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Street photography as courage. Photography philosophy as embodied life. A living archive by ERIC KIM.

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As long as you have enough wealth to be independent, you’re wealthy. That’s it. The point of money isn’t to stare at the number. The point of money is to buy independence. Independence from bosses.Independence from bullshit.Independence from…

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Nietzschean Core: Incorporation as Will to Power Nietzsche reframes Schopenhauer’s blind, suffering “will to life” as Wille zur Macht. Life is not primarily self-preservation (a secondary, defensive result) but the discharge and increase of power. The simplest expression…

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The purpose of life is overcoming? Overcoming gravity, circumstances, challenges, and obstacles?  Interesting challenges, un interesting challenges?  The thinking, man, the walking man? It does seem that with novel environments, breed stimulus to new thoughts? …

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How to retrain your brain,,, to truly believe that your NEW SCENARIO and NEW POSITION is actually, superior than your old one… even though you think the old one was superior?

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Just focus on my own self development? Physiological accumulation . Less wealth but more power? Diet & physiology Self overcoming Aspire to totality Skillful in all bodily accomplishments . How to transform downsides into your own benefit and…

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The most effective approach is sequential and heavily hands-on. Skipping foundations is the most common reason people stall. 1. Build the four non-negotiable foundations (4–8 weeks) You cannot reliably exploit what you do not understand. Do these properly…

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I Study Cybersecurity Penetration Testing? Yes — but I’d study it as intellectual and technical cross-training, not necessarily as a career. Penetration testing teaches an unusually powerful mode of thought: adversarial thinking. Most people learn systems by asking,…

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hot off the presses —> mark II for cyberlinen has arrived, the convenient and airy tanktop silhouette that you love, with added elegant curved sleeves, to help you warrior in the sun, streets and beyond:

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So currently been on the road for close to two months now… Just for summer break. About a month and a half in Phnom Penh Cambodia, week in Hong Kong, and now Tokyo Japan for about two weeks.…

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Things that gain from chaos Stoic AI Maybe the whole time I’ve been thinking too small? Regret minimization framework  How to think $10M 50% hit to think 10x bigger ; the antifragile asymmetry Think 10x bigger scale…

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