Status Instinct https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar30_Post.mp3 Hierarchy is very important. We don’t often like to admit it, but it’s always there. Everything is organized into hierarchies. Sports teams, companies, militaries, even groups of friends. It’s pretty easy to take an observer view and guess the hierarchy of any one particular group. There is […]
Cut Ties
Chasers https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar29_Post.mp3 It is the human condition to want stuff that we don’t have. Sure, it’s a clever self-help slogan to say, “Happiness isn’t getting what you want, it’s wanting what you have.” This sounds kind of cool. And to an extent, it’s correct. If you’re always chasing shiny new objects, […]
The Sweetest Revenge
Success https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/23Mar17_Post.mp3 Humans have what can be called an “externalizing instinct.” Because this is an instinct, it operates at the subconscious level. Just like hunger, it’s not rational. You can’t choose to be hungry. You can’t choose to be not hungry. Similar to social signals, both positive and negative. […]
Leave Corrupted Thinking Behind
Production vs. Consumption https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July25_Post.mp4 I’ve always been interested in history. I’ve one thing from history is that all societies end up collapsing. Every since we invented, or discovered, agriculture, we’ve had a kind of shelf life. Which kind of makes sense, but from a really big picture kind of way. A […]
Self Generated Stories
TV Fixer Once their was a technician. A repairman. A TV repairman. He had theories. About the origins. Of TV shows. And didn’t trust anybody. To fill his brain. With stories. Or characters. What’s Their Angle https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jan10_Loop.mp4 Unless he fully understood. Their intention. […]