In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about Sexual Marketplace Value Theory (SMVT). It seems to be a good general prediction but it has some major shortcomings that are worth thinking about. For example, people operating under a religious framework won't really fit the SMVT mold.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how you might as well try to make your life as good as possible regardless of your circumstances. There really isn't a compelling argument against it. In other words, for a given set of circumstances, there will be a best case and a worst case. You may as well shoot for the best-case version of reality.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how someone needs to do the hard work. Humans have fundamental needs. If these needs go unfilled, people start to die. Consequently, not everyone can work office jobs or travel around Europe. Some people will always need to put in the hard work or we'll need to figure out how to get robots to do it. Either way, the work to keep society running needs to be done.

In this episode of Stop To Think, the topic is Stalin. I recently finished a biography about him and felt like a bit of talking about it was in order.

Note: The episode has audio issues and will be deleted after probably about a week.

In this episode of Stop To Think, the topic is your relationship with your future self. Specifically how there's a version of you that exists independently of the present moment (your consciousness) and how you have a relationship between the present you and the future you.

Note: Audio issues. Will be deleted about a week after release.

In this episode of Stop To Think, the topic is regret. Specifically how it's basically a waste of energy in accordance with the sunk cost fallacy. So long as you're learning from your past decisions, regret isn't really a thing.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss how to actually cut costs at a business. Specifically, ways of improving your margin without compromising the value delivered to the customer.

Note: Audio issue episode. Will be up for a week and then probably deleted.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss how creating customer friction, for whatever reason, is stupid. Examples of customer friction are things like product failures, not being user-friendly, being hard to purchase, and other such things that decrease the end-user experience.

In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss how decreasing product quality to cut costs is usually a stupid decision for long-term business success.

Woo, episode 100! In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue the discussion from last week. This episode focuses more on the consequences of underpaying your workforce. Your workers feel undervalued, they often leave for other opportunities, and the quality of your company decreases because of decreasing worker quality. The best way to compensate your workers is by paying them north of fair (Ray Dalio). Find out what a fair price would be and then pay them a little extra.