The Armen Show

We are in the February. This one, episode 95, is on socially-known events like the Super Bowl, and making use of them for social happenings. There are not that many things that a lot of people know about, especially as the amount of niches grows in size. In this episode, I discuss: the way that big events causes group energy that is atypical making use of things like the super bowl to congregate why you should include the people you know in what you do some examples of including others in my own stuff Even if something doesn’t fit you exactly, you can match with the part of it that does fit with you. We don’t have to take in all the elements of something that doesn’t fit, in the same way that you don’t have to eat every food at a buffet. Adjust what you go with, and leave the rest for others to be. Also, inclusiveness is a nice gesture. Through the 90s we go~

We are in the 90s like it is like 1994. This is episode 94, and the intro music is “Gone Home” by Gary Kazazian, and possibly Kaspar Kazazian as well. It is also in the outro. Music is always good for variety purposes. The Elephant In The Brain is now a book we have gone through and finished, and we move through February. In this episode, I discuss: performance of a skill being paramount to preparation and reading about it using your abilities in person to hone down what needs to be worked on how we see political, religious, and sports fan teams in society the teams that I identify with, and what I like to see more of Taking the concepts from something you learned is important. You can’t just let them float away, or you won’t internalize anything. When I read a book, I include concepts from it in my discussions and actions, so that the book had an impact on my life. Also, on a separate note, Bill Gates liked the upcoming book Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker(it’s not out yet), and I have read a few books that Bill has also read. We have a similar interest in books and knowledge. Maybe I will get back to getting advanced copies of books like when it was 2010 and my blog was booming. Onward we go.

This one is the closer as far as the chapters of the latest book I have been reading, which is The Elephant In The Brain. It was a cool book, and informed a lot about why people do much of what they do, and how we can learn about ourselves through that. In this episode, on the first of the month of February, I discuss: how the educational system is about signaling and certification the ways that medicine is about conspicuous caring more than healing the details of religion that make it about loyalty and group effort politics and the way it brings people into certain categories We can do a lot once we realize the hidden motives we have, the ones others don’t share, and the ones that are built into institutions. We can adjust how we present ourselves, and design things so they are aligned with people’s actual motives. Glad to have you check out the content on this book, and keep a look-out for that interview article in February.

Knowledge is the way, and we keep it moving on The Elephant In The Brain. This one gets into some more of the chapters on sections of society and the hidden motives that go with them. I discuss: how laughter represents more than something being “funny” the way that conversation is used to showcase one’s own ability where consumption is used to present an image of abundance the impracticality of art and its underlying subtext of high fitness the way that charity is nearly always conspicuous in nature These chapters flowed well, and the concepts link through them, regarding how a person uses the world to represent themselves better. The next episode will be on the last chapters of the book, which are 13 through 17, and then I will have an interview article in February with the two authors. Glad to have y’all on board this podcast in January, and we move on to February 2018.

People like looking back at the past and seeing it as a good time. This is also a practical business opportunity of our day. Whether it was Mario or some band, there is an emotional connection to a time we lived in many years ago. In this episode, I discuss: how nostalgia has been becoming popular on the internet how the age of internet users is related to this some of the things I remember from early times a separate note about how I am perceived by the general public We are in now, and the future is later, but many are linked to a time of the past, as it reminds of an easier setting. We connect with that past moment when feeling like it disappeared. Episode 91 represented for the 90s, and for some, it is the 80s or the 70s or the 00s. Onward we go through 2018

Self-deception is the name of the game. I am continuing to read through The Elephant In The Brain, and it has great insight into the hidden content in our society. Not everything is always revealed, and a lot is kept underneath for multiple reasons. Episode 90 is about: self-deception, both as a defense and a method of manipulation how our minds process in a modular sense, and piece thoughts together the split-brain experiments revealing how the brain comes up with answers what body language tells us about status and dominance There is a lot to look at in the world, and I often focus on the brain, people, and how we relate to each other, based on evolutionary underpinnings of our current moment. This book gets into that. More onward, and chapters to come

I have not watched many shows on television or the internet in my lifetime, but I have watched a few. This episode is meant to go over some of them. It’s episode 89, and we are here in the land of internet. shows like The Office and Entourage that I watched many episodes of the categories of content I have checked or know about how I have watched more Youtube clips than shows the fact that I read more than I watch stuff at times The tech show I mentioned called Diggnation was not bad, run by Kevin Rose and his sidekick Alex Albrecht, and had some good info on the technology and services of the day. Different shows have different purposes. Hope you enjoyed some info on my past show viewing.

Double 8’s in the building. I mentioned staying humble in this episode, as it was mentioned that bragging is not a thing to do often in The Elephant In The Brain. This one was mostly about podcasts that are out there, and in this episode, I discuss: some of the top and popular personal podcasts how the people running them use their abilities/strengths why I and others should stick to the strengths that we have how socializing has been a part of my life for some time now Shout outs to Live Room LA that I mentioned in this episode. A lot of realizations happen before the episodes, but some linkages are made during episodes, and what I present is a network of thoughts. Socializing can lead you to a network of people that looks like my network of thoughts.

You know books will be read, and I will happen to be one of the people who reads them. The Elephant In The Brain is the current one, and it is by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson. It is mostly about hidden motives people have and act on. This episode is a summary of chapters 1 through 4, including: how altruism has a competitive side to it types of competition that exist between animals how signals are used to identify quality of person or mate elements of cheating and ways people do it discreetly The book reads pretty easily, and has examples from animals and the past. The actual nature of society is represented in it. This is my first book of 2018 I will be reading in full, with a follow-up interview. It was put out very recently(few weeks ago), and I like when books are relatively new. Onward we go to more reading and content.

I got some new books in and some new content to share as always. This one includes some about those books, tangents like Kaylia’s book club episode, and other variety with people. new books I got from the library after I returned Homo Deus The Elephant In The Brain, the next book I will read and interview on, by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson also got the book Who Can You Trust? by Rachel Botsman my friend Johnny’s birthday, and some socialization(he was in episode 6) Looking forward to reading this book, and I see out the hidden motives that people present. I always see them quite directly.