Monkey People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun29_Post.mp3 Humans are very territorial. This is the idea behind “Molon Labe.” The inscription on the statue at Thermopylae. The famous battle between the 300 Spartans and the “Immortal” Persian army. The Persian general said lay down your weapons and we won’t kill you. Leonidas, the Spartan king […]
Edge Domination
Anarchy https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun28_Post.mp3 Once a friend of mine and I in high school decided to rebel against the system. We were going to get up and get ready to leave algebra class, but a minute before the bell rang. We stood up, expecting a fight from the teacher. But what we got was […]
OG Frame Master
Frame Domination https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun27_Post.mp3 Socrates was an OG. They killed him, but not for reasons most believe. In reality, his death was a political maneuver. At least according to certain historians. He existed during three critical phases of ancient Greece. First, the democracy phase. Then when they went to war […]
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 […]
Infinite Frame Strength
Art Of Con https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun25_Post.mp3 It’s a common idea that if you believe something strongly enough, so will others. This is precisely how con men can con people. Con, of course, is short for confidence. Which verifies that if you have enough confidence, you can tell people anything. This is one reason […]
Trifecta of Greatness
Complex Simplicity https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun24_Post.mp3 Humans are goal seeking organisms. All animals are goal seeking organisms. But humans are much, much more complex. We were calibrated to live in small, tightly organized groups. Where everybody grew up knowing everybody else. And to make it simpler, Mother Nature gave us each a singular […]
Attract Genuine Smiles
Monkey Magnets https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Jun23_Post.mp3 People naturally gravitate to other people. We are not only pack animals, but we are hierarchical pack animals. Self organizing hierarchical pack animals. Everywhere you go, you see this. Teams, companies, organizations, governments, militaries, households, even groups of friends. It’s an interesting social experiment to do this. […]
Bacon Defense Patterns
Vegan Dinner Invitation A friend of mine invited me to dinner a couple of weeks ago. He warned me that it was going to be a vegetarian dinner. Which meant that there would be a lot of vegetarian dinner. Since I love to eat meat, I was a little worried I might […]
The Power Of Pre Framing
Whenever we talk to somebody, it’s usually with some kind of intention in mind, usually subconscious. You’re talking to your buddies, and you may be having an intention of getting a laugh. You’re talking to a girl, and your intention may be to create enough attraction so she’ll give you her number. You’re talking to […]