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. […]
Flooding The Nile
Flooded Farmers In ancient Egypt, the Nile would flood once a year. This was actually a very good thing, as the Nile brought in needed silt that would enrich the crops. Other places didn’t have such luck, as their soil would tend to get more and more depleted over time. Stacked Up […]
Gumball Planet
ROI Instinct Every animal has within it an ROI instinct, a deep program that makes us not want to do anything unless we think we are getting more out than we put in. Of course, with humans, this is heavily skewed by our imaginations and subjective views. From the outside looking it, it […]
Blood and Semen
How Do I Do This? I read and interesting research paper recently about the rapidly diminishing skill set of most normal humans. They reported that up to 40% of people were dependent on the Internet to understand how complete basic house hold tasks. They couldn’t do simple tasks like fixing a leaky faucet, […]
Evil Cat Lady
Japanese Genius I have this friend in Japan who, after a long and circuitous route, has finally managed to open his own shop. He did so after getting a PhD in electrical engineering, and then realizing what a huge mistake that might have been. But then he found a way out and now […]
Alien Misdirection Technology
Throw Trash Cans Behind You A very common scene in action movies is the good guy is running away from the bad guy, or the bad guy is running away from the good guy. And they always run through crowded areas, and they always throw stuff behind them, as they are running away, to […]
Eventual Fight Against Evil
Hero’s Journey Origins The hero’s journey is a very common structure that has been found in mythological stories around the world. It’s believed that the hero’s journey structure was a precursor to modern religions. Modern religions can be seen as metaphysical or mythical guidelines or moral codes on how to live an thrive […]
Lion Debt and Extinction Events
Hunting Documentary I saw this interesting documentary about lions and how they hunt. Lions, like all other animals, have instincts that are calibrated for their environment. And like all other animals, they need to energy to survive, and they have to expend energy to survive. This is essentially the difference between any […]
Medieval Historian Disaster
Gut Bacteria Scientists have recently discovered an interesting link between gut bacteria diversity and health. People that are more sedentary, eat a lot of processed food and are overweight have much less diversity in their gut bacteria. People that are more active, live a healthy lifestyle and eat much less processed food have […]
The Gambler’s Ruin
Pinch Hit Sock Machine So a couple of weeks ago I was in the local laundromat because the machines in my apartment complex were being repaired because they weren’t working properly. When things are not working properly you need to look inside, fix what’s broken so they can get back to being in fine working […]