What Consumption Takes Skill?

Why read? Reading too is a form of consumption, but at least it takes skill and brain input from you to interpret. Whereas many video games, tv shows and films take zero skill to take in and interpret.

Perhaps the best films are the ones which require some sort of interpretation for you — difficult watching, which requires you to try to understand what’s happening in the plot. Films which are difficult and confusing to watch.

Philosophical consumption

This is why I encourage reading and consumption of philosophy. Philosophical books, philosophical films, literature and poetry, etc.

Literature and media which uplifts, empowers and turbocharges you versus media which pacifies you

We want maximal engagement with life, not to be pacified. We want to avoid being a “nation of sedation”. This is why I’m generally anti weed and alcohol.

Just ask yourself:

Will consuming this thing empower me, or weaken and pacify and sedate me?

ERIC

PHILOSOPHY by KIM

Philosophical Essays

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

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