Stop To Think

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about what is and what isn't a reasonable expectation for a relationship. The core, two most important expectations seem to be an expectation for loyalty and an expectation for honesty. Once you get past those two, there seems to be some wiggle room.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how you're going to want to pair up with someone who won't make you miserable. In other words, when looking for a relationship, it's often helpful to look for things that you don't want and avoid them over looking for things that you do want and trying to find them.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how high expectations can result in unhappiness in both life and your relationships. In many cases, it seems like a good idea to make sure your expectations align with reality.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about diminishing returns. One should really understand the concept and make sure they're balancing their effort to return ration in their various endeavors in life.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about intuition. The sense you get in your gut about things. The general rule seems to be that you should listen to your gut unless you have hard evidence to do otherwise.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about skills that pay off. Specifically, useful skills are dependent on the era of history that you live in. In the present era and the future, the most useful skills will be the ones that are related to the fundamental human needs of food, water, air, shelter, clothing, entertainment, transportation, etc.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how thinking is a bit hard. Despite the effort required, it is still usually a good idea to think things through because you'll likely get a better outcome compared to taking the thoughtless approach.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about balance and why it's so hard. Essentially, everything in life seems to come down to finding the proper balance. There may be a few exceptions but in general, extremes are usually bad.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about relying on charity instead of taxes to fund social welfare services. The primary argument at hand is that the government will use funds less efficiently than direct local charities.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we revisit a topic discussed previously. The discussion focuses on the topic of Empathy. Specifically, how through using rational thought in combination with empathy, people can understand what other people are experiencing.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue the discussion about transportation and the business case for high-speed rail in the US.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about high-speed rail in the United States. The episode is a discussion on transportation options in general and how each type has a specific strength it's suited for.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the Pursuit. Specifically, we start with the pursuit of happiness and work our way through how that plays out in practical application. We also talk about my own personal test questions to determine if a project or endeavor is worth undertaking.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the modern dating scene—specifically my experiences with it over the last decade. The high-level takeaway is that modern dating sucks. As far as my own personal history goes, there have been a few exciting encounters on the dating apps but nothing that's ultimately panned out.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how the vast majority of content in the world is just the continual repackaging of content that already exists. This is a topic we've discussed before on the podcast but it merits repeating;) This concept is especially prevalent around fundamental truths of reality.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about getting a Professional Engineering License. We also talk about Licensure in general and all of the sticky stuff that goes into that. I break down the process of getting a PE starting with college and going to getting the actual license. I also talk about what methods I used to study, how long I studied, and everything that went into the whole process...

In this episode of Stop To Think, we pick up where we left off the last time back in 2021. I recount how the PE went and what other things I've been working on since then. We also discuss what the plan is going forward. That plan is to do a once-a-week podcast that will probably come out on Friday mornings. 

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the future of VR. We talk about augmented reality and how that could play a pretty big role in society. We talk about full dive Virtual Reality technology and how that would potentially change the whole landscape of human life and endeavors. Lastly, we talk about the holy grail of VR which is uploading your consciousness to the virtual world. At the v...

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the current state of VR. We talk a bit about rollercoasters and flight simulators and then we get into VR headsets along with hamster wheels and haptic feedback suits. 

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about Asteroid mining. Technically we start out by talking about moon mining but eventually we get into a discussion about how asteroid mining would have to work and how it could be a pretty big game-changer for human civilization. 

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the future conquest of the Solar System. My bet is Moon > Mars > Mars Moons > Asteroid Belt > Jupiter's Moons > Saturn's Moons > Neptune's Moons > Uranus's Moons. In this episode, we talk about why human space conquest will likely take this path. It's a trade-off between travel energy cost and how habitable a given location is.&nb...

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about weapons of planetary devastation. The majority of the weapons a space ship might use on another space ship will work on a planetary body that doesn't have an atmosphere but as soon as your target has air to hide behind it becomes much more difficult to attack them. The weapons we talk about in this episode are basically useless on other ships but deva...

In this episode of Stop To Think we get back to talking about cool stuff. Specifically, we talk about ship-to-ship space weapons that could someday be used in space combat. We go over the various features and limitations of the most obvious ones. We also talk about how shooting each other in space is a really bad and costly proposition. 

In this episode of Stop To Think we finally talk about morals a bit. I detail why I think it's best to stick to the traditional way of handling intimate relationships. We talk about the nature of sin a bit and how doing stuff that's "wrong" might cause more damage than one would expect. 

In this episode of Stop To Think we wrap up the topic we've been working on for the last few weeks by exploring the future of sex work and human reproduction. We talk about how robots might replace humans in providing intimacy services and how this would render human-to-human relationships to being for companionship only. We also talk about how human incubation technology could completely change t...