ERIC KIM

no limit

NO LIMITS.

What is so fascinating to me about cryptocurrency, crypto technologies, etc —

The concept of living in embodied reality (or the meta verse) with no limits.

What do we *really* want?

So the big question:

Open world, no limits … for the sake of what?

Being able to do anything you wanna do?

The big epiphany I had when living in Vietnam:

No matter what … I could never run out of money.

It was like I unlocked ‘god mode’ (but in real life). This is when Cindy and I were living in a tiny hotel room, every day just going out to coffee shops, and eating out.

And the funny thing — this lifestyle actually *simplified* our life in many ways. For example, I had zero intention or interests in procuring or buying things (like clothes, devices, etc). Why? There was literally no room for it in the hotel room. Compare this when you are stuck in the suburbs, bored, with a massive house … only to desire to fill the emptiness with stuff.

What do you do when you no longer desire the Lamborghini?

Ever since Lamborghini did a dirty thing:

They re-created the Lamborghini Countach, and gave a grey-lie to the creator Marcello Gandini — Lamborghini has no more appeal for me.

I think the reason why Lamborghini was so cool to me was for the extreme design, and the overall design ethos of ‘not giving a fuck what others think’, and un-restrained egoism.

But now that we know that Lamborghini is just a really expensive Volkswagen car (Volkswagen is the parent company, which also owns Audi, and also owns Porsche). So in some ways, a Lamborghini is just an expensive Audi, and an Audi is just an expensive VW. And a Porsche 911 is just a re-designed VW bug (I really don’t like the beetle).

At this point, it seems the point of the VW group is–

Maximize profits.

Profits are lame. Genuine courage and bravery for creating insanely epic designs is better. More props to Hyundai/Kia (same company) for their new electric cars. Look at the IONIQ 7 concept. Or even the IONIQ 5. Even for sports cars, Voloster N as probably more interesting than any other gasoline sports car.

What kind of adventures or quests do you want to go on?

The point ain’t to buy a big-ass house, in a nice ass-neighborhood, or to own/drive a nice-ass car, with nice-ass clothes and things. The goal:

To go on more epic adventures and quests, to test yourself, and to ‘level up’ your own personal character (yourself).

In some ways, a better aesthetic is the Spartan-Stoic ideal:

As poor and hard as possible, but as extremely badass as possible.

Consider, the 300 Spartans-– no shirts, no pants — just a helmet, cape, their courage, and muscles.

What is the best clothing? None. Just your muscles.

What is the best car? None. Consider none of the 300 spartan soldiers went to war with horses (the old-school version of a car). They just went on foot… essentially with sandals.

Better to have the Brad Pitt Fight Club concept (“I don’t own a car”).

  • Abstract red king Leonidas 300 Sparta

No limits for the sake of what?

Assuming you were worth $5 billion dollars … what would you do? It seems —

  1. Focus on philosophical introspection, and philosophical idea creation and sharing.
  2. Focus on your arts creation
  3. Focus on your children
  4. Focus on empowering humanity, and investing in other (equally inspired) individuals.

For example, Kanye West. Now that he is worth billions … what is he still doing with his life? Creating innovative and epic products, making great music, and pushing limits of humanity.

Ignore the money thing?

Let us consider–

  1. When you actually realize that being a billionaire, that *NOT* having a car is the supreme lifestyle, then … in theory you can ‘afford’ this even if you’re more poor. In other words, the apex goal is to *NOT* have a car … but in theory, this is also an ideal ascetic lifestyle. In fact, the best life is *NOT* owning a car, and being able to ‘Uber Anywhere’, or just rent cars when you really need them or want them… and just being able to give them back when you no longer care for it.
  2. Ironically enough, once I can afford things … they lose their appeal. Which means — my ‘revealed preferences‘ show what I truly care for or not.
  3. Realize the only tools you really need is a laptop (MacBook Air) and a RICOH GR III. You don’t even need an iPhone or a smartphone. I was able to live in Vietnam for 2 years with no phone, and it was great. No phone = fewer distractions = more epic turbo thoughts.
  4. The only money you need is to pay for rent, pay for meat and coffee, and your website bill (1and1.com or bluehost.com) for your WordPress.org websiteblog.

Entrepreneurship by KIM

ERIC KIM eye red

Become the change which you desire to see manifested in the world!

Become you.

  1. EXTREME INNOVATION.
  2. Practicality is Boring
  3. BECOME YOUR OWN STANDARD.
  4. NEVER STOP ITERATING.
  5. CONDENSE.
  6. Take Lots of Small Financial Risks
  7. Control Over Convenience
  8. Why Are Chinese Companies So Innovative?
  9. INSANELY DIFFERENT.
  10. Why Doesn’t Anything Ever Satisfy Me?
  11. THE GREAT PASSION.
  12. Perhaps Dissatisfaction is Good
  13. ONE REP MAX.
  14. WHAT DO YOU *REALLY* WANT IN LIFE?
  15. LIFE IS ABOUT STRIVING FOR MORE.
  16. NEVER STOP LINKING.
  17. THE GREATEST.
  18. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
  19. THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
  20. ERIC KIM CRITIQUE OF ROMANTICISM
  21. COMPLACENCY.
  22. JUST BUY IT.
  23. ALL ABOUT YOU.
  24. MOVE THE WORLD
  25. Boring or Not Boring?
  26. What if Your Past Self were Inferior to Your Present Self?
  27. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS
  28. CULTURE IS YOUR ENEMY.
  29. Difficulty & Interest
  30. The Will to Expansion
  31. What is Work?
  32. SOUL IN THE GAME.
  33. JUST START IT.
  34. Not Boring
  35. PRIDE IN YOUR OWN NAME / BRAND
  36. AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TOLERATE.
  37. Speed is Paramount
  38. TAKE IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
  39. A Life With No Risk Taking is *NOT* a Life Worth Living
  40. Dissatisfaction is Good
  41. GREATER STRENGTH, GREATER CHALLENGES.
  42. In Praise of the New
  43. Uncorrupted Desires
  44. You Cannot Fake Passion
  45. SELF-OVERGOING
  46. FORM YOURSELF.
  47. Personal Entrepreneurship
  48. RELENTLESS.
  49. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT.
  50. A Life of Expansion
  51. SELF-ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  52. YOU ARE THE EXCEPTION.
  53. Use Your Life as an Experiment to Self-Develop Yourself to Heights Never Seen Before
  54. Invest in New Developments
  55. Investing Towards What End?
  56. The 90%/10% Principle in Entrepreneurship
  57. Speed Wins
  58. The Philosophy of Happiness
  59. When to Over-Estimate, When to Under-Estimate?
  60. Never Stop Iterating
  61. Money as a Tool for Life and Artistic Experimentation
  62. Less But More Premium
  63. Mainstream vs Low-Key Success
  64. Why Dissatisfaction is Good
  65. SEEK YOUR OWN PERSONAL MAXIMAL BENEFIT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING
  66. Manifest Your Destiny
  67. Is it Best to *Not* Communicate Your Inner Thoughts or Ideas With Others?
  68. CREATE THINGS YOU WISH TO SEE MANIFESTED IN THE WORLD
  69. How to Do More Work
  70. CONTROL.
  71. Competition is for Losers
  72. Change.
  73. Your Competitive Advantage with Insanely Fast Wifi and High Speed Internet
  74. Pseudo Individualism
  75. Natural Internal Promoting vs External Promptings

Think for Yourself.

  1. Survival vs Thrivival
  2. Become Rich
  3. SECRETS.
  4. Why it is Better to Beg for Forgiveness than Ask for Permission
  5. Thinking About the Past Prevents You From Thinking About the Future
  6. How to Predict the Future
  7. Tools of Mass Distraction
  8. So What?

FREEDOM

Entrepreneurship by KIM

ERIC KIM eye red

Become the change which you desire to see manifested in the world!

Become you.

  1. EXTREME INNOVATION.
  2. Practicality is Boring
  3. BECOME YOUR OWN STANDARD.
  4. NEVER STOP ITERATING.
  5. CONDENSE.
  6. Take Lots of Small Financial Risks
  7. Control Over Convenience
  8. Why Are Chinese Companies So Innovative?
  9. INSANELY DIFFERENT.
  10. Why Doesn’t Anything Ever Satisfy Me?
  11. THE GREAT PASSION.
  12. Perhaps Dissatisfaction is Good
  13. ONE REP MAX.
  14. WHAT DO YOU *REALLY* WANT IN LIFE?
  15. LIFE IS ABOUT STRIVING FOR MORE.
  16. NEVER STOP LINKING.
  17. THE GREATEST.
  18. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
  19. THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
  20. ERIC KIM CRITIQUE OF ROMANTICISM
  21. COMPLACENCY.
  22. JUST BUY IT.
  23. ALL ABOUT YOU.
  24. MOVE THE WORLD
  25. Boring or Not Boring?
  26. What if Your Past Self were Inferior to Your Present Self?
  27. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROGRESS
  28. CULTURE IS YOUR ENEMY.
  29. Difficulty & Interest
  30. The Will to Expansion
  31. What is Work?
  32. SOUL IN THE GAME.
  33. JUST START IT.
  34. Not Boring
  35. PRIDE IN YOUR OWN NAME / BRAND
  36. AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TOLERATE.
  37. Speed is Paramount
  38. TAKE IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
  39. A Life With No Risk Taking is *NOT* a Life Worth Living
  40. Dissatisfaction is Good
  41. GREATER STRENGTH, GREATER CHALLENGES.
  42. In Praise of the New
  43. Uncorrupted Desires
  44. You Cannot Fake Passion
  45. SELF-OVERGOING
  46. FORM YOURSELF.
  47. Personal Entrepreneurship
  48. RELENTLESS.
  49. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT.
  50. A Life of Expansion
  51. SELF-ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  52. YOU ARE THE EXCEPTION.
  53. Use Your Life as an Experiment to Self-Develop Yourself to Heights Never Seen Before
  54. Invest in New Developments
  55. Investing Towards What End?
  56. The 90%/10% Principle in Entrepreneurship
  57. Speed Wins
  58. The Philosophy of Happiness
  59. When to Over-Estimate, When to Under-Estimate?
  60. Never Stop Iterating
  61. Money as a Tool for Life and Artistic Experimentation
  62. Less But More Premium
  63. Mainstream vs Low-Key Success
  64. Why Dissatisfaction is Good
  65. SEEK YOUR OWN PERSONAL MAXIMAL BENEFIT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING
  66. Manifest Your Destiny
  67. Is it Best to *Not* Communicate Your Inner Thoughts or Ideas With Others?
  68. CREATE THINGS YOU WISH TO SEE MANIFESTED IN THE WORLD
  69. How to Do More Work
  70. CONTROL.
  71. Competition is for Losers
  72. Change.
  73. Your Competitive Advantage with Insanely Fast Wifi and High Speed Internet
  74. Pseudo Individualism
  75. Natural Internal Promoting vs External Promptings

Think for Yourself.

  1. Survival vs Thrivival
  2. Become Rich
  3. SECRETS.
  4. Why it is Better to Beg for Forgiveness than Ask for Permission
  5. Thinking About the Past Prevents You From Thinking About the Future
  6. How to Predict the Future
  7. Tools of Mass Distraction
  8. So What?

FREEDOM

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