Living Puzzle https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar31_Post.mp3 Life is a strange thing. Nobody knows for sure what it is. Sure, we can describe life compared to non-life. Life moves around, changes, consumes energy. One thing about life is it is an example of an “emergent system.” You can study oxygen until you’re blue in […]
Secret Frame Hack
Status Instinct https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar30_Post.mp3 Hierarchy is very important. We don’t often like to admit it, but it’s always there. Everything is organized into hierarchies. Sports teams, companies, militaries, even groups of friends. It’s pretty easy to take an observer view and guess the hierarchy of any one particular group. There is […]
Cut Ties
Chasers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar29_Post.mp3 It is the human condition to want stuff that we don’t have. Sure, it’s a clever self-help slogan to say, “Happiness isn’t getting what you want, it’s wanting what you have.” This sounds kind of cool. And to an extent, it’s correct. If you’re always chasing shiny new objects, […]
Max Responsibility
Maximum Life https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar28_Post.mp3 One of the most important transitions you can make in life is from childhood to adulthood. This is something that was always difficult. From a purely production-consumption standpoint, it makes perfect sense. In an ancient tribal environment, the more non-productive humans they had, the less likely they’d survive. […]
The Sweetest Revenge
Success https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar17_Post.mp3 Humans have what can be called an “externalizing instinct.” Because this is an instinct, it operates at the subconscious level. Just like hunger, it’s not rational. You can’t choose to be hungry. You can’t choose to be not hungry. Similar to social signals, both positive and negative. […]
Free Yourself Completely
Total Control https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar16_Post.mp3 Imagine you were riding your bike down the street. On the way to somewhere cool. But then you got hit by a car. Flung off the road and into a ditch. And you look down and see a bone sticking out of your leg. EGADS! Somebody […]
Leave Corrupted Thinking Behind
Production vs. Consumption https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July25_Post.mp4 I’ve always been interested in history. I’ve one thing from history is that all societies end up collapsing. Every since we invented, or discovered, agriculture, we’ve had a kind of shelf life. Which kind of makes sense, but from a really big picture kind of way. A […]
Escape Your False Cage
All Up To You https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July24_Post.mp4 The world is a fantastic place. No matter what time you live in, there is opportunities for massive wealth. Or massive poverty. This metaphor has been expressed in plenty of different ways. The famous poem about two guys in prison, looking out of the window. […]
Are You Dragging Armor?
Self Help Flim Flam https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July23_Post.mp4 They say the wake doesn’t drive the boat. This is a nice metaphor. Meaning the stuff you leave behind doesn’t impact the future. Or it least it shouldn’t. But like many self-help ideas, this is a description. A description of an ideal case. Metaphors […]
White Noise Brain Effect
Pork Disaster https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July22_Post.mp4 One critical idea is calibration. This is kind of an abstract concept. But to fully get the most out of life, calibration is absolutely critical. What is calibration? Let’s say you’re having a dinner party. And you’re cooking a pork roast. And the recipe says to […]