Month: January 2022

I must move! What is it that we biological human organisms desire? To move! What is my passion in life? To move. To move myself, to move weight, to move ideas, to move products, …

To bet on crypto, Bitcoin etc is actually to bet for the demise of fiat currency. Thus when the traditional stock market is tanking, it is a very good sign for cryptocurrency.

A thought — While everyone wants to create a billion dollar company, or a billion dollar brand, etc … perhaps we should go back to some old-school notions. The original notion of this nomadic, …

Beware who owns the platform. Even if he become the number one person in virtual reality, or the number one person on the oculus/meta-platform, you still don’t have full control. In theory, Facebook can …

Many individuals think that the purpose of life is to maximize one’s pleasure. For example, maximizing your sexual pleasure, maximizing your aesthetic pleasure, maximizing your pleasure from possessions, things, food, and lifestyle. But, pleasure …

If you have the option in life, do not opt for steady.

Photos from the life of Seneca, ERIC, and Cindy:

It is man which sets values on things, and all beauty goes back to man. Ultimately, all value is deeped in the social, in relationship to one another, with man being the judge. Therefore, …

If you want motivation to make photos, just go on a hike. Or make photos at home, or go on a walk around your neighborhood.

Anything you could invest in, which allows you to walk more in a given day is good. Minimalist shoes, hiking, mobile lifestyle. Living in a downtown city area. The luxury of not owning a …

What is a Luxury, and what is not? Simple: everything is relative to another. What seems like a luxury today is because what we compared to the past. For example, fast and free Wi-Fi …

Are you truly unique, or just a subtly different iteration of others around you? The best way to become more unique is creative isolation. turning a blind eye to social media, current events, news, …

In life, vanity is good, but only if the vanity is deep. Shallow and superficial vanity is a detractor and a distraction. For example, pride in one’s possessions is a very superficial form of …

Make it easy and simple. Why? Things which are more easy to use or do will be used more. Easy things have greater utility. How do you make things easier? Make it simpler. Fewer …

Once you got perfect, then what? Our goal is we must go beyond perfection. Then focus on just play? Having fun! “Just have fun with it” Also just don’t take things too seriously. No …

Not hunger but the desire to consume more is the motivator.

Once you’re perfectly satisfied, then what? Or once you got everything perfect, then what?

Not “does the world need it”, but “do you need it”, or do I need it? And if you care badly enough, be the one to make and create it.

Something that I am actually very personally curious about, in which I do really care for, is figuring out how that we could maximally thrive. What does it mean to thrive? For us to …

What actually interests you, and why?

A thought on my mind: When it comes to finances, time, design, etc … how much buffer is enough buffer? For example, with liquid cash (USD in your checking or savings account) — how …

Because black is so impractical.

We are always in motion, even when sleeping, resting or napping. Why? Our bodily chemicals are always moving. And our body actively is rebuilding while we sleep and rest. To sleep much is also …

For camera, RICOH GR III. For laptop, maxed out MacBook Air space grey For phone, the newest iPhone Mini For mirrorless strap, HENRI NECK STRAP MARK IV in PHANTOM BLACK. For Ricoh GR, ERIC …

After much experimentation, I think I’ve discovered the perfect outfit: For T-shirt, black merino wool Outlier.nyc shirt model 1. For shoes, all black Nike free 5.0. No socks. For leggings, black Uniqlo heattech leggings. …

Better to produce your own adrenaline internally, then getting it secondhand or elsewhere. For example, in the world in which we got porn, and even virtual reality porn, POV porn, etc., what is the …

What is the best life like? A life of leisure. A life in which you have maximum mind space, as few distractions as possible, and supreme focus. Also, I’ve discovered that you need lots …

The solo stack, the solo solution. This means only pursue things that you can do by yourself, things that you could do solo. Being able to do things and create things without needing the …

Lessons I’ve learned on becoming a new parent:

What drives my personal curiosity is not finding answers, but having certain interesting questions to mull over. What is philosophy anyways? To me, it is about challenging conventions, and wondering why things are the …

My thought: Rather than bemoaning everyone is always on their phone, isn’t it better to just discover new and more virtuous ways to use your phone? Simple ideas: Blog and write from your phone. …

What’s the purpose of humanity — for what? Wherefore? Towards what end? Silicon Valley says— Let us all get on a spaceship and ditch this dying earth! To Mars and beyond! The socialists and …

With design and life matters, strive to make it as simple and minimal as possible.

What if the world doesn’t need “saving”? Then what?

Mobile computers (phones), more walking (30,000 steps a day challenge), mobile website design, mobile apps, mobile platforms, mobile living (mobile homes, the new “overlander” movement), hiking, travel, nomadic living, etc.

Let personal curiosity, personal enthusiasm and fun and play drive and motivate you. Not money, “success”, etc.

What if in the future, maybe 30 years from now, you could buy a house with just one bitcoin? For example, the number of bitcoin you own might not change, but, the value of …

EK EK EK EK EKI can do this all day dayWalking with the thoughts, I got a verbal AKI spray and shower, don’t count hours or days or care to amaze. I stay focused …

Why impress others? It gives us a power boost, or self esteem boost. The ego which feeds itself based on the feedback and reactions of others. But what if you no longer care to …

Always challenge the Why? of something.

A Hidden bias I’ve discovered within photographers is this: it is often said that if you shoot a photo of somebody else’s artwork, it is a very little artistic worth. For example, let us …

In photography, in order to make more powerful and enigmatic and interesting photos, best to show less. For example when you’re framing, don’t show the whole story, just show one portion that you find …

Right now, everyone wants to become YouTube famous, or Instagram famous, or now even TikTok famous. But, if you use any of these platforms, you become a digital indentured servant. It is called digital …

The difference between an aspirational reality, and that lived reality this: the aspirational lifestyle is what we desire to do, or how we desire to structure our days in our lives. The lived reality …

For example, if you’re somebody who is always out and about, maybe it does make sense for you to spend a lot of money on your phone. But if you’re mostly homebound, don’t waste …

Assuming life is a stream of becoming, then the best question to ask yourself is this: “What or whom do I desire to become?“ Certainly, you don’t want to become anyone else but yourself. …

Filters are good. For example, photo filters are good. To shoot without a filter and digital seems a bit silly. Email filters are good. You only want to filter the most important information of …

Pain is good. Why? When you experience pain, it is your body telling you what not to do. A body that cannot feel pain would probably lead to death, or severely adverse health consequences. …

Upload it, then delete it. I use the ‘Downloads’ folder of my Mac Laptop as my ‘scratch drive’– in which every day, I have my working files there, and at the end of the …

It is currently the year 2022– it is insane, we are living in the superfuture. But what do we want out of this uber futuristic current reality, and the future ahead of us?

Just Use And Repurpose What You Already Got Rather than buying something new — better to simply use what you already got at home (Cindy and I call this “home shopping”), and repurpose it, …

I forget who said it, but studying history as a good way to avoid mistakes in the present and future. Avoid the follies of the past.

In order to become a better photographer, think less. If you see something which interests you, instinctually photograph it without thinking. Do not think of the consequences, whether you might make somebody upset, or …

Similarly speaking, health isn’t the opposite of sickness.