Archetype https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun08_Post.mp3 James Bond is famous for a lot of things. Probably the way he says his name. Bond. James, Bond. Not just the word order, but the energy. Total presence. Right tonality, a well placed pause that just kind of hangs there as he stares at whoever he’s talking […]
Build Your Brain
Words Without Voices https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun06_Post.mp3 One of my favorite scenes from TV and Movies is from the first season of “The Last Kingdom.” The English were fighting against the Vikings. And one Viking leader lost a battle, and converted to Christianity. This is more or less historically accurate. In real life, the […]
Dream Yourself Wealthy
Simulation Origin Story https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun04_Post.mp3 One big-brained dude from a while ago is Descartes. He was a scientist and a mathematician and a philosopher. He’s the original guy who came up with the “are we living in a simulation or not” question. This is called “Descartes’ Demon.” Suppose there was a demon […]
Brain Magic
Silent Genius https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun02_Post.mp3 Once upon a time there was a young dude named Einstein. When he was born, he didn’t talk. At least not when other kids did. He took his sweet time. Preferring, maybe, to spend the time inside his brain. Figuring things out. Later, he turned out […]
You Are The River
Numbers Are Huge https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July11_Post.mp4 Once I had this chemistry professor. First day of class he was trying to impress upon us the enormity of the numbers involved in chemistry. Most of us can’t fathom anything beyond a couple dozen. There’s all these infographics about how big different quantities of money are. […]
Brain Shenanigans
Bad Surgeon Once there was a brain surgeon. A very unethical brain surgeon. He had borrowed a lot of money. To become a brain surgeon. Unfortunately, for him. The people at the student loan company. Underestimated his loan payments. And overestimated his brain surgeon salary. Need More […]
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. […]
Reunited Tragedy
Before Conscious Mind Once there were two friends. They’d been friends for a long time. Every since they could remember. Before kindergarten. Before they developed conscious awareness. They went everywhere together. They did their homework together. They went to the same college. They worked in the same […]
Cereal Box Hypnosis
Trifecta Of Doom There’s this very skilled assassin that combines hypnosis, telepathy, and ventriloquism. This allows him to assassinate targets in plain view of any agents who happen to be watching him. For example, if there is a witness that is under protection of the FBI for example, the assassin can kill in […]
Amnesia Delivery Service
Elusive Bad Guy There is this really strange burglar the FBI has been looking for for some time. He has a very unique MO, and he never actually steals anything. The only thing they can arrest him for is credit card fraud, and breaking and entering. He chooses his victims very, very […]