Everything Happened as it *SHOULD HAVE* Happened!

Isn’t this like the ultimate optimistic, great thought?

PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

IDEAS BY KIM

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

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