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, […]
Subconscious Language
Deeper Meaning https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22July28_Post.mp3 Stories are fantastic. Humans have been telling each other stories since the dawn of time. For entertainment, for teaching, for inspiration. Today, if you tell a good story, you can make a lot of money. The riches and most famous people today are connected to the storytelling industry. […]
Elegant Language
Practice Makes Better https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr10_Post.mp4 Over a billion people in the world practice some form of martial art. Many practice a slow moving kind. Like Tai Chi or Qi Gong. Not for fighting, but derived from fighting. Moving energy around. Increasing health, posture, sleep, organ function, etc. As legend has […]
Think Beyond Today
Once Upon A Time https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Apr01_Post.mp4 Once upon a time, these two dudes wanted to wander around in Europe and collect stories. This was in the 1700’s. These two brothers were hoping to stitch together and bunch of local stories from local oral tradition. Stories told and passed down. Their goal was […]
Windy Aliens
Always Angles https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar14_Post.mp4 Why do they call newspaper articles “stories?” Because objective descriptions of events are pretty boring. And news companies, TV, online, etc., are businesses. Sure in some countries, they are funded by the state. Which makes them propaganda. Pure, blatant propaganda. But so long as you need […]
Leverage Imaginary Power
Fiction Instinct https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar12_Post.mp4 Movies are fantastic. Books are fantastic. Stories are fantastic. Ever since the dawn of time, we’ve been telling each other stories. This clearly is a instinct. Whenever you can find something that exists in all cultures now, and has existed in all cultures before, chances are it’s […]
Write Your Story
Truth Or Fiction https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22Mar05_Post.mp4 Imaginary things can cause real responses. This is the whole reason we have stories. Or a storytelling instinct. Kids growing up around campfire. Hearing stories about ancient heroes who killed monsters. The Greeks came up with the idea of Catharsis way back in the day. […]
Embedded Conversational Commands
Deep Tech https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Sept05_Post.mp4 If you’ve ever studied a foreign language, you now the recognition is much easier than production. Meaning you can understand words, and their meaning, much easier than you can produce those words. This is why there are a lot of believable characters that can understand each other in their native […]
Real Conversational Magic
That Guy! https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug31_Post.mp4 I remember, long, long ago, watching the movie “Ice Age.” It was a very happy experience. My then girlfriend and I decided to watch a movie. She chose. The movie happened to be Ice Age. A perfectly calibrated, comedy date movie. A bunch of cave dudes […]
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