Super Focus https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Apr01_Post.mp3 Once upon a time there was this small town in ancient China. This story is similar to a lot of Western type stories. Anyhow, this town was afraid. There were a bunch of gangsters coming to get revenge. But the town was very poor. They put all […]
The Dumbledore Reframe
Ancient Role Models https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec13_Post.mp3 One of the reasons they invented storytelling was because it provided good role models. Well, not really, it was more of an accident. But we can imagine two different tribes. Each told stories around the campfire each night. Epic legends of heroic monster killers of the past. […]
Recalibrated Memories
Wait, What? https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec11_Post.mp3 There are a lot of cool stories that spin memory. Specifically improperly functioning memory. Maybe the most clever is Memento. The dude can only remember the last fifteen minutes. But he, like every other protagonist, is on a quest. But because he can remember only 15 minutes, […]
Life Long Winning Streak
Good vs. Bad https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec10_Post.mp3 Imagine two different scenarios. A good one and a bad one. First the good one. You are going to a party. At the place of a friend of friend. You are supposed to meet him there. But right when you get off the elevator to […]
Control Your Future
Story Control https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec09_Post.mp3 There are a lot of modern ideas about the “narrative.” This is a very broad word. It’s always been a kind of battleground for news stations. The “news” is not just an information dispensary. They just don’t spit out streams of facts. They take the facts and […]
Rebuild Your Personality
B People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Dec07_Post.mp3 Most of what we remember is wrong. Plenty of studies confirm this. Even in school, when we’re told exactly what to study, we can’t remember. We get B’s on tests. So when things happen to use unexpectedly, it’s a sure bet we really don’t know what happened. […]
Ditch Useless Shortcuts
Brain Power https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug21_Post.mp3 Chess players burn a lot of calories. It doesn’t look that way. They’re just sitting there, right? But gram for gram, our brain burns more calories than any other organ. Our brain is a very resource intensive organ. Chess players, if they don’t eat enough, lose a […]
Live Inside Their Dreams
Subjective Humans https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Aug02_Post.mp3 One old classical move is the Japanese, “Rashomon.” Some event happens and the authorities are called in. The authorities talk to different witnesses and they all give different stories. There’s been a few others like this. This is a very believable movie since we ALL have different perspectives. […]
Custom Memory Sequencing
Usage Unknown https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun14_Post.mp3 Imagine having a humongous collection of tools. A huge garage with tools on all kinds of racks and in boxes and carefully organized. Maybe you bought the house on the cheap from an estate sale or something. And it came with all the tools. So, you figured, you’d […]
Mod Your Brain
Motorcycle Future https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May09_Post.mp3 For some weird reason, I’ve been seeing a lot of motorcycle vids. YouTube, has for some reason, gotten the idea that I like motorcycles. I used to have one, way back in college. But the thought of getting another one hasn’t really crossed my mind. But I guess […]
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