Month: July 2023

The story of a king who drank a little bit of poison in his cup every single day, in order to build immunity to 100% real poison.

I say to gain deeper wisdom about what is ‘natural’ in humans, simply observe the behavior of children (2 years, 6 months old)– this is genuine.

The ultimate sacrifice.

To go on maximal adventures!

Anything which catches my eye! Once again don’t worry about whether it is a ‘good’ photo or not, but whether it interests you or not!

Another thing, Americans are too obsessed with notions of ‘luck’: “Oh, you just got lucky.” or “Oh, he or she just got lucky because of x y z” Ultimately luck or not does’t matter, …

Why are Americans or westerners so obsessed with notions of ‘skill’? My theory: It has to do with the concept of merit. For example, if you can do something without much effort, it is …

A problem in photography: There is too much emphasis on whether or not it took ‘skill’ to make a certain photo or not. However, the reason why this is a bad line of thinking …

My superpower.

I’m still a little bit confused; how is it that America, which is so insanely far away from everything and everyone, has so much powerful economic might? And how is it that America still …

After catching some sort of sickness, cold, and spending around 24 hours unfunctional (sleeping straight through the night, intermittently waking up between 10am-7:30pm), takeaway point: All the wealth, riches and luxury things mean nothing …

AUDIO Saigon is great: Why?

As is my wife, my self, my mother.

Learning that certain biases in America are actually quite silly. For example, in Asia, you don’t wash your own car, you get a team of six other guys to wash it for you. Strange …

Because you gotta stare at it all day!

The genius of children:

Best to enter realms in which you can gain a virtual 100% monopoly. For example, Elon Musk and Tesla — essentially dominating and creating a virtual monopoly of electric cars and the Tesla supercharging …

The Spartan approach. Think about your wife and kids instead!

Instead, approach to living or life.

Towards more modular futures:

A thought while staring at my Lumix G9 camera and my Leica Lumix 12mm f1.4 lens: Think Interchangeable

Sigma fpL with Leica M lens?

Trader Maritime power — navy Liberica — Liberia Liberia less coffee — less caffeine Monoculture * Coffee analogies for real life Genetic Diversity TTR — robusta Sigma M adapter * Own it for life …

We are taught shame from society and others? Theory — shame is not an inherent natural thing in humans?

Are monopolies a bad thing? Perhaps a “monopoly” is a good thing! Be the best, so dominant, 10000x beyond everyone else. Note Tesla and electric cars and supercharging stations, Apple and the iPhone, ERIC …

RACK PULL– SUMO STYLE.

My principal pre-occupation:

Whether we like it or not, I believe our personality is more governed by hormones than we would think we do.

If the air pollution is so thick and heavy, and you could taste it and it obstructs your breathing, not all of the luxuries in the world can cancel this out

Not form or technique, but leverage: I got the keys to all success:

An interesting theory I have; if you want to increase your leverage, decrease your weight. Why? Let us assume that your legs are also levers, and your body is just a dynamic lever. If …

I do it because I care!

Not “form”, or “technique”:

Rather than thinking about “form”, or “technique”, perhaps it is better for us to think about leverage. For example, weightlifting. The goal isn’t for growing your muscles or aesthetics, the goal is to move …

The link:

The simplest thing possible?

Concrete Overflowing One rep maxing in life