Month: June 2020

One simple way to make the world a better place: Love others as you would want others to love you. Also: Don’t hate on others as you don’t want others to hate unto you.

My thought: Share your turbo thoughts which inspire and motivate others.

From age 21 (when I started my first 9-5 tech job), I started to get really bad back pain (specifically lower-back pain). I since then got rid of it. How did I do it? My story:

Why notions of ‘race’ are fallacious and hugely problematic:

You cannot “control+z” and undo reality. We can only bravely march forward. My thoughts:

Wisdom is the goal, not “intelligence”.

We all descended from Africa. Study Lucy — the first “mother” of mankind, ~3 million years ago (first discovered in Ethiopia). All humans (we are all Homo sapiens)— the wise (sapiens). We are all “homo”— hominids.

Or in other words, almost everything visual with light is photography.

In praise of iPad for bloggers, visual artists, thinkers .. everyone:

My new understanding and breakthrough: Better than quoting others is to quote yourself. This is good because it will kill gossiping or talking smack about others. I truly believe that all gossip is toxic. Trust none of what you hear, half of what you see, and only of what you experience.

Certainly there is a social function to gossip. To spread useful information about the legitimacy or trustworthiness of a person. However it seems in modern times, we love to gossip about others as a form of self entertainment, sport, or fun. Why? Some thoughts:

Some reasons I’ve been using DuckDuckGo.com (instead of Google) and also not following the news and social media, and also being highly suspicious of Wikipedia is this: All “facts” are politicized weapons. You can always skew the statistics and “facts” in whatever direction you want.

If you truly have any real beliefs. you must have the courage and audacity to put your real life face on it.

When determining the position or opinion of someone else (or that of yourself) always examine your ground truth — the simple facts you consider self-evident and true. The basis in which your philosophy lies, and the basis and foundation in which you can build up your intellectual ideas.

The soul ain’t some random gaseous substance which can exist independently of your body. No. Your body is your soul, and your soul is your body. Which means: when your body dies, your soul dies too.

There is no ultimate purpose to life. Your purpose is self-directed.

If people were more vain and into themselves… wouldn’t they leave others alone more?

The basic gist: I workout in order to thrive physiologically and mentally. Also: The buffer and stronger I become, the happier I am, and the more creatively productive I am as well.

Philosophical thought: Which matters more… intention or effect? Let us unravel some thoughts:

The big question — If JAY Z grew up in a nice middle class family in the suburbs, could he have become JAY Z? Doubtful. If Napoleon was born into a equal and peaceful society in France, could he have become Napoleon? No. Thus my theory: Extreme conditions create extreme individuals. Let me expound my…

What is holding us back? The mentality of entitlement. My thoughts:

The nonsense of an “immortal soul”. A more empirical approach — the mortal soul. The soul that dies when you and your body dies. Thus my thought: The soul IS the body. We have proven that with Alzheimer’s patients, a body can exist without a mind. But can a mind exist without a body? No.

If we think historically, men were actually seen as the more beautiful sex. In modern times, a man is not called beautiful nor should he be considered beautiful. But why? Why not? My thoughts:

To create values, and to create art … isn’t this the apex?

‘Mixed’ sounds bad. Hybrid is good. Some thoughts:

In praise of Uber-long term thinking:

Upon the bedrock of philosophy can we build all our ideals, values, and rules of life.

Would this be the most robust way to “fix” social problems and ills?

In praise of open spaces. The park as the new social space. The new open air gymnasium like the ancient Greeks. The ultimate social equalizer. Free and open to all. The chance to meet folks from all walks of life; not just the rich and high class.

A sort of memento mori approach to life, and also …. to live a more genuine life. Don’t do nada for the money. Do it for what you truly believe in.

Philosophy is apex. Philosophy is king. All of our assumptions and thoughts is grounded in philosophy, not science. This means Philosophy Science Everything else …. Once again, philosophy as superior and above science.

Towards a philosophy of masculine and feminine:

In praise of diversity.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a superior form of fighting compared to more “pure” martial art forms like Tae Kwon Do, boxing, wrestling, etc. Thus shouldn’t we extend this notion — mixed things, hybrid things, mixed people, mixed ideas are better than “pure” or “pure-bred”?

Okay it looks like with our new quarantine lifestyle, a lot of us have barbells and weights but no squat rack or bench. How can we still workout at home with this equipment? Some thoughts:

Carefree, fun, and irreverent.

Steve Jobs is one of my biggest inspirations. Same with Kanye. Why? Because they truly thought different. But how do I think different and why? This is the topic of this essay.

Who to trust and who not to trust? Simple filter: Follow the money, and see where the interest of others lie.

How much are we driven by hormones? How does this affect our notions of free will?

My thought: As time goes on, we will continue to become more over-fat, more unhealthy, get more diabetes, get more cancer, get more Alzheimer’s (which is starting to get characterized as ‘Type 3 Diabetes”), we ain’t leaving our homes, and we are denigrating the body. What lies in the future? More importance of the human…

It seems many individuals resent others for reasons x, y, z. But why?

Towards a philosophy of food:

Why work out?

What does it mean to be masculine and why does it matter? Some thoughts:

I was born an artist. And so we are all. I’m just lucky — my mom indulged my early interest and passion in art. And as of late … it has been about unlearning the silly notion that an “artist” is this sickly looking emo Parisian hipster. No — we are all artists, and the…

Photography is a muscle. You gotta exercise it and keep it fit.

I wonder — If you are more muscular, more physically strong and have more testosterone … does this better regulate your mood in order to be more kind and be less of an asshole?

Not everyone has the riches to buy an expensive sports car, a convertible Porsche 911 or whatever. But every person has the ability to transform their body into a beast. In other words: You cannot buy a great body. You can buy a great car, watch, clothes, house etc … but all of us rich…

As streettogs, we are street photographer, soldier, and everything in-between.

The strange thing with modern times: We intellectuals, free thinkers and free spirits are not allowed to indulge our body. We are not allowed to look like the Spartans of the movie 300 (or the Greek demigods etched in marble). Why this bias?