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How did Trump win? Easy; the liberal media gave him probably $1 trillion dollars worth of free marketing and advertising.
Humans aren’t rational or objective. We are emotional beings. This means:
As as long you’re in the media spotlight, you will win.
Towards a ‘via negativa‘ notion of productivity:
Question:
Is it ethical for a person to become financially wealthy as a consequence of their political, racial, or socio-economic stance and theories?
I think not.
Do we control our hormones, or do our hormones control us?
Ignore anyone who believes in some sort of classless, or hierarchy-free utopia. Utopia actually literally means “no+place†(ou, [not] + topos, [place]). Even the closest notion we got is elysium (where the fallen heroic heroes go after death)— but this also implies some sort of heroism on their part.
In praise of beta. The new macOS (all of them) are soooooo beautiful!!! I always test the newest betaOS’s for Apple, to see the bleeding edge. macOS is the future. Shout-out to the Apple team, you absolutely killed it!!!
By photographing what you eat, you show who you are:
When you read anything always ask yourself:
What key information is NOT being presented here?
For example, why DOESN’T Karl Marx’s personal Wikipedia page have any criticisms or critiques about him?
Or in other words:
Never do anything online (or offline, in real life) that you wouldn’t be comfortable the whole world knowing about you, your opinions or what you say and what you’ve done.
The internet archive, way back machine, and now taking screenshots. It’s soooo easy to uncover hidden dirt— even people modifying their own Wikipedia pages (or having friends or colleagues do it for them).
You can only truly critique people you truly love and understand.
Now we street photographers … we got ultimate skin in the game. Now going out and shooting street photography is a real risk. But that is what makes it fun and interesting, and requires our courage and bravery?
It seems we all love video games. I’m a huuuge fan of Marcin and what he did with Witcher and now the new Cyberpunk game (looks awesome). However, seeing all this stuff makes me think and believe:
Certainly real life (embodied, flesh-based reality) is the best life.
We play in video games characters who are insanely buff, muscular, and adrenaline junkies. But why are we so timid and cowardly in real life? This is my fun and thrill in street photography — it is like the ultimate real life First Person Shooter (FPS). And I think this is why my street photography Gopro POV videos were so popular.
Let’s say all the conspiracy theories or whatever is true. You discover the truth or truth(s) about everything — then what? What is the positive utility of knowing the truth, or knowing truth(s)?
My thought:
Perhaps the utility is to just encourage others to think for themselves and not get easily suckered or deceived.
To guide others to not be taken advantage of, and to NOT become pawns for the advancement of others and their personal agendas. This is why I mostly steer clear of politics and the media — everyone is in it for the money, personal advancement, fame, or hubris.
Or better yet:
Don’t trust anyone on social media.
Why? Simple:
As long as your self-esteem, money, reputation, social standing, or financial livelihood depends on social media (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, whatever) … people will always distort themselves (their opinion, their physique, take steroids-testosterone-weird-chemicals), etc.
In fact if your livelihood is dependent on social media, it actually seems illogical to *NOT* “cheat”.
Credit to Daniel Kunitz (New Frontier Fitness) who first wrote about this notion of ‘Workout Porn’ in his book “Lift“). The notion of workout porn is fascinating — it is essentially sometimes we like to watch other people workout more than we like to workout ourselves. But what if workout porn was a good stimulus to get us to workout? Shout out to CT FLETCHER as well as Calum Von MOGER.
I believe it is self-evident that America is unequal. Yet I still believe in the American dream. Why? With inequality comes opportunity.
You cannot buy happiness, but you can buy productivity. Some things (all Amazon affiliate links which means if you buy anything on these links via below, I get around a 5-7% kick-back):
My honest appraisal:
Facebook is a ‘net positive’ for society, but Instagram is a ‘net negative’ to society.
Why?
Why I bought Bitcoin (BTC) and Digibyte (DGB) and think cryptocurrency (and other forms of crypto, like digital ledgers) are the future for photographers and this brave new digital economy:
There are 3.5 billion smartphone users in the world which means:
There are 3.5 BILLION photographers in the world!
A great entrepreneurial opportunity ripe for you!
How to become #1 in a given category on YouTube, which is the world’s second-most visited website (after Google). In other words:
If you master YouTube *AND* Google, you are golden. This is how to do it:
How to become happy:
To me, the apex success is simple:
Do what you love, and *NOT* be homeless.
In other words, consider this a quick and easy guide to (quickly) become a self-employed photographer. The goal is to make a living *NOT* a killing with photography:
I am convinced:
If your goal in life is to have apex happiness, you *CANNOT* be employed by a boss.
Or in other words:
For apex happiness in life, you must become self-employed.
My body is something I am trying to build and sculpt. My body-building is also an edifice, and an art-work:
Sociology — the workings of society. What will the sociology of the future look like? A glimpse:
Society can only function (well) if we got people who obey, follow orders, etc. A society (anarchy) with no functioning government, and all these beast-like humans cannot function. Thus society does soft coercion to get us to follow rules for the sake of the collective.
Thought:
Modern society as a Christian society … in which the collective is more important than the individual?
With energy, physics and people … do they generate energy or suck away and parasite energy?
Some thoughts:
In praise of a ‘poor‘ or ‘ghetto‘ lifestyle:
My personal goal and quest:
How can we maximize our human potential with as little money as possible?
Basic thoughts:
I am my selfie.
A realization:
If you really want to share the *experience* of eating out or whatever, video is faaaar better than (boring) still photos.
The challenge a lot of us photographers face:
How can I discover intrinsic motivation to go out and make new photos?
Some thoughts:
The brave new world of (future) living:
How is apex productivity possible? My thoughts:
Towards a new conception of live, work, play. The ideal:
Live somewhere hella cheap, and derive your income from elsewhere.
An insider view to my home gym workouts:
No real identity, no real opinion:
Or in other words:
Yes, your opinion is valuable!
Consider all these people who are at home, alone, bored, anxious, or dealing with existential dread. You can be the person who uplifts, motivates and empowers them!
To schedule is less wise. Better to takes a ‘Bayes‘ approach — a combination of tinkering with your schedule, going with the flow, following your gut (and legs) and not putting yourself into a ‘Procrustean bed‘ of a (boring and rigid) schedule.
We all love video games. But … life (real life, embodied reality) is *THE* best video game!
My theories:
If you cannot market yourself, you will not be able to stand out or succeed:
My thought:
There are a lot of anonymous letters being published on issues x, y, z and people are afraid of losing their jobs or whatever.
But … if one has a *true* belief in a certain cause, or truly cares … one would *NOT* do it anonymously.
Or in other words:
Put no faith into anonymously published things.
Why? Either:
Certainly if your opinion is like a life-or-death scenario (if you’re from North Korea or so), then anonymity is good. But if you’re just afraid of losing your job, economic livelihood … put your face and the name in the game.
As a kid who grew up to video games, I am a huge critic. My thoughts and experiences:
On the internet there is truly no downside to sharing ‘too much’. In fact, the more you share, the better:
Theory:
Having more muscle mass leads to more productivity (read “The Problem of Increasing Human Energy” essay by Nikola Tesla)
The best camera (by far) is RICOH GR III. Why? Simple:
The simplest workflow is the best workflow. Some thoughts:
When I blog and have a certain idea I want to hyperlink, I will create a *NEW* blog post outlining the idea, and keep the ball rolling!
Everyone is a great photographer now, but not everyone is a great marketer:
Avoid a lot of modern thinkers and writers. Why? Low-key they are spiteful people full of hatred, malice, and petty envy-jealousy. They want a reason *why* they are so miserable, and they blame others.
“Badâ€is not the opposite of “goodâ€. I would say “not goodâ€is a more accurate antithesis of “goodâ€.
The future of photography: AI (artificial intelligence), machine learning, computational photography and more:
If you want to do a ‘phone-forward’ approach to photography, get Google Pixel, not iPhone:
Honestly at this friends, to have the guts and the courage to go out and shoot *any* photos takes insane guts. So this is our new mantra:
All photos are good photos.
And applied to street photography:
All street photographs are good photographs.
Street photographs from America– mostly shot on Kodak Portra 400, via Leica 35mm f/2 Summicron on film Leica M6/film Leica MP:
Ironically enough, those who are born privileged have it the worst. Why? They will never have the chance to become great. Why? Only difficulty and need/want will give birth to your inner genius. In other words:
Rich kids born into wealth typically turn into degenerates, lazy people, and don’t do anything interesting with their lives.
Note the kids of Rockefeller — none of them of note. Also the kids of Warren Buffett— none of them have made a huge mark on history or society. Trying to live in the shadow of your (extremely successful parents) is a curse. No room to grow, ascend, or fly?
I also highly doubt Elon Musk’s kids will do anything of repute. Musk has apparently said that all they do is play video games.
Punished by privilege.
Needless to say, obviously there are some people who are born richer, more advantageous, or higher-class.
But why atone for this?
If you want to succeed far into the future, best for us to get into bed with Google and YouTube (YouTube is owned by Google). In other words:
In praise of abstinence over moderation:
To talk randomly, with strangers or even friends … to ‘shoot the shit’ (the Vietnamese have a phrase that literally means “to cut the air”) is good. Why? Social skills!
Because most people are either cowards (no skin in the game), or their opinion (online) depends on advertising, revenue, sponsorship, etc:
If you want to become more ‘creative’, constrain yourself more:
As long as someone monetizes their YouTube channel with advertising or their own website-blog with ads … don’t trust them. Why not? They cannot truly be 100% free with their thoughts, in fear of losing sponsorship or advertising revenue.
More trust of people who are either independently wealthy, have a random side-job (plumber, janitor, cleaner, construction worker) than someone who is employed with the aesthetics of their body composition. No trust in ‘fitness experts’ who hasn’t publicly admitted to steroid usage. This is why I trust CALUM VON MOGER more than other guys, because he has openly admitted to steroid use!
Or in other words:
To practice ‘good’ grammar or to speak ‘well’ is anti-creativity. Why? Imagine poetry, rap music, or any great form of art with “proper” grammar.
The idea of a sleeper:
It looks boring, plain and slow but in truth under the hood… it is a beast!
Or in other words:
Cars which look really fast are typically not.
And maybe with humans and wealth:
People who look super rich, are most likely to be the most poor.
Also:
People who look poor are often very rich!
