Month: October 2023
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Move faster, take more risks, break rules, question requirements
Defy.
Force of Will
Envision the future instead of short term profits
Profit = prophet
Intensity
ZEN DESIGN.
Rapid reusability
Study different ways to do it.
“The best part is no partâ€
“Success is not guaranteed, but excitement is!â€
Photo algorithm
Photo visionary.
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THE ZEN OF PHOTOGRAPHY
ZEN PHOTO:
Photos which speak to you?
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STRONG PASSION.
It seems one of the best ways to live life is to pursue strong passion; that is, only things which you have a strong passion for. Let everything else fall to the wayside.
For example, my passion for work!
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What interests you, what *doesn’t* interest you?
For example, when reading the Elon Musk biography by Walter Isaacson, the stuff on SpaceX and SpaceX exploration and spaceships and rockets and Mars don’t really interest me.
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JUST FOLLOW YOUR GUT.
Or your desires, curiosities?
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Spirit & Movement
Free range
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MUSCLES ARE MORE INTERESTING.
Studying Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rodin, etc … it seems apparent that muscles are more fascinating!
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Fear complacency?
Flabby and slow?
Go all in, hardcore mode
Attitude over skills
Social anxiety and personal growth
Conquer anxiety
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POWER.
My only priority in life — more power?
Grass fed beef, hardcore fasting.
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No steering wheels?
Immoral behavior
anti weight
Don’t worry about weight— whether good or bad.
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ELON 5
Surprising.
I hate too soft!
Authority of a pickup truck.
Change the form!
Stainless steel doesn’t need painting!!
Ultra hard
Cold rolled — stainless steel alloy
Exoskeleton
Sharp lines, sharp planes , straight planes sharp angles
Edgier , jarring
Don’t resist me
Let’s be bold. Let’s surprise people ***
I want the future to look like the future !
Diamond facets
I seek satisfaction !!
Distractions ?
The pleasure of sunlight on your bare skin
Rule breaking ethos
Fundamental physics ; question every requirement
First Principles Level
Just make it one integrated component
Order of magnitude cheaper***
Culling makes life easier
Don’t be chicken
Simpler
Stainless steel over carbon fiber
Closest to the source for the information
Burn the boats ***
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ALPHA
ALPHA MALE, Alpha human?
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Battle mode.
Maybe over preparing is a good idea
Demon mode?
Standing mode
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Replaceable or irreplaceable?
GREAT CONVERSATION.
The best design is zen.
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SWAT AESTHETIC.
SWAT— like the SWAT aesthetic. Black armor.
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ELON IV
If you really want to be the best entrepreneur possible, it seems that the best strategy is to not drink alcohol
Step one: question all of the requirements
Delete delete delete
“Delete themâ€
Often times, just doing them manually, not automated is better.
Introduce automation at the very very end
Factory settings are always idiotic.
Set to 100, then dial back. 70%
Question every tiny detail!
What’s slowing down the line?
When in doubt, delete ***
Remove all the unnecessary machines!
“Go or stay?â€
Build a massive tent!
Makeshift solutions ***
Unconventional thinking
Question every requirement
Delete any part of the process you can
Delete more!
Simplify and optimize
Accelerate cycle time
You cannot change attitude
The only rules are rules of physics— everything else is a recommendation ***
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Gear or object fetishism?
Most paintings are boring
Potential and time?
The real world is hugeUltra gym?
What does man truly want out of women? The most beautiful men possible, to get the most beautiful children.
I need more high intensity! Thus, my ideal spaces tend to be maximally chaotic?
Being indoors is depressing
For example, it seems that childcare, daycare, “Montessori“, is all indoors and they have all these “activities†for kids. But, it is just so much more effective way to take care of lots of children at once, preventing them from getting run over by cars etc.
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Builders vs Spenders?
A hilarity is that it seems that people don’t get it; everyone wants to become a billionaire, because they desire to spend a billion dollars. However on the contrary, real billionaires have become billionaires because they are focused on building, creating new things and value, and actually are very frugal.
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The ability to be or become anything?
Maybe this is where neutral colors and or the primer concept is good; you don’t have to be stuck with one thing, but rather, you’re always poised and have the possibility to become something else!
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Pack more power into a smaller frame
From this perspective, a Tesla model 3 performance should be best?
Why? Ultimately if you live in LA, you’re going to have to park your car into a really really small spot!
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Become Tougher
Maybe this is the goal of fitness and weightlifting?
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The cheapest solution possible?
Contrary to popular prejudice; it seems that true in innovation happens when entrepreneurs are very scrappy, and know how to cut cost and money.
For example, reading the biography on Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, the greatest thing that I’ve learned and gleaned is how in fact, Elon Musk is insanely scrappy, and also insanely good at cutting costs and challenging basic cost of things. For example, instead of spending $1 million in a part, for one of the SpaceX rockets, he simply gets an engineer to scrappily use a similar part either in the automotive industry or a home appliance to do it for $1000!
Therefore, I think a basic thing we could consider is that rather than always trying to get the most expensive thing for the thing, first try the cheapest solution possible, and then work our way up from there. Or if things seem too expensive, just figure out how you can build it yourself!
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What invigorates you?
For entrepreneurs, impatience is a virtue.
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The powerful and the powerless
The powerful often use physical force, their domineering force, their aggression for power.
The powerless often use things like “moralsâ€, “ethicsâ€, “respectâ€, “rationality“, “logicâ€, “reasoningâ€, “guiltâ€, “shame†as their weapons. Or self flagellation. Any person who has ever used self-flagellation as a technique to punish the other is truly sick and diseased.
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True Passion?
What are your true passions, without the pressure of society or others?
I think what society tells you that ultimately your passion should be money, accumulation of more money, and to purchase XYZ.
Therefore our personal aim is to challenge the “shouldâ€.
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Revealed Reality
We often say that we like and prefer XYZ, but in revealed reality, what is it that we truly desire and prefer?
For example myself, my extreme preference for the sun, and direct light. Waking up in a hotel room with floor to ceiling windows, and the light directly shining in is pure bliss for me — directly on me!
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With places with poor hygiene, I can never feel 100% satisfied
I am starting to realize that the big issue with places that have poor hygiene, or are really old or unpleasant, I can never feel 100% comfortable, satisfied, or happy, because poor hygiene, or ghetto spaces are unnerving.
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The best humanity has to offer!
I FEAR NOBODY.
Zero ounces of guilt!
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INCOMPRABLE.
When people tell you that something is a good idea, it ain’t.
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The *Root* of Toxicity?
Toxic environments?
Also, bowls are better than plates? They take up less surface area!
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I’m just going to treat myself as if I were Steve Jobs or Elon Musk.
Who has the stronger will, the stronger willpower? Also the most physical power?
No hard feelings!
Even if you do, pretend like you don’t!
Anti miserable, sick and unhealthy people from your life!
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ELON III
Is it possible to become a “lean“ sumo wrestler?
Real friends
“King crazyâ€
Things to really worry about, things not to?
Larry page … page rank.
ERIC RANK
Of course humans are the best.
Make it truly open source!
DATa
Build your own systeM?
Only visual data?
It cannot be too expensive!
Anti radar?
Anti lidar? But lidar x iPhone Pro is good?
Portable Lidar.
No steering Wheel and no braking?
Risk is a type of fuel?
Safety first.
Energy innovation company
Travel for innovation
â€no Brainerâ€
Integration
Never compromise on aesthetics ***
The integrated future.
Delete steps and simplify.
I need a lot of drama to keep me invigorated?
I love fire!
100% cut toxic.
Often the greatest benefit of studying biographies is knowing in hindsight which things do not do
Via negativa wisdom.
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How do you know if you’re going to make a good financial decision or not?
Simple: just add it to your shopping cart, your digital shopping cart or whatever, and see how you emotionally feel about it.
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Entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurial blood
Where does this come from?
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“True Entrepreneurs�
Reading the Elon Musk biography by Walter Isaacson, thinking about Steve Jobs, Kanye West, etc., it seems that all true innovators and entrepreneurs ultimately should almost be like single monks. To be like some sort of entrepreneurial priests.
Why? Their work must consume them, and in order to innovate to a large degree, one must not have any personal relationships.
For myself, I prize my relationships too much. With Cindy, and now Seneca. Then perhaps what I do is something different;
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Writing “Style�
There’s no such thing as “good writingâ€, or “bad writingâ€. To me, the only things which matters is whether it is direct, honest, and interesting.
For example, I really enjoyed the writing of Walter Isaacson, especially in his new Elon Musk biography. It is personal, tight, and also very cross pollinating to one of my idols, Steve Jobs.
What I like about Walter Isaacson is that he also puts in parentheses things to note, or things to note for the future of the book directly to the reader.
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Double safety.
Also thoughts “non-sexual†people?
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MUSK NOTES II
More acres?
Scrappy.
Scavenge, repurpose cheaply.
Save money
Anti flabby
Upend cost structure concepts
“Right†or being “wrong�
Time will tell.
Accelerate the pace of innovation
Fitness Innovation
How much risk are you willing to tolerate?
“Vindicationâ€
Border on the reckless?
Become more nimble.
Jealousy versus envy?
Tight control.
Tight feedback loop — innovate on a daily basis.
Brain strategy
Be like a hawk! A Guard dog!
Foreign investors?
How to design the factory?
I am addicted to innovation!
“fuck oilâ€
“Production quality�
“Assembly line�
Hardcore
“Ultra hardcoreâ€
Supermodel
“Wacky idea�
Matter of first principles.
What should a camera be?
Or, what is a camera?
Blue sky wacky.
“Reusableâ€.
Anti stasis.
Why do you care for, what don’t you care for?
For example, I don’t really care for space.
Mission-driven pioneer.
Physics problem
Pare down the contents of your knapsack
Obsession with reducing weight?
Delete or trim ***
Venture seeker.
The true holy grail?
Different order of magnitude?
Relentless goal to conquer gravity
Redesign,
How to cram more power into it?
Muscle through!
Intuition?
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Friendly design
I simply want to be left alone to my own devices!
Magical.
Create an emotional bond with the owner
Continuous upgrades over the air
Make it better than what you originally bought it as
My passion is wasting resources?