ERIC KIM

EVERYTHING HAPPENS ONLY ONCE.

Treat each and every opportunity as it would have been only once; your first and last.

For example, even if you plan on having more kids, treat the kid you currently got as if he/she would be your last and only one.

Perhaps this is the best way to maximize existence?

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Essays by KIM

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

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