Natural Trade Anthropologists will tell us there’s four basic kinds of trade that take place between humans, both modern humans and ancient humans. The first type is trade a thing for a thing, meaning I give you something now and you give me something back of equal value. The second type is trade thing […]
Social Media Addiction
Why It Exists And How To Stop It It’s hard for most people to step away from social media for every long. We post things, and we check to see if our posts were liked by others. Virtually all sites that run on user created content leverage some very powerful triggers. Cialdini Is Everywhere […]
Understanding The Hidden Secrets Of Human Behavior
I like watching movies, especially online. There’s plenty of movies that can keep me occupied while I’m doing other, computer related tasks. Now, when I choose a movie to watch while doing online stuff, I have different criteria than when choosing a movie to watch in the theater. Since movies in the theater will get […]
Human Action
All humans are selfish, and everything we do is based on selfish desires. True, some of these are deep below our conscious awareness, but they are selfish nonetheless. One thing that makes this difficult to “get” is that we are also extremely good at conning ourselves, and we are also extremely sensitive to the opinions […]