ERIC KIM

*Beyond* Individualism

The critical mistake or misstep of many of these new modern day philosophies and modes of thinking — they are still predicated on the individual.

What would a school of thinking *BEYOND* individualism look like? And not loser socialism or loser communism — something stronger, hardier, more robust,,, more spartan?

Less capitalism and consumerism, more martial, physical, philosophical, artistic?

PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

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IDEAS BY KIM

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

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