The Philosophy of Futurism

The general idea of futurism (vs retrospectivism):

The best is yet to come.

Whereas retrospectivism thinks “Everything in the past was better, and the best… and can never be superseded”.

We must be futurists.

PHILOSOPHY by KIM

Philosophical Essays

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

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