Owe Nobody https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May26_Post.mp3 Debt is an ancient problem. An ancient scourge on humanity. Even vampire bats have problems with debt. Seriously. They all go out hunting for blood. And just like any other group of animals going out looking for food, some get some, some don’t. And like any […]
Ego Love
Multi Layered https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar31_Post.mp4 Humans have a ton of instincts. Most of which we have no clue about. Food, sex, status, these are pretty basic. Dudes compete with other dudes. The winners get the social rewards. Fame, money, sex, etc. These are pretty basic. But just like a delicious […]
Monkey Money
Banana People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar23_Post.mp4 Imagine a monkey. A proto human, if you like. And this monkey lives in banana jungle. This monkey, like all metaphorical or stereotypical monkeys, loves bananas. But bananas don’t just poof into existence because you want one. Monkeys need to put in some effort to find bananas. […]
Too Man Rabbits?
One Direction https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar19_Post.mp4 They say a dog can’t chase two rabbits. A metaphor for having two intentions. This is somewhat like when Tom Cruise was getting the crap kicked out of him in the movie, “The Lasts Samurai.” Then a little kid give him some advice. “You have too many minds.” […]
Caveman Money
Old School https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar18_Post.mp4 Adam Smith described money making as enlightened selfishness. Right off the bat, when you start talking about money or Adam Smith, you are in the world of economics. And from the world of economics, from an academic standpoint, it sounds like a bunch of obscure rules and laws that people […]
Your Most Valuable Asset
Hard Workers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jan21_Post.mp4 Before the Industrial Revolution, there was the “Industrious Revolution.” The Industrial Revolution was based primarily on the discovery of fossil fuels. The steam engine had been known about, at least in concept, for a while. The basics of plenty of science had been thought about and sketched out for […]
Real Time Skills
Unfair Planet https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug12_Post.mp4 The Pareto distribution is an interesting concept. It says that 20% of any system does 80% of the work. For example, if you took all the athletes in any professional sport, 20% of the players score 80% of the points. This would easiest to see in something like basketball, […]
Dream Yourself A Fortune
How’d That Happen? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July26_Post.mp4 Plenty of cool inventions happened by accident. Most inventions were discovered on that path to something greater. For example, the space race of the 60’s and 70’s spawned a whole industry of related products. Personal electronics might not have existed had their not been a need for that […]
Get More Than You Have
Don’t Wait Too Long https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun30_Post.mp4 Everybody wants something. More money. More sex. Or SOME sex. Better relationships. Or A relationship. Better job, better house, better neighbors, better clothes. The idea of that one “next thing” and you’ll FINALLY be happy is a myth. If you ONLY had […]
The Happiness Generator Experiment
Economics Professor https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar28_Post.mp4 Once there was an economics professor. And on the first day of the semester, he would always do the same experiment. He would hand out free T-shirts to all the students. But he made sure that not very many would fit. He would give smalls to big people, […]