ERIC KIM

What is Wisdom?

Not being a fool!

  1. Not making big decisions at night, when you’re tired, or about to sleep.
  2. Not making decisions when you’re “hot headed”. Cool, rational logic, hard, slow, enforced decisions are best.
  3. No irrational passion with decision making

PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

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Essays by KIM

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

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