]