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You've probably been influenced by a cult and don't even know it. Not the kind with robes and compounds. The modern kind. The ones hiding in plain sight inside your social media feeds, your favorite communities, and the influencers you trust the most. Cult leaders have always understood something most people don't: how to exploit the human need to belong. The tactics haven't change...

Every decision you make is a game. You just don't know the rules yet. When you negotiate a raise, you're playing a game. When you decide whether to trust someone, you're playing a game. When you choose a lane in traffic, pick a side in an argument, or figure out whether to cooperate or compete, you're playing a game. Game theory is the science behind all of it. A mathematical frame...

The best financial advice you'll ever get is 2,000 years old. And it has nothing to do with the stock market. Forget the get-rich-quick gurus. Forget the social media charlatans selling courses about passive income. Forget every financial influencer telling you they found the secret. They didn't. The most essential principles about building real, lasting wealth were written by ancient phil...

Warning: these thoughts will make perfect sense and absolutely no sense at the same time. These are shower thoughts. The strange, random, accidentally brilliant ideas that only show up when your brain is left completely alone. And once you hear them, you can't unhear them. This episode is a collection of the most mind-bending, funny, and weirdly logical shower thoughts that will rewire how you...

Someone invented a currency worth trillions of dollars. Then they vanished without a trace. In October 2008, a paper appeared online that would change the world. "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System," written by someone called Satoshi Nakamoto. Shortly after, Nakamoto posted on a message board: "I've developed a new open-source P2P e-cash system called Bitcoin."...

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An algorithm told them what to do. They did it. Someone's life was destroyed. We trust algorithms every day without thinking twice. They tell us what to watch, what to buy, where to drive, who to date. But what happens when we hand them something far more dangerous than our attention? What happens when we hand them a human life? It's already happening. Algorithms are deciding who gets a lo...

You haven't been awake for an hour and you've already interacted with BlackRock six times without knowing it. Your iPhone alarm. Your Amazon delivery. Your Johnson & Johnson medicine. Your Microsoft laptop. Your McDonald's breakfast. Every single one of these companies has one thing in common, and it's not a coincidence. BlackRock. You've probably seen the videos. The shado...

Meeting people in real life is hard, maybe harder these days than ever before. When you meet someone in real life and want to ask them on a date, you’re taking a big risk. And we’re all hyper-aware of that risk, well, most of us. The odd thing about this is that even with all of their issues, dating apps seem to work. Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://aperture.gg/ YouTube: https://www...

Aurelius was a philosopher before anything else. Regarded as the last of the Five Good Emperors of Ancient Rome, a term coined by Niccolo Machiavelli in the 15th century, it was his Stoic philosophy that differentiated him from his predecessors. Learn about his teachings. Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://aperture.gg/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApertureScience Instagram: https:...

"The first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make." This statement was made by mathematician Irving John Good in 1965. He was envisioning a machine smarter than any human who had ever lived, one that would design even smarter machines and leave humans in the dust. Now, while we still haven't created an ultra-intelligent machine, we have successfully cr...

My strange shower thoughts that I bet you had too... Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://aperture.gg/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApertureScience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theapertureyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheApertureYT Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch

From sharing the earth with many other human species merely as hunter gatherers trying to brave the elements, to building rockets, creating the internet, and now with our eyes set on Mars, the history of humanity is one that’s filled with determination, cooperation, and ingenuity. We have done much more for ourselves than our ancestors could have ever imagined. Today, humans dominate contemporary...

It's what every person has asked themselves at least once before. How do I get rich? How can I make the most money possible? How to become a millionaire? I get it, being rich is sick, but have you really ever considered how much it actually takes to get there? It's a lot, and this is going to have side effects. This is the reality of getting rich, and why you should actually aspire to be w...

How much could NASA achieve if it had unlimited budgets? Could we have found aliens or exoplanets better for life than Earth? Could we have learned more about black holes, stars, moons and other galaxies? Let's find out. Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://aperture.gg/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApertureScience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theapertureyt/ Twitter: http...

How does the word "money" affect you? Do you feel positive and ambitious or anxious and scared? Money controls our lives every day, so how does it work? How can you sure to earn and save money? Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://aperture.gg/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApertureScience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theapertureyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAp...

Life is meaningless, sure, and the only rational course of action is to behave as such. There is no plan, no objective truth, and everything happens purely by accident. But this doesn’t necessitate nihilism. If we instead choose to embrace the Absurd, we can view our circumstances as an opportunity to change our perspective. Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://aperture.gg/ YouTube: http...

How do you know that the voice you are hearing right now is human? Most of you have no idea what I look like, so how can you tell I’m a real person? What if your favorite YouTuber is actually an AI? Audiences should never have to guess whether or not the voice they are listening to is human. Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://aperture.gg/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApertureScien...

We’ve talked extensively about the dangers of TikTok. But what if I told you that Snapchat was way more dangerous? That while TikTok’s influence is more subtle and psychological, Snapchat puts young people at immediate, sometimes life-threatening, risk.  Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://aperture.gg/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApertureScience Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and pondered about your very own existence? Maybe you were camping out with some friends, or all alone marveling at the liquid night plastered with countless glowing stars. Well, you’re not alone. It just so happens that looking above and contemplating the sheer immensity of the Universe is something humans have been doing since the dawn of time. Stay conne...

Imagine you had a personal search assistant who could not only track down answers in a fraction of a second but could break down complex topics, offer personalized recommendations, and even do your work for you. It’s a scenario you might not have to imagine for too long because Microsoft through ChatGPT are working to make it a reality as soon as possible. Stay connected with Aperture: Website: ht...

Turns out that diving deep into our own thoughts is something that we don’t really like to do. We find it boring, and we’ll do anything to alleviate boredom, even if it means subjecting ourselves to self-inflicted electric shocks. This, sadly, is not an exaggeration. You’d be surprised what your mind can achieve when you just allow it to wander for a moment. Stay connected with Aperture: Website:...

Everything can be done with an app these days, and companies are looking more and more like they want to offer “gig” as opposed to full-time employment. So, where are we headed? Is there any proof in the pudding, or is "independent contractor" just a more merciful sounding version of "very, very expendable"? Welcome to the world of the gig economy. Stay connected with Aperture: Website: https://ap...

Flow is a tool we can seek out to improve our lives. It is a mindset to help us boost productivity, conquer challenging tasks, and lean into our creativity. The promise of being able to turn off the outside world and turn on the most positive parts of our inner world is alluring and something to strive for. But as soon as we get too fixated on achieving these feelings, we might lose what flow...

Evelyn Adams was the first person in American history to ever win multiple million-dollar prizes. Basically overnight, she went from working in a convenience store to being worth more than some CEOs. With her newfound wealth, Adams paid off bills, set up a college fund for her daughter, bought a car, and lavished friends and family with gifts. You’d think a story like this would come with a happil...