Month: August 2020

Seneca — the ultimate doer-and philosopher.

Why I hate the supplement industry with a passion:

My critique of competition: It “low-key” coerces you into cheating in order to win the prizes which are honored by society. Or in other words: If you can cheat and get away with it… …

Why I am anti-competition and sharing the truth and fact: If you compete in anything … you must ‘cheat’.

The best thoughts are random, unfiltered and raw:

I am a huuuuuge proponent of ‘short and sinister’ workouts. Keep the workout short, intense, and interesting. Don’t spend too much time working out, following a boring rep-scheme, or whatever. Treat working out more …

If the goal is to make more dynamic compositions then it seems that making *un-balanced* compositions are superior to ‘balanced‘ compositions.

One of my greatest skills in life: Social skills. Specifically — how to interact and engage with strangers. Some ideas:

We are being distracted to death which prevents us from asking the simple (yet essential) question: What do I really want out of life?

The best life: Maximal freedom of speech, activity and thought. What should we atone for most? Self-censoring ourselves … lacking the courage to say what is *really* on our mind:

We are so obsessed with technological innovations … why no love or interest towards social innovations (sociology)?

Why do some people soooo badly want the conspiracy theories to be true? Because it gives them some sort of comfort knowing that they can scapegoat someone else (Peter Thiel, Rene Girard ‘mimetic theory‘) …

What does it mean to live a ‘better’ life, or to ‘improve’ your life?

Something which is dead in today’s modern society and mode of thinking — the hacker ethos, or the hacker technique or mode of thinking. The heuristic: Would you rather buy a brand new Lamborghini …

“Hate engendering fear” (from Juvenal, “The Satires”)

Revealed and “true”preferences vs false narrative.

Some conspiracies are true, some are false. Why do some people really want the conspiracy theories to be true?

My theory: When it comes to human matters, it is 80% nature and 20% nurture. Towards a “Pareto”power-law ratio towards human nature. And note, this is coming from a sociologist (ERIC KIM).

A view into what I eat, and why I eat: My Diet Philosophy My personal goal is simple: Increase muscle mass (skeletal muscle mass) indefinitely (although slow pace) and maintain my body fat percentage …

In striving to always simplify my workflow and streamline it, I found a new one: Use MacOS finder (in gallery view) and quickly go through your photos with the arrow keys, and simply drag …

You must first love your body before you begin to love yourself. Also — Your body *IS* YOU! Also: No matter how rich or powerful you are, you can never transform your body to …

We all want to become beautiful or more beautiful. What does this mean and how do we do it? Some thoughts:

A big epiphany about style, photography and art: First figure out what your own real life personality is like, *THEN* figure out how to make photos or how to approach photos to best fit …

To survive is basic. It is impossible *NOT* to survive in today’s soft new world. If you follow orders, pay attention, are studious, do well in tests, listen to the boss, you will inevitably …

What is technology good for? Simple — not to “improve” our lives, but as a tool to augment our own innate human abilities. For example: Writing as a tool to better explicate your thoughts …

The more muscle, the better:

Respect— respicio meaning “to look at someone, how to regard another”. “Specio” as how to see someone— same word as “spectate” or “spectacles”. Before we expect others to look at us a certain way, …

We tend to think of greed as synonymous with “evil”. But the word greed simply means hunger. But isn’t hunger good? Stay hungry, stay foolish (Steve Jobs via Whole Earth Catalogue). The closer word …

How to conquer regret or remorse (“buyers remorse” or life remorse). Remorse as meaning a “bite back” (remordeo) from your conscience.

Addiction — to show devotion to a certain thing, concept, or substance.

The small thumbnail test as a tool to select your best photos. The idea: Look at your photos as small thumbnails (like the ‘icon’ view in MacOS) and use this as a way to …

The sad reality: Nobody cares for ethics because it doesn’t make money and isn’t lucrative. But just because it ain’t lucrative doesn’t mean that it is not important or illegitimate!

All zen everything:

Money: Codified human-metabolism-movement power. If money can be used as a tool to motivate people to do x, y, z for you … it is good.

To better understand the economy, statistics, public health policy, government etc … just follow the money. I think it was Bill Clinton (or Ronald Reagan) who famously said: “It’s the economy, stupid“. Thus when …

Something I have been having soooo much fun with: Shooting food videos (4K, 60FPS) of food — whether Cindy’s food, my own food, or the food of others. If you look closely enough, food …

If we were perfectly balanced, technically we are stuck in a state of stasis. Progression movement and growth only works if we are unbalanced … leaning towards a certain way! An anti-hippy, zen-Buddhist-Taoist modernistic …

I am insanely grateful for life, being alive, for society and everything in-between. Why? My thoughts:

Some economic thoughts: Perhaps if we desire to augment our wealth, freedom and bank account this is an optional strategy: Opt to buy really cheap and ‘shitty’ phones (I just bought a new Motorola …

Tolerance: Even though someone else’s opinion or philosophy is different from yours, you don’t do physical or mental harm upon them. Intolerance: “It is my way or the highway!” Now why is this so …

Why am I never satisfied with my purchasing decisions? Not a money thing… but a skill or ingenuity thing? Lesson: Don’t think the goal of life is just to get stupid rich and buy …

Even though I’m a minimalist I will have to admit–at the end of the day we will get bored with all of our possessions tools and things, irregardless of how good it is or …

A thought: Perhaps pain is a true cardinal fact of human beings; pleasure isn’t. The idea originally from Nieztsche. The result then: In life instead of striving to increase your pleasure (hedonic treadmill), more …

Why we love instant — instant feedback:

The simplest guide on becoming rich and wealthy:

What is “natural” for us isn’t always what is best for us. For example, poisonous mushrooms are “natural” yet can kill us. Cocaine (extracted 100% pure) from Coca Leaves are “natural”, but it certainly …

The reason why I’m so skeptical towards statistics: Statistics can be gamed to say or suggest whatever you want it to say. For example, some problems of statistics: Hidden agendas and motives for whoever …

Follow the money. Be highly skeptical and suspicious of everything. Everyone is often trying to sell you something which is “good” for you (fear marketing tactics). But let us understand … let us not …

Without mental space, we cannot do anything, we cannot think anything new, we cannot innovate. Protect your mental space vigilantly. Mental space is king.

Two of the biggest things which can drastically improve our health in modern day society: Improved hygiene (both mental *AND* physical hygiene, in favor of “mental space”) Improved nutrition (towards a more meat-forward carnivorous …

What new secrets have yet been discovered? Social secrets? Art secrets? Physiology secrets? Shout out to Peter Thiel (Zero to One book); Not all the secrets have been discovered. This is great because the …

Judge others not out of spite or malice, but from genuine interest and love.

Should we be responsible for our lack of knowledge or ignorance? Ignorance literally meaning “not + know” (ig+noscere) in Latin.

Enthusiasm literally means “a god dwelling inside you”. To pursue anything you love and are enthusiastic about … this is truly godlike.

Make it as if you were giving it to yourself as a present

What is the supreme lifestyle? A life with the maximal amount of creative freedom, chutzpah, balls, guts, and audacity-brazenness. To speak your mind without self censorship. To have fewer things you worry or care …

Contrary to what we may believe, seeking your own maximal personal benefit is best. For example: Opting for a simpler more ascetic lifestyle is often the supreme lifestyle. Why? Fewer cares, worries, stresses, anxieties …

No newness, no new life!

Perhaps this can be our mantra and motto and guiding-thing in street photography? Coffee x Concrete … it doesn’t get any better:

Perhaps in photography and life we should just give ourselves more permission to just shoot random snapshots during our everyday life! These photos tend to be very fun, carefree and interesting! In other words, …

As you create, you learn:

When in doubt, just upload it:

Beginners make the best photos because they have yet been suckered by any dogma in photography or notions of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ photography:

I don’t know about you, but I am personally interest in the minutae (the mundane, everyday) of the life of others. For example, I’m curious what Elon Musk, JAY Z, or Kanye has for …

An insight into my life:

Personal thoughts on retirement, the philosophy and how to do it:

What is a life post-retirement? A life which is more carefree, less busy. Slower. Only pursuing what you care for. No need for a monetary incentive to do … anything! Contrary to popular belief …

Impossible to judge, understand or gauge people until you’ve met them in the flesh. Face to face. Sharing the same air. To talk with them in the flesh, look at them in the eye, …

It seems the goal of many people is to either become rich, or retire (or thinking that becoming rich is the road to retirement). But then the trillion dollar question: Once you actually reach …