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"The Power Games basically goes like this: everyone acts fully selfish, and whenever there’s a conflict, whoever has the power to get their way, gets their way. Or, more succinctly:

Everyone can do whatever they want, if they have the power to pull it off.

There are no principles in the Power Games—only the cudgel. And whoever holds it makes the rules."

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And a longer discussion of the Power Games phenomenon and other related ideas here: https://youtu.be/Plgk6eUPnpU

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The Cudgel is a key ingredient in many Superglue Stories. It's also a favorite tool of the dictator.

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A Queen Bee is one of the ingredients in a Superglue Story.

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And a longer discussion of The Queen Bee phenomenon and other related ideas here: https://youtu.be/Plgk6eUPnpU

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Superglue Stories are the ones that are viral and very sticky in human minds. They often have similar characteristics.

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Human behavior is derived from a number of factors including the primitive and higher mind and knowledge and delusion about the environment.

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And a longer discussion of Human Behavior can be found here: https://youtu.be/Plgk6eUPnpU

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Animal behavior is derived from primal motivations and the environment.

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And a longer discussion of Animal Behavior and other related ideas here: https://youtu.be/Plgk6eUPnpU

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Lulu & Mooch are representative of animal and human behavior, and how both types of behavior may be modified.

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A Story of Stories describes how narratives and certain types of stories drive conflict and decision making and dominate groups of individuals’ behaviors. The "stories" function something like a brain to giants.

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This is also the title of Chapter 3 from The Story of Us: https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/09/stories.html

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A Game of Giants describes how much of what drives conflict and decision making can be understood as being influenced by large tribes and group think. Giants are a representation of larger tribes and the ways in which tribal behavior can dominate groups of individuals’ behaviors. This is a phenomenon described by Tim Urban in The Story of Us.

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Giants are a representation of larger tribes and the ways in which tribal behavior can dominate groups of individuals’ behaviors. This is a phenomenon described by Tim Urban in The Story of Us.

Check out the full story here: https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html

And a longer discussion of the Giants phenomenon and other related ideas here: https://youtu.be/Plgk6eUPnpU

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