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Month: May 2022

Photo essay / May 26, 2022

My greatest joys

The joy of being outdoors, walking, shooting photos (Photos on the street, street photography), thinking, and writing.

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Photo essay / May 26, 2022

Long Twitter, short Facebook

With Elon Musk being at the helm of Twitter, it will be a great, prosperous future. Short Facebook. I think sooner or later, people will eventually ditch Instagram for Snapchat, TikTok, or the next …

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Photo essay / May 26, 2022

Environments and energy

There are certain environments which give you energy, and other environments which sap you from your energy. Being at home saps me of my energy and being on college campuses saps me of my …

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Photo essay / May 26, 2022

Men should not be children

Against the notion of a grown-up man, who still plays video games, and is into childish things. For example, I am very anti-toys. Grown men should not have toys either.

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Photo essay / May 26, 2022

Don’t ask for advice

All advice from others, is bad advice. From the last decade of asking others for advice, I have not yet received one piece of good advice, knowledge, wisdom which has really helped me.

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Photo essay / May 26, 2022

Car sizes

Why is it that women prefer to drive really big SUVs, and men prefer to drive smaller, sports cars?

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Photo essay / May 25, 2022

Productivity culture

In the bay area, everything is about productivity. To maximize your productivity. However, in LA, it is much more about Image, Fitness, fashion, models and people. Also in the bay area, it is all …

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Photo essay / May 25, 2022

Is college worth it?

I don’t think so. Only if perhaps you are first generation, and you go to college for upward social mobility to get a job. But assuming that both your parents are already called educated, …

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Photo essay / May 24, 2022

Enthusiasm

If you’re not feeling it, and you don’t feel enthusiastic about it, don’t do it.

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

GOPRO HERO 10 REVIEW

Great! Some reasons: First of all, my son Seneca loves it. At age 1 year, 3 months he already knows how to use it! Just click the top record red button on top, and …

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

MAXIMIZE THE PHYSICAL.

For example in K-12 schools, especially for kids, perhaps 90% of the time should just be spent outdoors playing and being physical, and only 10% on studying.

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

Exhaust the limits of the possible

“O my soul, Do not aspire to an immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible”- Pindar Pythian III From intro of “The myth of sisyphus” (Albert Camus): The upside of getting lost …

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

Cruise Hacks

Take a cheap Carnival cruise — I liked the 7 Day Panorama Mexico one. Some hacks: Order 8 steaks at the sit down dining. Go to the gym everyday (they have 100 pound dumbbells!) …

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

Exciting Life

We all just want a more dynamic, interesting and exciting life. Not more money or more fancy cars or things.

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

Anti Points

Nobody cares for points. We just want to win. In STREET FIGHTER II, you get all these random “points”, but nobody cares for them. Winning is the goal. Perhaps in life, money (cash, USD, …

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

Apple is Boring

All the new Apple products — my only critique is that they’re boring. No longer sexy, interesting or unique. Even new Lamborghini stuff is boring.

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

Just leave your phone in the car

When you go out, park your car, just leave your phone in the glove compartment. Fully present and attentive. Same with going to dinner with your girlfriend, wife, partner or family.

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Photo essay / May 23, 2022

OFF THE GRID MONEY

Why crypto and Bitcoin is so great to me — it feels like money “off the grid”.

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