Virtual Reality

We’ve talked about primal instincts. We’ve covered emotional balance, learning, conditioning, self image and more. Today, I want to jump into one of the most interesting and promising technologies for our future. It’s a technology that is going to revolutionize nearly...

Take Control of the Meaning You Make of the World

Last week’s self image video seemed to make a wonderful splash for a great many of you. Today we’re going to get under the hood a bit more in order to understand how it all works. Werner Erhard famously remarked that “Life is empty and meaningless, and it’s empty and...

The World Inside

Inside your mind is a concept database. It is an index of everything you have ever experienced. It is this database that determines the meaning you make of the world and in turn all of your beliefs and behaviors. In fact, all you ever experience of the world is...

Mmmmm

  I was 19 and had just finished hitchhiking across the country to California when the intervention happened. “You smell things… a lot, Devon.” That’s how it began.  The request was obvious. STOP smelling everything. However, after some serious consideration I...

Being Smart with Feelings

Biohacking is becoming an increasingly popular subject. Executives are drinking butter-filled Bulletproof Coffee; people’s watches are telling them how many steps they’ve taken today; smart drugs and nootropics are on the rise. But something is missing in most...