Philosophy

PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

IDEAS BY KIM

  1. EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS IT *SHOULD HAVE* HAPPENS
  2. *Beyond* Individualism
  3. MAN & WOMAN, LIGHT & DARK
  4. A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DISCOMFORT OR (LIMITED) SUFFERING IS NOT A LIFE WORTH LIVING?
  5. BIGGER IS WEAKER.
  6. How to Become a Philosopher
  7. Deep Vanity
  8. Time Will Tell
  9. What is Wisdom?
  10. LOOK *BEYOND*
  11. BECOMING MORE IMMORAL?
  12. ‘LUCK’ VS COURAGE
  13. ‘SKILL’ VS MERIT?
  14. Becoming Antifragile
  15. How to “Improve” Men
  16. The Art of Virtue
  17. How to Dominate
  18. JUST SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND WISDOM WITH OTHERS.
  19. How to Get More Done in a Single Day – MEMENTO MORI PHILOSOPHY
  20. THINK FOR YOURSELF
  21. Cruel?
  22. GO DEMIGOD.
  23. How to Be Happy: Challenge and Danger Philosophy
  24. To Become Greater, You Must Become *LESS* Productive!
  25. Imperfect Beauty
  26. The Philosophy of Pleasure
  27. What Interests You?
  28. Anti Theory of Everything
  29. Become?
  30. STRONGER OR NOT?
  31. Carte Blanche Ideals
  32. CHOOSE JOY
  33. Don’t Judge Your Impulses
  34. On Becoming Less Human
  35. COWARDICE.
  36. The Philosophy of Futurism
  37. PHILOSOPHY IS VALUE-SETTING
  38. PHILOSOPHY IS NOT LIFESTYLE
  39. WHY STANDARDIZATION IS BAD.
  40. YOUR OWN TABLE OF VALUES.
  41. RETRO IS BAD.
  42. INSANELY LOFTY THOUGHTS.
  43. Strive to *Lose* Weight, Not *Gain* Weight
  44. DIABLO II ANALOGIES FOR REAL LIFE.
  45. If You Know Your *WHY* You Can Discover Any *HOW*
  46. Life is Too Short to Be Miserable
  47. What Consumption Takes Skill?
  48. OFF THE GRID.
  49. REALITY IS CRUEL.
  50. Pain is Information
  51. WHY REMOVE VULGARITY AND DISORDER FROM OUR EYES?
  52. AUTOTELIC.
  53. UNPLUG.
  54. How to Become a Philosopher
  55. SUBOPTIMAL IS OPTIMAL
  56. THE LUST FOR MORE.
  57. TO DO IS TO BECOME.
  58. IN PRAISE OF AGGRESSIVE.
  59. THE PHILOSOPHY OF OPTIMISM
  60. OUR PHILOSOPHICAL WILL TO EXISTENCE
  61. Is Hope a Vice?
  62. MOVE MEAN
  63. Carte Blanche Ideals
  64. One Interesting Thought
  65. What Lasts? What Doesn’t Last?
  66. A WOUND STIMULATES THE RECUPERATIVE POWERS
  67. Children & Purpose
  68. Thoughts on Becoming a Parent
  69. Where Does Our Desire to Upgrade Come From?
  70. WE ALWAYS NEED SOMETHING FURTHER TO ASPIRE TO.
  71. Self-Task Yourself an Awesome Mission in Life
  72. Differentiation vs Equalization
  73. My Passion to *Become* Something More
  74. No Aesthetic or Ethos is Forever
  75. What is Your Higher Purpose in Life?
  76. IT WILL NEVER SATISFY YOU.
  77. How to Decide
  78. Things You *Want* to Do vs Things You *MUST* Do
  79. Towards a More Beautiful Mode of Existence and Future
  80. EXTREME GRATITUDE.
  81. AMAP (As Much as Possible) or None.
  82. Why or How Does it Matter?
  83. The Philosophy of Time and Events
  84. How *Not* to Resent
  85. FORWARD LOOKING
  86. DOMAIN FLEXIBILITY.
  87. The Miracle of Human Growth
  88. EXTREME ADAPTATION.
  89. Why Plan?
  90. You Don’t Need to Justify Yourself
  91. The Philosophy of Ego
  92. True vs False Passions
  93. How to Achieve Tranquility
  94. On Making Your Own Philosophy
  95. The Purpose of Life is to Create New Life
  96. Think On!
  97. The Wisdom of Doing Nothing
  98. Congruency
  99. My Thoughts on Meditation
  100. The Philosophy of Purpose
  101. Emulate Yourself
  102. Good Fear, Bad Fear
  103. For the Betterment of Humanity or Just Yourself?
  104. What you *really* believe in and care for is manifested through your actions (or non-actions)
  105. Why Culture is Your Enemy
  106. YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE KING.
  107. LIFE IS INHERENTLY GOOD.
  108. Artistic, Physical, and Philosophical Muscles
  109. All New Experiences are Good Experiences
  110. What is the Purpose of X?
  111. UTILITY.
  112. Philosophy is a Luxury
  113. The Attempt is More Interesting than the Result
  114. Joyfulness vs “Happiness”
  115. Effectiveness Over Happiness
  116. Self Actualization
  117. MAXIMAL ENGAGEMENT
  118. Life & Pain
  119. On Living Every Day with No Regret
  120. Learn as if you’re going to live forever, live as if you’re going to die tomorrow
  121. Live Every Day Like it Were the Last Day of Your Life
  122. Self-Determination
  123. FALSE GRATITUDE vs REAL GRATITUDE
  124. HOW TO LIVE MORE
  125. THE UPSIDE OF TRAGEDY
  126. Satisfaction is a Sucker’s Game
  127. Supreme Repose
  128. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? According to ERIC KIM
  129. STUBBORN, FLEXIBLE
  130. EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS IT *SHOULD* HAVE HAD HAPPENED
  131. Good Addiction, Bad Addiction?
  132. What is the Best Life?
  133. The Philosophy of Thinking
  134. The Philosophy of Conspiracies
  135. Conspiracies
  136. Growth
  137. Skepticism.
  138. What Do You Really Want Out of Life?
  139. Seem or Be?
  140. Learn Through Pain
  141. Respect Yourself
  142. In Praise of Elitism
  143. Why Independent Thinking?
  144. I Will Never Die
  145. Bitter is Better
  146. The Genesis of Nihilism and Existential Dread
  147. The Ethics of Personal Enrichment
  148. Good vs Not Good
  149. Punished by Privilege
  150. Abstinence Over Moderation
  151. Just Leave Others Alone
  152. You Can Only Critique that Which You Truly Understand and Love
  153. ERIC KIM Critique of Metaphysics
  154. Only Trust Philosophers Who Deadlift
  155. Heuristic: If Someone Talks Shit About Others Behind Their Back, Most Likely They’re Also Talking Shit About You Behind Your Back
  156. Virtue is a Privilege
  157. What Are Your Life Goals?
  158. Honesty
  159. Why I’m Anti Moderation
  160. No Spite, No Malice.
  161. Ascending Life or Descending Life?
  162. Double Edged Sword
  163. Ignorance.
  164. Why I Don’t Trust “Nice Guys”
  165. Why You Must Share Your Opinion
  166. Selfish Isn’t Evil
  167. Wisdom is the Goal
  168. YOU ARE KING.
  169. MASTER YOURSELF
  170. What is “Good” for You is Often what is Bad for You
  171. Care.
  172. BITTERSWEET
  173. ONE REP MAX
  174. Morality and Ethics is the Snare
  175. BY HELPING YOURSELF, YOU BEST HELP OTHERS
  176. Insanity is Good.
  177. Think Deep.
  178. PHILOSOPHY IS THE FUTURE.
  179. Open Mind vs Closed Mind
  180. ENTHUSIASM IS GENIUS
  181. Towards a More Critical and Rigorous Line of Thinking
  182. How to Encourage and a Foster Independent and Free Thinking
  183. What is the Purpose of Life?
  184. WHY PHILOSOPHY IS SUPREME.
  185. Elitism.
  186. I Cannot Form an Opinion About Somebody Until I’ve Met Them in the Flesh
  187. ALL GENETICS ARE GOOD GENETICS.
  188. Happiness vs Freedom
  189. The Birth of a Hater
  190. My Way Isn’t the Right Way
  191. Walking as an Existential Thing
  192. Why I’m So Tolerant
  193. Mortal Gods
  194. THE HUMAN SPECIES
  195. Why I’m So Skeptical
  196. Just Follow the Money
  197. Why Selfish?
  198. WHY WE CANNOT BLAME OTHERS
  199. Why Are We So Anti Elitism?
  200. What Actually Interests You?
  201. How to Become Yourself
  202. SELF HATE
  203. Optimistic Fatalism
  204. Death is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
  205. FLUX.
  206. How to Think for Yourself
  207. FLESH
  208. How to Live the Best Life
  209. Why Live a Life Without Regrets?
  210. Why Plato Ruined Art and Aesthetics for Us
  211. Self Respect
  212. Hypocrite vs Contradict
  213. Ideals vs Reality
  214. Spaceship Philosophy
  215. What is Your Ideal Life?
  216. MY EXTREME GRATITUDE TOWARDS LIFE AND BEING ALIVE!
  217. Critique of Utilitarianism
  218. Don’t Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated
  219. The Eternal Recurrence of Tragedy and Joy in Life
  220. Elite Asceticism
  221. Why I Don’t Like Numbers
  222. Action and Reaction, Cause and Effect
  223. The Antidote to Nihilism: The Philosophy of Nothingness
  224. ERIC KIM Notes on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  225. EXPLOIT CHAOS.
  226. WHY I DON’T BELIEVE IN GENETICS
  227. Self-Wisdom
  228. The Future Belongs to the Fearless
  229. INDIVIDUALISM
  230. Why Live Forever?
  231. THIS TOO WILL PASS.
  232. Why Education?
  233. How to Become Yourself
  234. Things Shouldn’t Go Back to the Way They Used to Be
  235. Why Am I So Cruel?
  236. The Great Joy of Existence
  237. Virtue for the Sake of Virtue
  238. NO DISDAIN.
  239. INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE
  240. A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DIFFICULTY OR TRAGEDY ISN’T A LIFE WORTH LIVING
  241. BITTER IS BETTER.
  242. EXPLOIT THE BEST FROM TRAGEDY AND LIFE 
  243. DISREGARD FOR SELF-PRESERVATION
  244. PAIN.
  245. WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT?
  246. Tomorrow is Never
  247. Life is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
  248. EMBODIED REALITY
  249. BLACK SWAN
  250. THINGS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE
  251. What are you *really* afraid of?
  252. HAPPINESS ISN’T THE GOAL
  253. Philosophy is King
  254. Why is Selfish Evil?
  255. YOU’RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF BECOMING
  256. ENTITLEMENT A SIN?
  257. NARCISSISM
  258. BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF
  259. WHY FREE WILL?
  260. OBEY YOUR OPINION
  261. EGO IS GOOD.
  262. WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE INTO YOURSELF
  263. Seek the Good Pain
  264. Anti-Perfection in Photography, Art, and Life
  265. Can You Become an End into Yourself?
  266. WHY I LIVE
  267. Why I Hate Decline
  268. Why I Eat
  269. Why am I So Positive and Optimistic?
  270. EFFORT IS ENJOYMENT
  271. Never Stop Gaining
  272. TRUST YOURSELF
  273. A Life of Maximal Personal Independence
  274. What Do You Desire to Become?
  275. What Do I Want from Technology?
  276. Stratified Society
  277. Do You Love or Hate Reality?
  278. On the Brian, Body and Mind
  279. I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?
  280. Care over Fame
  281. ACTIVE NIHILISM
  282. Never Stop Subtracting
  283. How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life
  284. A Risker Life is a Better Life
  285. Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity
  286. How to Maximize Your Happiness
  287. Influence
  288. The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring
  289. Meditations on Meaning in Life
  290. There is Nothing More Interesting than Human Beings
  291. Is Hope a Vice?
  292. EGO
  293. Why Be Unique?
  294. Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength
  295. You’re the Hero
  296. Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?
  297. Why Do We Prize the Rare?
  298. The Joy of Uncertainty
  299. How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?
  300. A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living
  301. Free or Unfree?
  302. What Do You Really Care For in Life?
  303. Anti-Satisfaction in Life
  304. Why Think?
  305. The Eternal Return
  306. Only Do What is Best for You!
  307. Truthiness
  308. Why Be Happy?
  309. Permissionless Living
  310. In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom
  311. Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World
  312. Happiness
  313. Beyond Freedom
  314. Idolize People, Not Stuff
  315. What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?
  316. Why Hate?
  317. The Secret of Happiness
  318. You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming
  319. Life is about Choices, Not Obligations
  320. Anti-Nihilism
  321. First, Do What is Best for You.
  322. Live Dynamic
  323. How to Prosper
  324. Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?
  325. SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.
  326. How to Become more Idealistic
  327. Thrivival 101
  328. Create Yourself
  329. Non-Small
  330. Inspiration
  331. How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!
  332. Human Augmentation
  333. Prune
  334. Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)
  335. Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life
  336. Modern Slavery
  337. Kill the Leeches
  338. Wisdom Augmentation
  339. Why We Need Friction in Life
  340. Straight Line Philosophy
  341. What’s Your End-Game in Life?
  342. Create Your Own Happiness Today
  343. Desire Both Pain and Pleasure in Life
  344. Try the Impossible
  345. SELF-RESPECT
  346. Anti-Social Extrovert
  347. Never Blame Anybody But Yourself
  348. Human Flourishing
  349. Simpler, Not Better.
  350. How to be Free
  351. Embrace the Extremes
  352. Cultivate Your Own Culture
  353. COURAGE.
  354. Thrivival
  355. Inner Power
  356. How to Live a Purposeful Life
  357. My Definition of Happiness
  358. Why Change is Good
  359. Why Work?
  360. How to Live the Happiest Possible Life
  361. The Two-Pronged Approach to Maximize Joy in Your Life
  362. You Always Have Another Option!
  363. INFINITISM
  364. Never Stop!
  365. What is Your Self-Directed Purpose in Life?
  366. Live Today Like it Were Your Last
  367. Do You Photograph to Live, or Live to Photograph?
  368. ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER
  369. Live Life to the Fullest!
  370. In Praise of Selfishness
  371. Why You Must Be a YAY-SAYER to Succeed in Entrepreneurship and Life
  372. Why I Love Walking
  373. Live Life Like a Video Game!
  374. Simple Luxuries in Life
  375. Treat Your Life Like a Fun Experiment!
  376. Only Prove it to Yourself
  377. You Don’t Always Need to Feel Joyful to Live a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life
  378. Life is Too Short to Be Bored!
  379. Money Cannot Destroy Boredom
  380. How to Find Inspiration in Life
  381. Why You Must Ignore Haters to Succeed and Win in Life
  382. An Active Life is a Happy Life
  383. My Simple Joys in Life
  384. Never Stop Striving
  385. How to Motivate Yourself in Life
  386. How to Be Optimistic in Life
  387. How to Dictate Your Purpose in Life
  388. In Praise of a Dynamic Life
  389. PURPOSE.
  390. How to Enjoy Life
  391. Photography Therapy
  392. How to Conquer Regret
  393. Take Your Play Very Seriously.
  394. How to Prosper
  395. Memento Vivere
  396. Destroy in Order to CREATE
  397. Trust Your Body More Than Your Mind
  398. Make Photos to Make Meaning in Your Life
  399. Seek Knowledge, Not Information
  400. The Purpose of Human Life
  401. How to Overcome Impedence
  402. Why I Love Death
  403. How to Be Centered in the Eternal Now
  404. How to Be Happy
  405. Why Do You Care What Others Think of You?
  406. Why I’m Happy
  407. Why?
  408. Why I’m So Prolific
  409. How to Reduce LAG in Life

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