Be led by enthusiasm fun and play

OK… Let us think about children, children’s mind beginners mind, the joy of the beginner. Not obstructed by any sort of notions of good or bad, no greeting, no evaluation no peer assessment etc.

To me, the reason why this is such a critical thought is my big idea is ultimately… Life should be played. Even Frederick Nietzsche said  about the ancient Greeks… They were essentially a bunch of over grown children. Taking this a step further, I then believe that perhaps the critical marker of a child is the impetus and passion towards play!

do you want to play with me? Do you want to be my friend?

When kids are still young, not corrupted by the real rule yet, it is very very frequent that children will just approach other children at the park, doesn’t matter if they are the same age, they could be a little bit older or younger or whatever… And they will simply ask them whether they want to play! And whether you want to be my friend?

To me this is so pure so innocent, so wonderful, so life affirming. Why? Can you imagine an adult saying this thing? People would just raise their eyebrows and assume that some sort of sexual predator or something.

I think also the reason why people get confused by me is that I talk like a kid, a joke that I’m a 36-year-old man stuck in the mind of a six-year-old. And also an interesting thing that Kanye said was his life was as he became older he wants to become younger. That when he dies he wants to be zero years old.

The reason why this is such an interesting thought is this is kind of what a Zen master, a Zen monk, a thich nhat hanh, or a Taoist would think. 

Conquering your fears in investing

My very very simple thought towards becoming a fearless investor is simple: essentially live like a poor person, or an extreme Spartan monk hoplite, and live like a moneyless demigod?

Real desires versus false desires

The reason why you should never watch professional sports, TV YouTube, TikTok Instagram Facebook WhatsApp whatever… All of it is essentially just advertising on crack. For example, the number one thing we learn in marketing is that we are easily duped into things, all the wild when we think we are immune. For example, if you keep watching these rap music videos of these dudes in Lamborghinis and stuff, you’re going to want one! Even my big Takeaway point was that when I thought about it deeply, I didn’t actually want the Lamborghini, I just wanted to be or become like Kanye West! And this is why people don’t get; Kanye West is definitely the most influential musical artist or artist in general of all time, at least in our times. Why? Think about it… The only one who comes close and maybe Picasso, but Picasso was not a businessman, Picasso did not create his own products, Picasso was not really a philosopher or a politician and he certainly did not run for president.

And even if I think about this critically… I think the only reason why Laika got really popular, at least the time when I was around, was that the like M9 entered my universe had a very good time, and also, I think a lot of street guitar is also got interested in film, shooting Film, the film Leica MP camera etc.  shout out to my friend Alexander Amy!

And this is what people don’t understand… Anyone who is in street photography now, everyone is a fan of ERIC KIM, whether they know it or not. And also, I’m very certain that 30 years from now, I’m going to be so influential in the world of photography and photography that everyone is going to forget everybody else. Why? First and foremost, 30 years from now… All of the renowned Magnum photographers are going to die. And once they are all dead, nobody’s going to care about Magnum anymore. Even now I don’t care about Magnum. 

And also the big problem here is any sort of collective, over a long enough period of time, is going to fail. Why? Individuals last, collective and groups don’t.

For example, even if we think about cubism as a movement… Who do we really think? We only think Picasso! Everybody else becomes forgotten.

Even a lot of these abstract artist, only Piet Mondrian has lasted.

Even if we think critically, all these rappers live, the only ones who have really lasted are probably Jay Z Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, and unfortunately Drake. I love Kendrick to death but we’re to the wise… Kendrick doing all these tracks of Drake was a bad idea because the more you did somebody, the more power and fame you give them. If you’re really really want somebody to be forgotten, you just don’t mention their name!

All press is good press. Even the bad press!

I love the new iPhone Pro!

Something very shocking to me, I actually really love the new iPhone Pro! Why? I think I’m probably a genius, my thought a year or two ago was actually, the number one most critical thing in the iPhone or the new iPhone is and should be the microphone! Even what a lot of people say in the world of podcasting or whatever, is that audio quality is actually more critical than video quality. Probably true.

Also this makes sense because we human beings, our ears are more sensitive than our eyes  maybe by a factor of 1000 X. This is why you never ever ever want to live anywhere in a loud neighborhood, or on the main street. The problem is if you live on a loud street, loud noise pollution is 1 trillion times bad for your well-being than anything else. Better to live in a very ugly apartment on a very quiet street, then live in the most luxurious place, on the loudest Street possible.

God power

How to feel like a god? 

As much as I would hate to admit it… It does seem that currently, at least for now, the feeling of God like power is probably two things: physiological power muscular power and wellness, as well as the technological one. For example, assuming that you’re eating a 100% Beef liver diet, organ meats and the like,  what I call a demigod diet, you sleep 8 to 12 hours a night, you work out and you lift weights at least once a day, and assuming you have the newest iPhone pro Titan, Desert titanium like a real man, then, I am pretty certain you’re going to feel pretty demigod mode. Why? to not be inhibited by physics, or digital physics.

What is digital physics? It is when you open up your damn iPhone, and it lags, or the voice dictation accuracy is slow sucks and lags. This is still where I think if you want an economic advantage in life, having the newest iPad Pro, iPhone Pro, and having gigabyte Internet at your house is actually a true advantage. Why? If you could be uploading more and more videos quicker than average person, then, You’re going to win.

Also, saving time by lifting weights at home, in your own garage, in your apartment parking lot etc. The whole off the grid concept.

Think Achilles

What would Achilles do? Also what would he not do?

I am very certain that Achilles would have zero interest in driving a Lamborghini with the scissor doors. Or traveling to Japan and eating Omakase sushi. Or having billions of dollars , engaging in hedonism. 

All Achilles cares for is war, combat, slaking the thirst of blood on his action spear or his cruel sword.