Oddly Incorrect

More talk on envy – is it the root of all evil? Greed vs Envy, What is Truth and more deep thoughts Google helps China over the US What is Truth Quantum Entanglement 1000truths – the single source of truth? Can we agree on the truth? For example, is the speed of light really 186282 miles, 698 yards, 2 feet, and 5 inches per second. Experts can be totally wrong Can we really def...

Show Notes We discuss Black Lives Matter, Looters, Riots, Antifa, and if the root of it all is ENVY. Everyone agreed, across the board, that the George Floyd incident was horrible, but then they violated their argument. Was the goal to take down the oppressors? But then the oppressed become the oppressors or the oppressors. Elites were helping until they became targets. Three things are being conf...

After a brief sojourn into weather and climate change, we talk about risk assessment, modeling, human actions, and behaviors, then segue into the CCPs tendrils via the Thousand Talents Program. The Weather: Blisteringly Hot San Francisco Summers are the coldest winters. Air conditioning makes life livable. The human race is no match for Mother Nature. Framing Questions: every study and survey is w...

Karen's are taking over everywhere (Karen's can be any gender) Lockdowns are a  license for any imperious people to just take over Marxists know how to abuse power, not to use power A bunch of little Mao's, Stalin's and Pol Pot's out there There is no such thing as waiting for things to be safe. Safe is Never. Life is not safe. We must conform to the collective. Cognitive Diversity. Diversity...

We talk about culture, product adoption, and types of people.

Show Notes Star Wars was destroyed since it perpetuated individuality - They killed off the myth of the solo man taking on the establishment - a variation of "go woke, go broke." - they have to destroy the mythology to replace it. Who is behind all of this? We've gone from individuals to being the Borg - is China behind all of this - is collectivism driven by China. Why do the Swiss guard the Pope...

Let's just get the Virus and go How about bowing or no-contact pinky swear? Whatever we come up with we'll make it complicated Is the big problem lack of good immune systems? Have we overprotected our kids too much - everything is all about safety! When you found "The One", you don't get sick when you "Swap Spit" You are carrying the DNA from every person you have ever kissed? If all of your body...

Will Coronavirus change our habits? Will we swap the handshake for something else? Have we already developed an immunity to it?

Show Notes If kids grades go up while they are at home, then homeschooling might take off - if they do better at home rather than at school Kids who are homeschooled are socialized just fine Certain professors were worried that the content of their lectures would get out to the rest of the world - what are they afraid of? The Marxist orientation is what they are worried about - they don't want to...

Rebooting the economy - should we look at 9/11? Prior to 9/11, New York was not a friendly community, but it had changed. It was a totally different culture. Will our culture change? Small businesses will need to look at core customers first and determine wants vs needs. How to reboot your high-contact service business? Preselling gift cards for future services. Prior to this - personal service jo...

Show Notes Tracking facades is a lot of work No solution to being able to balance good content targeted for search engines and humans Yahoo! used to do this - supposedly linked the best quality content just by humans Is it time to throw out algorithmically generated curation? There is no way to have that level of quality control. Its the difference between Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Brittanica GOP...

How can you be spoiler-free in this world? The long format is back: but we listen to videos and podcasts at double-speed - does this mean that there is a mismatch between the content and the listener? Content is now long-form, but we still want the TL;DR Audio is a better medium because you can multitask while you listen Spending time to read a book will likely improve retention The 50-page rule -...

Amazon Reviews Does relevancy = length? Why are blog posts so long? We have to build blog posts for both search engines and humans The relevance algorithm is not ready Brevity is the soul of wit Instead of Relevance, you need Resonance = Credibility, Logic and Passion Supreme Court is still an audible We are seeing longer and longer podcasts and videos - they go on for multiple hours a day - are p...

Show Notes The format of the show Messing with your listeners Alfred Hitchcock tells tales Psycho Spoilers Just what the heck is going on with Reddit? Racial anxiety on Reddit You can’t expect scientific results when talking to humans Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics All polls are likely garbage – they start with the results and work backward Product Reviews are totally bogus data – it depends on h...