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PHILOSOPHY IS VALUE-SETTING

Just had a realization:

Philosophy is not a ‘lifestyle’ approach, and not a guide on ‘how to best live life’, but rather– setting values.

Creating a new table of values

One of Nietzsche’s (uncompleted) works was ‘Will to Power’ (an attempt to ‘transvalue’ all values beforehand).

What does this mean?

Philosophy is an approach and a tool to say that x, y, z is valuable for humanity, and what x, y, z is harmful to us.

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Religion is not philosophy

I like going to church (catholic mass) for aesthetic and social purposes. But, religion is not philosophy. Anyone who tries to mix religion with philosophy is a bit misguided. The values set from religion is how one ‘should‘ live one’s life (lifestyle). And personally from a purely empirical perspective, I do not believe in the meta-physical exaggerations proposed from major religions (suffering in after-death afterlife, which is an Egyptian notion). I believe in the here and now, even as Jesus said that ‘kingdom is within your heart’ and in theory “hell” is living in current days with suffering.

What values do you want to set for yourself, and future generations?

This is the question.

ERIC

PHILOSOPHY by KIM

PHILOSOPHY by KIM

Philosophical Essays

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

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