The Buttons for the User Interface of Reality

Don’t be a victim of your reality. Become an author by stacking your talents, affirming yourself, sparking curiosity and keeping it simple simple simple.

Photo by Kamil S ft. Style Transfer

Hello friend. Imagine having an Xbox controller you could point at the world. Push buttons and make things happen.

How fun? I want one. I’d use it to make girls like me, make dollars appear in my bank account.

I tried it with my 3-year-old neighbour once. Pointed my Xbox controller at him. He played along, moved up and down, it almost felt like it worked.

Turns out you don’t even need a controller.

All you need is to understand the brain is an information blocker more than an information receiver. Think about it. In any given moment there’s far too much going on for us to comprehend.

So what do we do?

We simplify. We makes things easy. We’ve developed thought patterns over generations to help our grey matter deal with reality.

And if you’re aware of these patterns, you’re one step closer to controlling your reality.

What you’re about to read is inspired by the work of Scott Adams, digested and regurgitated in my…