Tag: Awareness
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Is Discipline Actually Real? The Two Things That Are Really Behind It
We love the idea of discipline. It’s something people wear like a badge. “I just don’t eat sugar.” “I’ve never smoked a day in my life.” “I’m up at 5am every morning.” There’s a social reward that comes with being seen as someone who has iron willpower. But the more I’ve watched people — genuinely…
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AI Can Now Crack Hashed Passwords — And Every Platform Is at Risk
You’ve probably seen the headlines over the recent years. Another breach. A hundred million accounts exposed. More companies telling you to change your password. And for a long time, security experts had a somewhat reassuring answer to all of it: “Don’t worry too much — the passwords were hashed.” – AI password cracking changes that.…
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AI-Powered Personalization: The Future of Entertainment
There’s a version of the future where you never watch something you don’t enjoy. No bad recommendations. Zero sitting through a movie that loses you in the second act. No scrolling for twenty minutes before giving up and rewatching something you’ve already seen. In this future, AI-powered personalization in entertainment figures out exactly what you…
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Weaponizing Anti-Dopamine
There is this concept of stimulus desensitization where, over time, the same stimulus feels less and less impactful. One example is where someone drinks for the first time and a shot or two is enough. Drinking more, they eventually build up tolerance to 3 or 4. This may lead to a position where they need…
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Holiday Gift Cards for First Responders
I spent a few days last week driving around to various fire and police departments to offer our first responders holiday gift cards and informing them that they will forever receive 20% off all of our services. The responses intrigued me and resulted in this post. Holiday Gift Cards Cannot be Accepted One message I…
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The Real Answer to the Purpose of Life – QFramework Guide
Struggling to understand one’s place in the world is natural, but many say that there is no single purpose of life. While I believe that is partially correct, I also believe that it is more false than true. I’ll explain the roadmap to find your purpose and the thought behind how I landed on this…
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The Myth of Social Awkwardness – Building Strong, New Connections
Spontaneity Reduces Social Awkwardness Planned social gatherings – from scheduled coffee dates to networking events – often carry an air of awkwardness that spontaneous run-ins or unplanned chats seem to avoid. Many people report that post-pandemic, even basic socializing feels more difficult; in one survey 59% said they found it harder to form relationships after…
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Why are you Taught not to be Human
We are taught not to be human. What does that mean? Imagine a world without laws, without preconceptions. Sadly, humans would perform horrendous actions. There would be more murder, there would be more theft, there would be more abandonment. Clearly society has some benefits. But do the social norms and the rights/wrongs that are instilled…
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Proving Undeniable Fairness in Games of Chance – Online Casinos
I’ve always been curious how you would know for a fact if an online game of chance was fair. Casinos have many of these games of chance, so I figured that is a good place to start looking. Many sites have statements of “provable fairness” but when you look into that, it gets rather complex…