ERIC KIM

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Essays by KIM

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

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