Every major mistake I've made in my life involved a lack of sleep.  When I finally realized that, I built a fortress of rituals and rules around sleep, and for the last few years, so long as I stick to the path, sleep comes easy.  Field-tested, tried and true—these secrets of rest, I’ll now share with you.

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts): https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK?si=ThePodcram

Backtrack: “The Beach”, by Stretch the Songwriter: www.youtube.com/@STRETCHtheSongWriter

Intro theme: "Shattered", by Vopiscus: https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar

Here comes Gnosis Primer #2: Harmonic Resonance. You don’t need to hear the first rant to follow along, but If you haven’t listened to the “Gnosis Metaprimer” episode, I recommend you start there, then come back to this. If you’re returning, then get ready for a wild ride that takes us from vibrating guitar strings to social coordination, religion, and jellyfish.

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts): https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psychic-lube/id1747070167

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@psychiclube

Background music: "Wet&Cold", by: https://www.youtube.com/@STRETCHtheSongWriter

Intro theme: "Shattered", by: https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar

If you haven’t listened to the “Gnosis Metaprimer” episode, I recommend you start there, then come back to this.  If you just got back, then strap yourself in for Gnosis Primer #1, a rant in which we’ll explore the commonalities between techniques of comedy, music, magic, and fiction.

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts): https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK

Intro theme: "Shattered", by: https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar

What is Gnosis? My discussion of this topic has nothing to do with anything religious, occult, supernatural, spiritual, mystical, or anything like that, even though it’s frequently dealt with in those contexts.  Instead, I’m approaching this very real psychological phenomenon from a purely intellectual standpoint, which might seem sacrilegious to some people, but I’m a caveman who doesn’t believe in anything I can’t get my hands on, and it just so happens I’ve got some neurons wrapped firmly around this one pretty useful function of the brain, and how to tap into it. 

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts): https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK

Backtrack: "Wet & Cold", by https://www.youtube.com/@STRETCHtheSongWriter

Intro theme by me: https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar

The placebo effect, self-reliance, and Shakespearean conspiracy. “An institution is the lengthened shadow of a man” - Emerson

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts): https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK

Background music by Stretch the Songwriter

Intro music by Vopiscus: https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar

The value that can be built from what you do control far outweighs the all value you’ll ever collect from fortune.  Belief and faith are two different things.  Deliberation costs can outweigh opportunity costs.  Lessons from an arsonist.

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts): https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK

Most of life is uncertain, but some things are very certain.  You will die; therefore time to act is limited.  Every piece of mail you bother to open steals 30 seconds of your limited time, tugging you an inch closer to the grave…

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):

https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook):

https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts):

https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK

The whole concept and practice of trying to get in touch with your inner feelings results in nothing but psychological destabilization.  Looking for soft spots makes you squishy.  Feelings are not emotions.

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):

https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook):

https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts):

https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK

How many of us talk crap to ourselves when we screw up? Does it really matter?

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):

https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook):

https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts):

https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK

How accountability and initiative still fit the deterministic picture. This is my re-write of the episode "Partially Free Will".

Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):

https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/

An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook):

https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/

The Podcram (highlights from other podcasts):

https://open.spotify.com/show/7eXzt8qPiuh0Er6CIwVKFK