Sponge People https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun27_Post.mp4 When humans are born, our brains are extremely thirsty sponges. Our instincts are calibrated so doing what help us to survive feels very good. Being hungry sucks. Eating feels fantastic. Being alone sucks. We are social animals, not sharks. So being around people we enjoy, and […]
Old School Love Ideas
One Way Love https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May04_Post.mp4 Most people are familiar with the term “one-itis.” Meaning you have strong feelings of attraction for somebody. Which, by itself, is not bad or wrong or even undesired. This label has a couple of problems with it. One it is generally a one-way attraction. Before the […]
The Science Of Love
I’m Falling https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May03_Post.mp4 How does one fall in love? First, take a look at that phrase. “Fall” in love. According to a theory of metaphors, we think of love as a container. Since we use it with the preposition “in.” Kind of like being “in” a meeting. George Lakoff […]
The Implied One Time Offer
Shrinking Chance https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Apr29_Post.mp4 The most commonly used “triggers” of influence is scarcity. Even when it’s blatantly fake. Like you’ve no doubt seen signs in some windows that say: Sale! Today Only! A sign that is there EVERY day. Long time ago I worked at a pizza place. They would […]
Hallucinated Chemical Bliss
Eager Chemist Once there was a chemist. He was very ambitious, and had huge dreams. Of life saving chemicals. Brain enhancing chemicals. Intelligence increasing chemicals. Lucid dreaming activating chemicals. We’re Gonna Be Famous https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Nov04aLoop.mp4 He worked for an equally ambitious boss. Who had received a lot of research […]
Jigsaw Puzzle Engineer
Seduction Professor Once there was a professor of psychology. She was very gorgeous, very sweet and very persuasive. She had to be careful when she taught. She loved to seduce people. She loved to teach others how to seduce people. Not just for short term flings. But to seduce […]
White Witches
Open Your Soul There is this massage therapist who is a very powerful, very covert, and very generous white witch. Some say she is really an angel, and that if you go back far enough into universal creation, you’ll find little differences between white witches and angles. She is part of a very […]
The History Erasure Paradox
Hindsight Bias One problem in modern society is hindsight bias. When you rewrite your past to better predict the future. A common metaphor is driving by looking in the rear-view mirror. A much deeper bias is our instinctive, cause-effect generator. This pops in many unexpected and troublesome places. Perplexing Randomness […]
Why Be Yourself Is Excellent Advice
Be Yourself A very common piece of advice when wanting to make friends or to create romantic relationships is to be yourself. From a superficial level, this seems to make logical sense. If you can be yourself, you’ll eventually meet people who like the real you. At the same time, this advice […]
NAWALT – Red vs. Blue Pill
Red Pill Beliefs There are a lot of ideas recently associated with Red Pill. When it comes to male-female relations, a very common idea is that women are very similar. That women are hypergamous and women will always be looking to move up a level, so to speak. The opposite of this […]