Youtube's new algorithm

Just my thoughts on Youtube's new algorithm.

Youtube Trolls

  This is a video I made as I thought about trolls yesterday. I guess my prediction is this: If you are a troll the chance of you ever having videos uploaded where you are physically present in the video discussing a particular topic are slim to none.  Yes, I spelled the word omniscient incorrectly and I use the word "dialect" in the wrong tense; I meant to say "have a dialectic with".

Vlog about opinions

Some of you may have seen this already. I am going to start posting vlog-type videos here.

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Supernova thoughts

I want to understand ideas like nuclear fusion….inside stars—how hydrogen fuses into helium and on up the list of heavier atomic elements to eventually iron. At this point, the force of gravity that the star exerts is greater than its radiation and this event brings forth a supernova. The gaseous outer shell of the star comes crashing into the dense iron core creating this dramatic stellar explosion. Many more elements are cooked up at this point which makes them available to solar systems. Solar systems have all the available elements to create life, thanks to the supernovae. I’m dredging up things I learned a decade ago. Thanks to the internet we call learn more about hydrogen fusion but I learned this from watching videos like "Cosmos" from the library. If I'm even remotely correct in my understanding/recall here, I'm giving myself a fucking memory badge and a big thanks to the fantastic educator, Carl Sagan. 

I just read Mark Driscoll’s status update. It is print-screened above. Does any other creature beside the human think such self-deprecatory thoughts? How could we bring our brains to this level of self-disgust….self loathing? We fight this tendency to think harshly and critically of ourselves on a daily basis. Some people struggle with a continual state of depression, self-hatred and thoughts that lead them to suicide. Christianity attempts with all its might to infect this meme deeper and deeper into the programming of our brains. Does anyone really deserve hell? Does anyone really deserve to be tortured with fire for all eternity? What could motivate a person to think like this? How could this scenario ever be morally plausible? Could it be that the application of fear is an effective manipulator? Could it be that once our brains become affected by fear, we think less critically and we more easily accept other claims promoted by such person or philosophy (Christianity, in this case)?

Say "NO!" to perfectionism

I’ve always been envious of productive people—people who accomplish things and make things, even if blighted by imperfections. I’ve often wondered why some people are able to get more done than others. I mean, why are some people the producers and some people simply the spectators? A lot of people I know that produce things, whether it be a novel, a business, soap, books, music, jewelry, clothing etc are not the perfectionist types. Many of these individuals are willing to humbly deal with their mistakes and move on with new attempts.


 You get less done when you’re a perfectionist. You procrastinate and decide not to do things because they aren’t “great” or the degree of “great” that you had in mind. This is self-sabotaging behavior. Please remember, you have only one life, your time is already short. If you are privileged to live to be old—70’s, 80’s, 90’s, the chances of you being able to fully use your brain and body are low. The time to think, create and produce is now. The time to devote yourself to your interests is now.


 In 2009 when I was taking a Psychology 101 class my Psychology professor discussed something that I will never forget. She said, “There are a lot of students out there who purposely won’t study for tests and quizzes because if they do end up doing poorly on a test or quiz, they are able to then psychologically reassure themselves, “Well, I didn’t study for the test/quiz anyways”. By doing this they don’t feel as badly about their test results than had they studied and then done poorly or mediocre on the test. She went on to say how this was a perfectionist mind-set and how self-sabotaging it is. In other words, it is sometimes more psychologically reassuring not to try (produce/create etc), then to try and experience failure. Even if you do study hard and then do poorly or mediocre—yes—if can be a sharp blow to one’s self-esteem more than if you didn’t study at all and did poorly or mediocre, but this isn’t what education is about. Education is about retention of information over the long-haul and being able to apply it somewhere else in life or translate it to some other subject. Studying might not yield an excellent or even mediocre test score but the chances of you storing some of that knowledge in your memory bank to utilize in the future is much greater than had you not studied at all.


 We all do this from time to time. We give up doing things because we aren’t anywhere near the best. We see others who are far, far better than we are so we think, “Why bother? I’ll just be a spectator. I’d rather not try at all than potentially endure criticism (or low test scores).” This behavior is much easier and you definitely endure less criticism, but can you ever experience your potential? What about all the opportunities that emerge as you study, learn and improve? When you consider the brevity of your own life and the highly improbable natural sequence of events that brought you into existence, shouldn’t you try? You might develop something lasting or bring an idea into the world never thought before----- and the harsh criticisms of your adversaries will one day be as dust.