Maps And Territories https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Oct12_Post.mp3 We humans tend to use a lot of metaphors. Way more than we realize. Metaphors are embedded into our language. Whenever we use an intangible noun in regular speech, we MUST treat it like it’s a real thing. Like a couple who is “going through” some problems. […]
Orwellian Reality Control
Which Came First? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun26_Post.mp3 There are two, very broad, competing theories of history. One is that history is made up by powerful dudes making pivotal decisions. The other is that history more or less unfolds on it’s own, and when possible, people try and take credit for the good stuff. I tend […]
Heavenly Burrito
Burrito Explosion https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr28_Post.mp3 Suppose you had big plans. Big plans for the evening. You’d been slogging away at work all week. And you’re favorite TV show was premiering a new season on Friday night. And you’d been on a diet recently, and were satisfied with the results. And this diet […]
Black Swan Love
Movie Meaning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar07_Post.mp4 The movie Black Swan was one of those movies that is open to interpretation. My own take was it was kind of a metaphorical “coming of age movie.” The protagonist was leaving behind the easy life of childhood, and embracing the harsh world of adulthood. One of my pieces […]
What Kind Of Today Do You Want?
Dialing For Dollars https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept12_Post.mp4 There are two ways to sell things. Or two extremes. On one extreme, is the memorized sales pitch. An extreme case would be a memorized phone pitch. A pitch written out on a piece of paper you have taped in front of you. An auto dialer […]
Surf The Ever Changing Now
Now Is Always https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun26_Post.mp4 The idea of “now” is pretty compelling, and interesting. From a purely philosophical view, it’s always now. You can never live in the past. You can lever live in the future. You can imagine the past, while in the now. You can imagine the future, while […]
Kick Fate To The Curb
Ancient Truth https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr04_Post.mp4 Over the Oracle at Delphi, it has the secrets of life: “Man, know thyself.” This is congruent with Jung’s statement about the unconscious: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.” Another similar, but kind of opposite statement by […]
The Reverse Memory Brain Hack
Memory Requires Effort https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar30_Post.mp4 Forgetting names is easy. So easy, everybody can do it. But there is a way to remember names. First you choose the very FIRST thing you notice about them. Their clothing, a physical feature. This is ONLY an internal reference, so it must be HONEST. […]
Speak To Your Future
Walking Dude Once there was a man. Who liked to go on walks. Around the neighborhood. Around the park. One day. He found a DVD. Lying on the slide. In the park. Next to the jungle gym. What’s On This? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov16Loop.mp4 He took the DVD home. […]
Blood and Semen
How Do I Do This? I read and interesting research paper recently about the rapidly diminishing skill set of most normal humans. They reported that up to 40% of people were dependent on the Internet to understand how complete basic house hold tasks. They couldn’t do simple tasks like fixing a leaky faucet, […]