Month: June 2022
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BOLD & FEARLESS.
My aspiration for Seneca — what I desire him to become.
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Never jealousy or envy
Only inspiration from others, and motivation for you to advance yourself.
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Good Ideas, Bad Ideas
What do we have a personal responsibility to protect people from “bad ideas“?
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JUST GOPRO IT.
Striving towards physical perfection: GOPRO might be the most under-rated camera (video camera, still camera) or extracting screenshots out there:
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Photography Physiology
Dear friends, a thought on my mind: the importance of physiology in photography. What is physiology? The concept of physiology is kind of a more old-school one, which is falling a little bit out of vogue in more recent times. Nowadays, the bias in the trend is towards “mental health“, nobody focuses on physical health.…
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PHYSIOLOGY OVER HAPPINESS
Don’t become ‘happier’, but more physiologically powerful. PODCAST
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ERIC KIM BBQ BRISKET ON THE GRILLE
Cooking, prepping, slicing, meat might be my new passion?
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ERIC KIM MORNING ESPRESSO
Perhaps good coffee and an espresso machine is the best use of your money:
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EXAGGERATION IS BETTER.
PODCAST The way we exaggerate things is more fun and interesting.
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ERIC KIM TOPLESS BBQ
The best way to get fresh air, and also a good tan:
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HAPPINESS IS NOT THE GOAL.
Upon much thinking and reflection, the realization: Happiness is not the goal of life, nor should ‘increasing your happiness’ be the goal. Perhaps a better goal is rather power augmentation. Increasing your physiological power, your physical power (one rep max ability in the gym), and your artistic power output.
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“I hate him because I’m no match for him”
Has any man said this? – Nietzsche
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THE ULTIMATE PRIVILEGE
Not how much money you have, but how much time you have to kill.
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BECOME MORE BEAUTIFUL
What is it that we desire and aspire too? To become more beautiful. Whether man or woman.
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NOMAD SCULPT EXPERIMENTS
Tons of fun with the new Nomad Sculpt app for iPad — also works for iPhone!
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BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS, UGLY OBJECTS?
I do not want any ugly objects and environments around me. I desire to rid vulgarity from my eyes— the artists eye?
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I LOVE MY IPAD PRO!
There are not lots of pieces of technology or things that I love, but one of them which I really do love is the iPad Pro. It blows my mind how much I could get done on it, while the battery life is so amazing. Even after an intense session with it, I still have…
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Lighter is an Upgrade
If you want to upgrade your stuff, consider, the best “upgrade” isn’t something that is necessarily more powerful or capable, yet something that is lighter. For example, upgrading your iPhone to an iPhone mini is actually an upgrade, getting an iPhone Pro which is heavier is a downgrade. When you want to purchase new things,…
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QUANTIFIED SLAVERY
Don’t be a quantified slave.
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WHEN DOES TECHNOLOGY MAKE YOU STRONGER, WHEN DOES TECHNOLOGY MAKE YOU WEAKER?
Something to consider: sometimes technology makes us stronger, sometimes it makes us weaker. The question is: when is when? How can we maximize the upside to technology, while clipping the downside? The first thought is this: who owns the technology? For example, I’m very suspicious of Gmail. I think Google has low-key engineered it to…
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RESISTANCE TRAINING.
Perhaps the key on becoming stronger has to do with resistance. Both physical, mental, and metaphorical.
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The Best Environment for Your Kid
What is the best environment for your kid to grow up in? And personally speaking, after spending time with Seneca in the city, traveling, and in the suburbs (where there are literally no sidewalks), i’ve been thinking about what the best environment is for him to grow up in. It actually seems that Seneca is…
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Food is More Important than Technology
Beef liver and beef heart over the new iPhone Pro. Endless Costco Business Center ribs and brisket over Tesla. All you can eat Korean BBQ over that new outfit.
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ALWAYS BE WORKING ON YOUR PHOTOS
My photo work is my passion:
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Productive Environments
Not where I am “happiest“, but most productive?
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Real gangsters don’t look like gangsters
Similarly speaking, real “successful“ people actually don’t look “successful”. Beware of appearances, appearances are often deceiving. Similarly speaking, often the strongest guy the gym doesn’t look like the strongest guy at the gym. There was also very funny Delta force meme amongst military folks: the real military assassin looks like a total nerd. Real successful…
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Optionality is the best
For example, living somewhere where you don’t have to sign a lease, or any contracts. Also not owning a car.
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There’s no downside to digital photography
You could take 1 trillion photos, and if none of them are good, you could just erase them
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Real men don’t hold grudges
Why? They cannot. They forget.
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Treat other people‘s kids the way you want other people to treat your kids
Similarly speaking, don’t treat other people‘s kids or talk about other peoples kids the way you don’t want other people to treat them, or talk about them.
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10 Photography Workout Ideas
Something fun I learned about CrossFit: this notion of WOD, which stands for a workout of the day. Maybe we photographer should also have the same concept: photography workout of the day. Some ideas: Record yourself at the gym: just use your iPhone, Ricoh GR 3, or gopro to record your workout. Then when you…
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How to Become More Manly
PODCAST If you’re a man, it seems wise to strive to become more manly. But what does this mean? To past philosophers, they called it becoming more “virtuous” (virtus meaning “man”.) But funny enough, nowadays it seems that the trend is to strive towards manliness is not really a desired goal. We are trying to…
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LESS FREQUENCY IS MORE MANLY.
Go to the gym less frequently, get angry or erupt leas frequently, blow your load less frequently (conserve your mojo!!)
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ONE REP MAX SQUAT ATTEMPT
How much can you skqwaaaaaat bro?
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I’M NOT INTERESTED IN ATTEMPTING WHAT I’VE ALREADY DONE.
PODCAST Always attempt higher:
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SUPER SOLID.
I don’t want any bugs. I want it to be insanely solid and stable and reliable.
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BECOME A CRYPTO GOD.
Don’t own any physical possessions. All I own is crypto. The ultimate etherial lightness. No car, no home. All of my fiat currency just goes into buying meat.
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Different is Not the Goal
What if being different, looking different, and owning different things were overrated? Perhaps a better goal to just just focus on our courage, and pursuing our interest, rather than being too focused on being “different”.
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IGNORE THE NEWS.
The news is based on sensationalism in order to maximize “engagement“. Therefore, whenever you see TVs or the news on, force your eyes to look away.
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PIC NOT RELATED.
Better to have a random photo associated with the thing than no photo.
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Activity Over “Meaning”
Don’t concern yourself to much about the “meaning” of your life. Rather, just focus on what you consider “virtuous activity” for yourself.
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Always Pack Extra
We always seem to run out of a thing, at the most inconvenient moments. For example, always pack extra facemasks, we always seem to run out of them, when we most need them.
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Meritocracy Over Inclusivity
Certainly nobody should be barred from success based on their race, class, social upbringing, etc. However, the notion of “inclusivity“ is misguided. For example, not all students get into Harvard. Harvard is an exclusive institution, and maintains their rank based on exclusivity, not inclusivity. What we should be doing instead is focusing on meritocracy: merit.…
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DON’T RECORD YOURSELF
If you really need to focus, don’t record yourself Some thing I have noticed: when I record myself at the gym, I am less focused. Also, when I attempt a new one rep max, or attempting to lift a very heavy weight, recording myself is hugely distracting and detrimental to my focus. The take away…
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DON’T ENGAGE.
Don’t respond.
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The Human Foot is Not Symmetrical
The left foot and right foot is different. Also, the distribution of all the toes are different locations and sizes.
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