ERIC KIM

GO DEMIGOD.

How to go demigod:

“I know I’m not the most high but I’m on a close high.” — Kanye West YEEZUS Album

What would a demigod do?

Just think to yourself; if you were in fact a demigod, what would you do, what would you not do?

PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

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Essays by KIM

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

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