• I had nicknames like Spermin and Stupid Armen in the past
• nicknames can be used to represent something good about a person
• examples of nicknames I have used and given to others
• take the failings that you had in the past and showcase them
• self-esteem means that people knowing your mistakes is fine

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• this is NBA All-Star Weekend and there are a lot of festivities
• don’t be too serious in life, as heaviness is usually compensation
• there are light forms of signaling that work on many people
• if your perspective is shared by many, voicing it helps them
• if your perspective is shared by few, voicing it represents for you

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• went over a list of the most visited cities around the world
• included my thoughts on each region, including ones in the US
• Europe and Asia are high on the list of visited continents
• most popular areas are areas near a river by a big central hub
• some of the most visited cities were news to me

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• feedback on research into other podcasts that exist
• many are about an hour long and posted once a week
• Tuesday is a popular day that people post
• telling your story is the only way to have your story known
• holidays are socially engineered, but can be worked with

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• authors of The Elephant in the Brain
• questions and concepts from their book and my interview with them
• hidden motives and manipulation that happens everywhere
• looking at alternatives to what we have in the world
• keeping a rational view of discourse and criticism
• glad to have had these two authors take part in the text interview~

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• blockchain’s ledger matching the universal forward progression
• how we are not able to cancel what has already been done
• other podcasts I have examined and learned from
• Oprah’s SuperSoul, or the Joe Rogan Experience
• what my podcast represents, and how I am implementing that

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• interesting information notebook and its value
• books notebook that has my notes for the books I’ve read
• previous iterations of content I have made in different notebooks
• my comedy notebook where I wrote material for sets I did
• using Evernote to organize the parts of your life that matter to you

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• “Be polite, on time, and work really hard until you are talented enough to be blunt, a little late, and take vacations and even then… be polite”
• “Celebrate the childlike mind”
• “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing”
• “Think for yourself. Everyone has a unique picture of how things work and function, and yours is as valuable as anyone’s”
• “If it’s already common knowledge, it’s probably too late to make a major contribution. If you’re the only one excited, you may be deluding yourself”
• “Be present”
• “We can’t control the fact that bad things are going to happen but it’s how we react to them that really matters.”
• “Macro patience. Micro speed.”
• “When you stop caring about being right in the eyes of everyone, it’s amazing how little you care to waste energy trying to convince people of your view”

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• we have made it to episode 100
• checking out how I can improve and streamline the posts
• noting the great guests along the way
• looking at other podcasts to see what is different or notable
• working toward great results, glad to have y’all on board~

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• looking at other podcasts like This American Life and Serial
• examining what they have that I can learn from or do
• how longevity can lead the way to nice results
• Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss and my short look at it thus far
• something cool about the authors of the last book I read

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• lady winning the lottery and wanting to remain anonymous
• how relevant anonymity is when having large funds
• how closing your eyes gives you perspective on your world
• some book updates and a little bit on the rocks

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Glad to have you back on episode 97. Some of us like collecting things, and I recently collected a bunch of rocks when at Malibu Beach, and many of them are nice. In this episode, I discuss:

• the colors and shapes of the rocks I collected
• people around the beach who saw the collecting and noticed
• what I might do with the rocks, and how they look
• the super bowl party that we had, and how it was inclusive

These rocks were publicly available, and I went and searched them out. This is a nice message about life, in that some things you like are already out there waiting for you. I might find more later. Glad for your listening~

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Sometimes you want to update about what is occurring, and shout out the people who make things or do things you know about. This is a nice thing you can do regularly. The people around us are the people we can connect with. In this episode, I discuss:

• Toby Emerson and his cool music I have used on my Youtube and here
• Gary Kazazian music I used for intro, and his planned gig at The Mint
• Kenny bringing NotSocks to the people who want socks but not socks
• Gary Vee and his latest book Crushing It that is out in the public
• Alex and his EDM music I used as an intro, and his music-making
• Alicia from earlier episode bringing life to life, and also clothes/gems
• Jane with the Grayson power plant expansion and good fitness

People are our world, and we have to shout them out as applicable. We can do more things if we reach out and try connecting in different ways.

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We are in the February. This one, episode 95, is on socially-known events like the Super Bowl, and making use of them for social happenings. There are not that many things that a lot of people know about, especially as the amount of niches grows in size. In this episode, I discuss:

• the way that big events causes group energy that is atypical
• making use of things like the super bowl to congregate
• why you should include the people you know in what you do
• some examples of including others in my own stuff

Even if something doesn’t fit you exactly, you can match with the part of it that does fit with you. We don’t have to take in all the elements of something that doesn’t fit, in the same way that you don’t have to eat every food at a buffet. Adjust what you go with, and leave the rest for others to be. Also, inclusiveness is a nice gesture. Through the 90s we go~

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We are in the 90s like it is like 1994. This is episode 94, and the intro music is “Gone Home” by Gary Kazazian, and possibly Kaspar Kazazian as well. It is also in the outro. Music is always good for variety purposes. The Elephant In The Brain is now a book we have gone through and finished, and we move through February. In this episode, I discuss:

• performance of a skill being paramount to preparation and reading about it
• using your abilities in person to hone down what needs to be worked on
• how we see political, religious, and sports fan teams in society
• the teams that I identify with, and what I like to see more of

Taking the concepts from something you learned is important. You can’t just let them float away, or you won’t internalize anything. When I read a book, I include concepts from it in my discussions and actions, so that the book had an impact on my life.

Also, on a separate note, Bill Gates liked the upcoming book Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker(it’s not out yet), and I have read a few books that Bill has also read. We have a similar interest in books and knowledge. Maybe I will get back to getting advanced copies of books like when it was 2010 and my blog was booming. Onward we go.

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This one is the closer as far as the chapters of the latest book I have been reading, which is The Elephant In The Brain. It was a cool book, and informed a lot about why people do much of what they do, and how we can learn about ourselves through that. In this episode, on the first of the month of February, I discuss:

• how the educational system is about signaling and certification
• the ways that medicine is about conspicuous caring more than healing
• the details of religion that make it about loyalty and group effort
• politics and the way it brings people into certain categories

We can do a lot once we realize the hidden motives we have, the ones others don’t share, and the ones that are built into institutions. We can adjust how we present ourselves, and design things so they are aligned with people’s actual motives. Glad to have you check out the content on this book, and keep a look-out for that interview article in February.

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Knowledge is the way, and we keep it moving on The Elephant In The Brain. This one gets into some more of the chapters on sections of society and the hidden motives that go with them. I discuss:

• how laughter represents more than something being “funny”
• the way that conversation is used to showcase one’s own ability
• where consumption is used to present an image of abundance
• the impracticality of art and its underlying subtext of high fitness
• the way that charity is nearly always conspicuous in nature

These chapters flowed well, and the concepts link through them, regarding how a person uses the world to represent themselves better. The next episode will be on the last chapters of the book, which are 13 through 17, and then I will have an interview article in February with the two authors. Glad to have y’all on board this podcast in January, and we move on to February 2018.

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People like looking back at the past and seeing it as a good time. This is also a practical business opportunity of our day. Whether it was Mario or some band, there is an emotional connection to a time we lived in many years ago. In this episode, I discuss:

• how nostalgia has been becoming popular on the internet
• how the age of internet users is related to this
• some of the things I remember from early times
• a separate note about how I am perceived by the general public

We are in now, and the future is later, but many are linked to a time of the past, as it reminds of an easier setting. We connect with that past moment when feeling like it disappeared. Episode 91 represented for the 90s, and for some, it is the 80s or the 70s or the 00s. Onward we go through 2018

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Self-deception is the name of the game. I am continuing to read through The Elephant In The Brain, and it has great insight into the hidden content in our society. Not everything is always revealed, and a lot is kept underneath for multiple reasons. Episode 90 is about:

• self-deception, both as a defense and a method of manipulation
• how our minds process in a modular sense, and piece thoughts together
• the split-brain experiments revealing how the brain comes up with answers
• what body language tells us about status and dominance

There is a lot to look at in the world, and I often focus on the brain, people, and how we relate to each other, based on evolutionary underpinnings of our current moment. This book gets into that. More onward, and chapters to come

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