In the short term, it looks bad, and you might have a little bit of friction, but the long run, you will benefit.

Becoming more selfish and greedy?

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig is a prominent figure in contemporary cinema, both in the independent film scene and in mainstream Hollywood. Her work as an actress, screenwriter, and director has garnered critical acclaim and a dedicated following. Here’s a brief overview of her life and career:

• Early Life and Education: Greta Celeste Gerwig was born on August 4, 1983, in Sacramento, California. She grew up in a close-knit family and attended an all-girls Catholic high school. Gerwig then moved to New York to attend Barnard College, where she studied English and philosophy.
• Career Beginnings: Gerwig’s foray into the film industry began in the mumblecore movement, where she collaborated with filmmakers like Joe Swanberg and appeared in several low-budget, independent films. Her performances in movies like “Hannah Takes the Stairs” (2007) and “Nights and Weekends” (2008), which she co-directed with Swanberg, helped establish her as a key figure in indie cinema.
• Breakthrough and Success: Gerwig’s mainstream breakthrough came with her role in “Greenberg” (2010), directed by Noah Baumbach, whom she would later collaborate with on multiple projects and form a personal relationship. Her performance in “Frances Ha” (2012), which she co-wrote with Baumbach, received widespread acclaim and marked her as a significant talent in both acting and writing.
• Directorial Debut: Greta Gerwig made her solo directorial debut with “Lady Bird” (2017), a coming-of-age drama that she also wrote. The film was a critical and commercial success, earning five Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Gerwig. This made her the fifth woman ever to be nominated for the Best Director Oscar.
• Continued Success: Gerwig continued her directorial success with “Little Women” (2019), an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. The film was praised for its fresh perspective, ensemble cast, and direction, earning Gerwig another Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
• Personal Life: Gerwig has been in a relationship with filmmaker Noah Baumbach since 2011, and they share a son together. The couple has collaborated on several film projects, becoming a power duo in the film industry.
• Influence and Style: Greta Gerwig is known for her distinctive voice in cinema, often focusing on female-driven narratives, nuanced character studies, and themes of self-discovery and personal growth. Her work is characterized by its wit, warmth, and emotional depth, making her one of the most influential figures in modern American cinema.

As of 2023, Gerwig continues to be a vital force in the industry, with her direction of the highly anticipated “Barbie” movie, showcasing her range and versatility as a filmmaker.

Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director, known for her work in the independent film industry as well as her contributions to mainstream cinema. As of my last update in April 2023:

• Birthdate: Greta Celeste Gerwig was born on August 4, 1983.
• Age: She would be 40 years old as of 2023.
• Height: She is approximately 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 meters) tall.

Gerwig has received critical acclaim for her directorial work, particularly for films like “Lady Bird” and “Little Women,” showcasing her versatile talent in both storytelling and direction. Her approach often embodies a blend of humor, earnestness, and deeply human storytelling.

MAN OR WOMAN?

Some thoughts:

Menstrual cycle or no menstrual cycle? 

OK this is some super facts:

If your wife, your girlfriend, your partner etc. has a menstrual cycle, certainly you should treat her differently than if the other person did not.

We meant do not have menstrual cycles. Therefore, we should keep ourselves to a different standard than others, vice versa. 

Why do we deny our hormones?

Testosterone vs estrogen; these hormones are critical. If a man did not have testosterone we cannot produce semen or sperm which is potent and could be life and give birth to new generations of children.

Second, if a woman did not have estrogen, ovaries, menstrual cycles, etc.… we cannot beget children. 

The war on children?

I was at the park the other day, and I asked another mom a funny question; “In modern-day society, who do we care for more… children or dogs?” She laughed, joked and said frankly; “Of course dogs! As much as I hate it.”

Also another super annoying thing that I experienced about a year ago when at the Oakland international airport; there was a stupid dog bathroom, but no family bathroom for kids?

Another really annoying thing:

I was out with Seneca, the cutest kid of all time, and there was a stupid dog next to us, and suddenly everyone was fighting over the dog, talking about the dog and complementing the dog, while ignoring Seneca?

You are not allowed to say “I hate dogs“? 

A weird thing in modern day Society; modern day society has become extremely tolerant of dogs, but not children?

It seems in modern day society you are no longer permitted to say “I hate dogs”– but you can say “I hate kids”?

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Individualism taken to an extreme? 

Some strange layers I see here: 

1. First, it looks like this extremely strange transgender, transsexual, trend has to deal with the fact that people no longer care about children or kids. Let us consider if you’re a man and you want to do a sex change to become a woman, or vice versa etc.; typically, there is this trend that people who decide to do this don’t want to have kids. No this is not always true because you can have a man man, woman man, transgender, transgender, trans man, trans woman, any sort of combination, single parent etc. who could have kids… If they are adopted? But still… Early enough in the chain line and the chain-link you need a man and a woman to get a child.

Why do we deny hormones?

Also, it seems the trend is for some reason, we want to deny hormones. We want to all pretend like testosterone doesn’t exist, estrogen doesn’t exist, and that for some weird reason, our personal individuality matters more?

we are anti-steroids… But for some reason we support sexual changes via hormone therapy?

Once again modern day society is very weird and strange; we are not consistent. 

For example, there is a general consensus in America and beyond that hormones, steroids are bad. Everybody knows this. And I think it is a good thing;

Steroids shrinker balls in your testes, and it might cause irreplaceable harm where you cannot have children in the future.

Or even funnier yet;

if you are a bodybuilder hopped up on steroids, you could have the most impressive muscles in the physique, but the second you bed a beautiful woman, you can’t even get it up!

Kind of an unrelated note; apparently this is where cocaine is really bad; if you take cocaine, a man gets impotence and can’t get it up unless he takes Viagra instead?

These degenerates!

Why this matters 

So it looks like this weird hijacking of society has to deal with feminism, a little bit of masculinity, etc.

First, I looked at modern-day man and woman, and it is becoming very strange;

First, all of these men are all of them are these short, loser, skinny, kind of fit, and or skinny fat guys, who want to get all these beautiful women, and the women tend to be much more impressive; much more fit healthier, stronger and more muscular.

I have always been a feminist

“I’m a feminist,,, I love women!” – haha, joke to my friend Stephanie as an undergraduate at UCLA, age 20, junior year studying sociology, — sociology of the family class (essentially a woman’s study course)

Being raised to more or less a single mother, I think I have always been a feminist and cared for women. Even my younger sister who is two years younger than you, I have always treated her like a tomboy. From an early age I encouraged her to lift weights, do whatever she wanted, to defy typical gender norms.

Similarly speaking, if I was born a girl or a woman, certainly I wouldn’t want anybody to tell me what I could do or what I could not do based on my gender or sex or whatever.

But, there is this very very strange and bizarre trend in which a man is no longer allowed to be a man?

This is the problem:

A man and a woman, both have different hormones… and everyone uses themselves as their own reference point.

Therefore as a consequence, both sexes become confused about the other. 

For example, the typical commentary from men is that we often complain that women are not rational, too emotional, etc. The misguided thought is “why can’t they think like us or be like us?” But is this something we really desire?

Conversely, women don’t like men the way they are; women wants man to become more feminine; to be more compassionate, understanding, open minded etc.

Even Friedrich Nietzsche once said that Christianity was essentially a feminine religion, or a religion for women,,, whereas at least he praised Mohammadism (Islam)– the prophet Mohamed for being a male, masculine religion.

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Why does this bother me?

Some issues at hand:

First, I feel like there is becoming this weird double standard. For example, as a man, I am given weird looks sideways plant is for walking around with my shirt off, or wearing short shorts, or essentially wearing a speedo in public. But the same time, it is 100% OK for women to walk around in Pants, biking shorts, have yoga shorts or whatever which essentially shows off all of their feminine parts?

The nuance is women are not permitted to show their nipples or their breasts in public. I think in America or California at least; it is illegal for a woman to walk around without a shirt on. But certain ways that I have seen women side skirt this  is by wearing a loose fitting white cotton ribbed tank top without a bra on, in which you could essentially see their breasts and their nipples underneath.

And trippy told, I think America’s weird; in a lot of indigenous cultures, Africa etc., it is totally normal for women to walk around bare chested. I think in America we have this weird sexual perversion with women, in which there is the strange dichotomy:

on one hand, we follow these quaker protestant ethics that a woman should be prim and proper, cover-up and be lady like, but in secret, men, I think at least 99.9% of men watch porn, either daily, every other day, certainly at least once a week, once a month, once a year?

I have never met another man who doesn’t watch porn

I quit watching porn around 2017, not because it was more realistically bad, I think I was just too busy. I was too busy in my thoughts, studying philosophy etc., I wonder if 99% of men simply watch porn because they are bored. Porn is just entertainment for men.

Also, what do people do in public versus private?

Zoom mishaps

Do you remember in the early days of Covid in which everyone switch to zoom? There was this very funny story about an older Caucasian male professor, I think he was teaching the history of East Asia or something, and he was doing a screen share, opened up a Google Chrome tab, And he was trying to access the website like “sacred histories of east Asia” or something,,, and it automatically auto filled to “sexyAsiancollegegirls.com”– haha! Yeah I’m pretty sure he lost his job quickly after that.

The hard and the tricky thing is that at least with men, it is impossible to know who they really are, what they really think what their behaviors truly are, unless you know what they do in private. It is impossible to know.

“What do you think of Maria Ozawa”?

Another funny meme; just ask another guy, if they know who Maria Ozawa is. If this guy is Caucasian, Asian, Asian American etc.… Essentially Maria Ozawa was a famous Japanese adult video star, originally born in Canada, half Canadian Caucasian half Japanese I believe; very popular.

I wouldn’t trust any man who preaches women’s rights or whatever, who secretly watches porn in private.

Does Mark Zuckerberg watch porn?

Also

Does Elon Musk watch porn? Certainly yes. He jokes about all the time, “Google doesn’t care about what porn you watch”.

Also, does Jeff Bezos watch porn? Probably. Just watch the video interview with him recently with Lex FridmanРhe is so insanely jacked, look at the vein popping out of his bicep! He is 59 years old, and it looks like he has high testosterone. The problem with a man in his position is that he is not allowed to just pick up any random woman, because he is such a high profile figure. also just read the medium article post expos̩ in which he on his own dirty emails and correspondence with that one TV female personality, it looks like he is a sleuth.

Apple Vision Pro?

Not to digress too much; but a funny thought; what percentage of guys who bought the Apple Vision Pro is curious or and or has used it to watch a virtual reality, 3D porn? 

What changes when you have a kid

I have a young boy, Seneca is currently three years old. Being around adults, and being a man and the father figure, certain things which I actually am uncomfortable with:

1. Cursing: it just seems improper. Being with him around me all the time, he is finally getting to that point in which she is mimicking me, mimicking my speech patterns, and rehashing what I say. As a consequence, I realize that I have to be very careful about my tongue, And rewrite the way I just generally really talk.  Typically we have a front stage self in a backstage self; I want both to be consistent. Or another words, I never want to do or write or say anything in private, that I am not comfortable having Seneca read or no, same thing with Cindy.

The brain is plastic

Also another big thing that people don’t really talk about, is how plastic the brain is. Essentially what that means is the reason why we should never use Instagram, YouTube, or allow our children to use it is that it reprograms your plastic brain in strange ways.

“What’s an Instagram?”

The other day we were in West LA, and Cindy did this “solid core“ Pilates style workout,  and on the wall was this poster of all of the 12 or so instructors, their personal biographies etc. and at the bottom, there was this column in which they could share their Instagram handle. I was curious; was there anyone there who didn’t have an Instagram or shared? No. Everyone did.

Even though in LA, whenever I meet random strangers, the first question they always ask me is what my Instagram is at the end? I told them I don’t have one, and I just give them my phone number and first and last name instead.

Who will the future belong to?

I’m actually kind of excited; once all of the baby boomers, Gen X, Jen why etc. couples without children, who just own dogs, no children… Once they all die off, who will be the next emperors of the planet? Our kids!

America is in for a big problem

in the Jeff Bezos interview with Lex Fridman, they briefly discuss the notion of the 10,000 year clock, in which they created a mechanical clock nested somewhere in a desert cave which is purely mechanical, and will last for the next 10,000 years, as a consequence, the general metaphor is for us to think more long-term. For us to think more long-term; Jeff Bezos correctly predicts that 10,000 years from now, America won’t be around anymore. He is probably right. These are the big problems:

First, all of these really really rich and successful people, people on top of these big tag companies, it seems that they don’t really have any kids; maybe one kid, maybe zero kids, maybe a dog. Who is having children in America? Suburban families in Irvine, and poor Mexican people and immigrant families.

Thinking about the next generation

Something that Americans are really poor about; thinking about the next generation, the next generation of wealth etc.

We give all this lip service about intergenerational wealth whatever, but… Isn’t the most intelligent thing to literally think about the next generation, not in metaphor but our kids?

I thought the other day; when all the baby boomers die, all of the Gen X die, and also once all the millennials die, Seneca and his generation of kids, they will be the next rulers of the planet.

Because once again, all these people who don’t have kids and just have dogs ,,, eventually, when they die off, there are no longer there. I’m actually curious, if you’re a super rich executive at one of these big tech companies, and once you die, what happens to all of your wealth? Let us say you have 10 million, 100 million, 1 billion, $10 billion in the bank; once you’re dead, where will it go?

Just do you

I think the simple thoughts:

1. Leave other people alone. If they want to change their gender sex, takes steroids or do hormone replacement therapy, let them be. Why do we care what other people do?

I think the nuance is this; when people start to superimpose their value judgments upon you and or your kids.

“I love their hair!”

Very weird happening; the other day I was at Apple Store, and a very friendly apple employee, look like an Asian American young woman, maybe in her 20s mid 20s, looked at Seneca with his cool haircut and said “I love their hair!”

It struck me a little aback. At first, I was a little bit confused, I wasn’t quite certain what they were talking about.  I then realized that that moment, maybe the employee didn’t know whether Seneca was a boy or a girl, and simply referred to Seneca as “they” or “their”. Now this doesn’t really bother me that much, but I’m just starting to see a strange shift in our lexical language.

“Partner”

Another funny happening; a few years ago, maybe four or five years ago, I was in downtown LA, at my favorite coffee shop (ilcafe on broadway) and I was chopping it up with one of the workers there, this is before Seneca was born. I introduced Cindy as “my partner“ (Bay Area early woke talk–) and the young guy looked a bit confused paused and said… “Business partner? Or…” then Cindy interrupts and says and jokes “No. Sexual partner”. Haha we all laughed.

The tricky thing about this term “partner” is tricky because it can mean a lot of things:

1. Boyfriend, girlfriend, married man, married woman, gay partner lesbian partner LGBTQ partner etc.

As a consequence, it is an easy catch all term, to just refer to your significant other.

The reason why I find this term a bit problematic is that there are degrees here;

It is very very very very different if you are married versus not. 

No at least in California, I believe that same-sex marriage is legalized now, but still… I think there are some people who are in very very serious long-term relationships who end up not deciding to get married. Which is fine, I understand the whole anti-marriage sentiment, but still… I am pro monogamy, pro marriage. Of course, I am pro gay, pro lesbian, pro LGBTQ.

But I think the issue is that if we use the same term to refer both to boyfriend and girlfriend as partner, and or a married couple… This hierarchy loses its meaning. We must reestablish hierarchy.

This weird bias about polygamy?

Some thing I am very anti-is polygamy; the idea of having multiple wives, girlfriends boyfriends, partners, sexual partners or not sexual etc. This is another problem in American society; we don’t know what we want, and we don’t like closing doors, so we want infinite optionality.

Let us consider even in ancient Greece, ancient Greek mythology. Zeus and Hera. Husband and wife, king and queen on the throne. Certainly Zeus is the bad guy because he goes around sleeping with other mortals, sea nymphs whatever…  but still at the end today, in theory we could understand Zeus and Hera as married couple.

Marriage is important, is ancient and it goes back.

The big problem with polygamy, multiple marriages etc., even as a man; it is just too much stress and annoyance. It is difficult enough for a man to handle a single woman, let alone 2, 3 or more?

Is stoicism a philosophy only for men? 

First of all, I think store is for everybody. Man or woman, cat or dog whatever; I think it is a school of thought in the methodology I believe could benefit everybody.

I think this is the tricky thing:

A man should treat a woman differently than he would treat another man.

Specifically, I think a man should treat a woman with more privilege, more tolerance and patience than another man. 

And this is where the sexism comes in:

As long as a man does not have a menstrual cycle and doesn’t go through hormonal shifts like a woman, a man should always treat a woman with more privilege.

Why are we so hush-hush about hormonal shifts, ovulation cycles, menstrual cycles?

I have a younger sister, but still as a young boy growing up, teenager etc., I was very confused and I had no idea about having a period, ovulation cycles, how it all worked etc.

I actually have a vivid memory, the only young vivid memory I had is his child regarding my mom, I think my mom still had a period and a menstrual cycle, and she accidentally leaked in the bed with the white sheets, and I remember my dad yelling at my mom about it, my mom being very embarrassed about it.

As a consequence, in America at least my generation, born in 1988, we had this weird sexual education in which sex was stigmatized; abstinence was what was taught in school, we were shown all the scary images of STDs, STI’s, etc.; in the general ideas that if you have sex, doesn’t matter if protected or not, with or without a condom doesn’t matter… You might catch HIV AIDS and die. 

Also, it didn’t really help being raised Catholic, confusion, Korean American, in confusion cultures, these Asian cultures, certainly Catholicism, sex is seen and treated as being evil, not to be trusted etc. 

Sex positivity is a good idea

Why is flexing, flexing or muscles seen as poor taste?

Am I the last masculine person alive?

Even when I would go to the gym, all of these guys… Doesn’t matter if they were super strong or jacked or whatever… I didn’t really consider these guys as masculine? Why? Too dark in Marose, perpetually having a frown on their face, always having Headphones or AirPods on, antisocial, weird behaviors?

Real men, outside smiling, topless, joking and chatting with each other, shooting the shit.

In fact one of my fondest memories was early Covid when all the gyms were closed, and I would just go to the local park and do calisthenics and meet all these other guys and just talk shop with them.

What is the problem here?

My personal take is that the problem is this weird mole people philosophy to life, too much time spent indoors.

Being indoors promotes antisocial behavior

Something else I have discovered is that being indoors is bad. At the gym, which is an enclosed indoor space, people are strangely antisocial. However if you work out at the park, in the great outdoors, etc.… People are much friendlier and happier.

The solution:

Build more outdoor gyms?

We off the grid grid grid!

A simple solution and suggestion I have is this:

Build your own outdoor gym!

 I currently live in LA, unfortunately I have two parking spots. One of them I parked my Prius, the other one I store my weightlifting equipment and my squat stand, and I just workout there. 

This is great for many reasons:

1. I save time. Even 10 minutes, five minutes, 13-14 or 15 minutes stuck in traffic driving somewhere to the gym, is time better spent working out by myself at home.
2.  Better for your health: maybe there is something to be said about having access to fresh air. Asian people believe in moving circulating fresh air, how it is critical for health and well-being. Traditional homes in Asian homes, they are always a little bit cold, in Korean Japan; the walls are made out of parchment paper, which allow air to float in and out, and I think there is a greater culture that one must be subjected to the elements, homes are both indoor outdoor places.

Less activation energy

Another great upside of working out at home, is that there is less activation energy. A lot of people don’t exercise or work out because going to the gym seems like it is too much friction. Another thing I learned from Jeff Bezos is this infamous “buy it now” or “one click buy” concepts; if you reduce the friction to buy something, it makes life easier.

For example, it is important for people to buy stuff, and I think and I believe that Amazon prime is a massive net plus to society. 

So perhaps the great upside of working at a home, I think for optimal health should lift weights every day, at least once a day? Maybe even twice a day?

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Media and bad feelings?

Maybe one of the big problems here is media. Media and bad feelings and emotions, over sentimental emotions?

For example, I was actually very very very curious about the Barbie movie, thinking of it like a good sociological watch, just like watching the matrix, 3.0.

However the big problem even watching that scene where Barbie goes into the real world and talks to the little girl Sasha; really really bad emotions and feelings here.

I actually wonder, if so much of modern day life, is ruined and bastardized by the fact that people watch all these shows and movies and stuff, which actually promotes anger, bad feelings, etc.?

What is the solution?

The simply thought is don’t watch media, don’t let your kids watch any media. It really messes them up.

Whether you have a boy or a girl doesn’t matter; movies are evil?

Who is the Director?

I know the thing that people don’t really think about and consider; ultimately, when you watch a film or a movie or whatever, it ends up being a magnification or a metaphor, the brainchild of the Director?

Therefore, a simple heuristic:

Before watching any sort of movie, film, cinema, TV show series whatever… First do research on who the Director the producer is, and then work your way backwards.

If the philosophy or political thinking of the Director or the producer or the creator is not in line with your own personal set of beliefs, then don’t watch it or consume it.

What does the Director or the producer look like?

Looks matter. Height physiology, facial morphology etc.

Google is Clickbait?

A new pro tip, in order to avoid getting suckered by Google, Google images, which is essentially all Clickbait at the end of the day,  just use flicker, flicker.com and use the little search icon when searching celebrities directors famous people etc. Try to get full body shots, and ideally, try to witness certain things:

Their height, their physiology, their body fat percentage, their muscle mass, what their face looks like.

For example, only beautiful people could produce beautiful artwork and films. 

If the producer, artist, Director is somebody you do not consider as beautiful, don’t watch read it or consume it.

Ugly in face, ugly in soul (Plato?)

Monstro in animo, monstro in face?

Creating your ideal or being the ideal?

 one of my favorite directors of all time is Zack Snyder, who produced the new Superman, the new Batman man, Justice Lee, as well as the original 300 movie. I rate the movie 300 as one of the best films of all time.

Something very interesting I found and discovered Zach Snyder is actually pretty short, only 5 foot seven? King Leonidas, Gerald Butler is maybe 6 foot one or something, so this is what I think: 

We create our own ideals.

 Therefore my cyclone Alicis is when Zack Snyder is creating a film, he is creating an idealized version of what he wishes he was.

For example as a kid, I grew up watching Johnny bravo, as well as being really into Arnold Schwarzenegger, in fact, it was always my personal ambition to be like the terminator, like Arnold. I’m around 5 foot 10 1/2, 5 foot 11; people always think I am shorter because I am Asian, which is essentially low-key racism.

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Now what?

Easy; become your own ideal!

ERIC

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EK

Some thoughts:

Menstrual cycle or no menstrual cycle? 

OK this is some super facts:

if your wife, your girlfriend, your partner etc. has a menstrual cycle, certainly you should treat her differently than if the other person did not.

Why do we deny our hormones?

Testosterone versus estrogen; these hormones are critical. If a man did not have testosterone we cannot produce semen or sperm which is potent and could be life and give birth to new generations of children.

Second, if a woman did not have estrogen, ovaries, menstrual cycles, etc.… we cannot beget children. 

The war on children?

I was at the park the other day, and I asked another mom a funny question; “in modern-day society, who do we care for more… Children or dogs?” She laughed, joked and said frankly; “of course dogs! As much as I hate it.”

Some strange layers I see here: 

1. First, it looks like this extremely strange transgender, transsexual, trend has to deal with the fact that people no longer care about children or kids. Let us consider if you’re a man and you want to do a sex change to become a woman, or vice versa etc.; typically, there is this trend that people who decide to do this don’t want to have kids. No this is not always true because you can have a man man, woman man, transgender, transgender, trans man, trans woman, any sort of combination, single parent etc. who could have kids… If they are adopted? But still… Early enough in the chain line and the chain-link you need a man and a woman to get a child.

Why do we deny hormones?

Also, it seems the trend is for some reason, we want to deny hormones. We want to all pretend like testosterone doesn’t exist, estrogen doesn’t exist, and that for some weird reason, our personal individuality matters more?

we are anti-steroids… But for some reason we support sexual changes via hormone therapy?

Once again modern day society is very weird and strange; we are not consistent. 

For example, there is a general consensus in America and beyond that hormones, steroids are bad. Everybody knows this. And I think it is a good thing;

Steroids shrinker balls in your testes, and it might cause irreplaceable harm where you cannot have children in the future.

Or even funnier yet;

if you are a bodybuilder hopped up on steroids, you could have the most impressive muscles in the physique, but the second you bed a beautiful woman, you can’t even get it up!

Kind of an unrelated note; apparently this is where cocaine is really bad; if you take cocaine, a man gets impotence and can’t get it up unless he takes Viagra instead?

These degenerates!



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THE ERIC KIM SCHOOL OF GREATNESS:

Why is everyone such a loser?

“I love your Prius!”

Maybe it is a virtue to be insanely stubbornly tied in, bought in,,, and into your own designs, creations, innovations?

Don’t live in limbo?

limbus— border, hanging.

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Large language models as discoveries

Large language models are much more like discoveries. We’re constantly getting surprised by their capabilities. They’re not really engineered objects.

Brains are plastic

Jeff Bezos(01:42:45) A hundred percent and you can feel your brain. Brains are plastic and you can feel your brain getting reprogrammed. I remember the first time this happened to me was when Tetris who’d first came on the scene. Anybody who’s been a game player has this experience where you close your eyes to lay down to go to sleep and you see all the little blocks moving and you’re kind of rotating them in your mind and you can just tell as you walk around the world that you have rewired your brain to play Tetris. But that happens with everything. I think we still have yet to see the full repercussions of this, I fear, but I think one of the things that we’ve done online and largely because of social media is we have trained our brains to be really good at processing super short form content.

(01:43:52) Your podcast flies in the face of this. You do these long format things.

Cognitive load

Jeff Bezos(01:40:17) Yes. So that particular thing is probably a solution to a number of paper cuts. So if you go back and look at our order pipeline and how people shopped on Amazon before we invented 1-Click shopping, there was more friction. There was a whole series of paper cuts and that invention eliminated a bunch of paper cuts. And I think you’re absolutely right by the way, that when you come up with something like 1-Click shopping, again, this is so ingrained in people now, I’m impressed that you even notice it. Most people-

Bezos is 59–

You will be 59 years old in 23 years.

Lex Fridman is the GOAT

On Death

Jeff Bezos(02:09:32) No. I used to be afraid of death. I did. I remember as a young person being very scared of mortality, didn’t want to think about it, and so on. And as I’ve gotten older, I’m 59 now, as I’ve gotten older, somehow that fear has sort of gone away. I would like to stay alive for as long as possible, but I’m really more focused on health span. I want to be healthy. I want that square wave. I want to be healthy, healthy, healthy, and then gone. I don’t want the long decay. And I’m curious. I want to see how things turn out. I’d like to be here. I love my family and my close friends, and I’m curious about them, and I want to see. So I have a lot of reasons to stay around, but mortality doesn’t have that effect on me that it did maybe when I was in my twenties.

Bezos and Fridman—

(02:07:56) We need to start training ourselves to think longer term. Long-term thinking is a giant lever. You can literally solve problems if you think long-term, that are impossible to solve if you think short-term. And we aren’t really good at thinking long-term. Five years is a tough timeframe for most institutions to think past. And we probably need to stretch that to 10 years and 15 years and 20 years and 25 years, and we’d do a better job for our children or our grandchildren if we could stretch those thinking horizons. And so the clock, in a way, it’s an art project, it’s a symbol. And if it ever has any power to influence people to think longer term, that won’t happen for hundreds of years, but we are going to build it now and let it accrue the patina of age.

Lex Fridman(02:08:52) Do you think humans will be here when the clock runs out here on earth?

Jeff Bezos(02:08:56) I think so. But the United States won’t exist. Whole civilizations rise and fall. 10,000 years is so long. No nation state has ever survived for anywhere close to 10,000 years.

Photos as art and art works … less for “memory” creation

The goal — not money or technology!

Once you’re on top of the world , then what?

Why is the Ferrari movie so insanely boring??

COOL ~

LA like Mexico City?

Long live LA!

Just Mad Max it ;; jerry rig it!

Not sexual intercourse, but biological sex; male or female, testes or ovaries.

This matters. Why? If you are a man and you have testes, certainly you have at least 1000 X testosterone than women, who certainly are pre-dominantly estrogen.

This matters. Certainly women who go through an ovulation period, will feel emotionally physiologically and mentally different than a man who does not.

A key difference here; transgender vs transsexual?

we all know that gender is a social logical phenomenon. Everyone is transgender to a certain degree. For example I like to wear short short booty shorts, I like the color pink whatever;

I think the difference is only when one uses weird hormone therapy to try to change their sex?

Setbacks at the day level, even the two day level are not a big issue; think the three day level, the five day level, the seven day level instead.

Let alone get one for free —

Thoughts:

1. Who was the ignoramus who even approved this product in the first place?
2. If Steve Jobs was alive today, or even if Jony Ive was at Apple today … no way in hell he or they would’ve approved the product.

Issues

1. It is already outdated. It uses the measly M2 chip, which is almost a generation or year old. M3 chip is already out, in the MacBook Pro as well as the iMac; so in terms of productivity work etc., you’re actually much better off getting a new MacBook Pro or even an iMac over this thing?
2. I actually think the technology in the oculus rift S is superior; Meta —

It must be intuitive and not need a demo

I did a recent demo, at the Apple in Century City mall in Los Angeles, worst experience of my life. What were the big problems here?

First, this insanely lame idea that I had to follow instructions? My simple suggestion is just let people run wild for 15 minutes, and see whether they could discover how to use it intuitively or not. If a user cannot figure out how to do it intuitively, like a child… The project and the product must be killed.

Nobody wants it?

Another big issue here; I was watching all these Apple tech developer videos for the new visionOS, and the developers themselves who directly work with Apple don’t seem to be enthusiastic about the product? Really bad news.

Pass through makes no sense?

To me the need for this pass-through technology is insanely bizarre and strange to me; isn’t it better or just superior to instead, just use an 11 inch iPad Pro instead, and let your real life eyes do the rest of the work?

Why sit?

Another big problem here; when you’re doing the demo, why are you encouraged to sit, why not stand instead?

Or squat or atlas lift barefoot?

$110,000 in a week?

$15,857.14 in a day

5 months rent in a day?

With predictions and speculations, it ain’t about being “right” or “wrong”— rather,,, about being a “winner” vs loser?

For example, looks like I was right about bitcoin, my speculation was correct. But, I don’t need to feel vindicated or whatever; my money and bitcoin is up, so I’m happy!

https://videopress.com/v/1p6Q7REh?resizeToParent=1&cover=1&autoPlay=1&controls=1&loop=1&muted=1&persistVolume=0&playsinline=0&preloadContent=metadata&sbc&sbpc&sblc&useAverageColor=1

https://videopress.com/v/1p6Q7REh?resizeToParent=1&cover=1&autoPlay=1&controls=1&loop=1&muted=1&persistVolume=0&playsinline=0&preloadContent=metadata&sbc&sbpc&sblc&useAverageColor=1

It’s funny; I suppose I end up becoming and being a good investor speculator and trader, even though I am very poor at math?

CRYPTO BY KIM

Brave new world for photographers and crypto:

1. Self-Custody
2. HOLD OR CIRCULATE?
3. BITCOIN OR BUST
4. BITCOIN THOUGHTS
5. Bitcoin is Sexy
6. Fuck the Banks!
7. Ethereum?
8. Why Chainlink?
9. BIG AMOUNTS, SMALL AMOUNTS?
10. CRYPTO, CRYPTOCURRENCY THOUGHTS.
11. The Philosophy of Crypto
12. BITCOIN SHALL BE THE LAST CRYPTO STANDING.
13. Bitcoin Price Prediction
14. Trust chainlink for the most accurate prices for bitcoin or any other crypto
15. BITCOIN
16. There is No Web 3.0
17. 2 cents to 2 dollars?
18. Crypto.com?
19. Speculation vs Investing
20. Building with Bitcoin
21. DYNAMICS VS STATICS.
22. How Do You Know if the Timing Is Right?
23. BITCOIN IN THE NEWS
24. BITCOIN & UNCERTAINTY
25. Fake Money
26. Why I Bought More Bitcoin (Again)
27. How I Made Money with Crypto
28. Better to buy Dogecoin then buy a Tesla
29. NO LIMITS.
30. ALL DIGITAL FUTURE.
31. Digital over Physical Possessions
32. DIGIBYTE.
33. CHAINLINK.
34. The Excitement of Starting from Zero
35. HAPTIC INDUSTRIES NOW ACCEPTING CRYPTO AND BITCOIN
36. In Praise of Crypto
37. JUST BUY IT.
38. Why I’m So Bullish on Bitcoin
39. Bitcoin as the Simplest Cryptocurrency
40. Why I bought (more) bitcoin
41. Once You Become a Crypto Billionaire, Then What?
42. Why Crypto is Under-Hyped
43. The Joy of Speculation
44. BITCOIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
45. Why I Bought Bitcoin
46. Crypto Photography
47. Crypto Thoughts
48. On Making Money from Nothing
49. BITCOIN THOUGHTS
50. Bitcoin is Sexy
51. Fuck the Banks!
52. Ethereum?
53. Why Chainlink?
54. BIG AMOUNTS, SMALL AMOUNTS?
55. CRYPTO, CRYPTOCURRENCY THOUGHTS.
56. The Philosophy of Crypto
57. BITCOIN SHALL BE THE LAST CRYPTO STANDING.
58. Bitcoin Price Prediction
59. Trust chainlink for the most accurate prices for bitcoin or any other crypto
60. BITCOIN
61. There is No Web 3.0
62. 2 cents to 2 dollars?
63. Crypto.com?
64. Speculation vs Investing
65. Building with Bitcoin
66. DYNAMICS VS STATICS.
67. How Do You Know if the Timing Is Right?
68. BITCOIN IN THE NEWS
69. BITCOIN & UNCERTAINTY
70. Fake Money
71. Why I Bought More Bitcoin (Again)
72. How I Made Money with Crypto
73. Better to buy Dogecoin then buy a Tesla
74. NO LIMITS.
75. ALL DIGITAL FUTURE.
76. Digital over Physical Possessions
77. DIGIBYTE.
78. CHAINLINK.
79. The Excitement of Starting from Zero
80. HAPTIC INDUSTRIES NOW ACCEPTING CRYPTO AND BITCOIN
81. In Praise of Crypto
82. JUST BUY IT.
83. Why I’m So Bullish on Bitcoin
84. Bitcoin as the Simplest Cryptocurrency
85. Why I bought (more) bitcoin
86. Once You Become a Crypto Billionaire, Then What?
87. Why Crypto is Under-Hyped
88. The Joy of Speculation
89. BITCOIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
90. Why I Bought Bitcoin
91. Crypto Photography
92. Crypto Thoughts
93. On Making Money from Nothing

If we think long-term, 10 20, 30, 50 year mark— all “setbacks” in life ,,, actually, aid us?

Rather than thinking and bemoaning to ourselves; “Oh no,,, why did this happen to me?” rather think:

“Wow what a blessing and a privilege ,,, this will BENEFIT and AID me in the long run and future!”

PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

IDEAS BY KIM

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

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Martii Malmi

Good faith info.

Satoshi said “anonymous sounds a bit shady.” Also Nakamoto didn’t coin “cryptocurrency.”

“Someone came up with the word ‘cryptocurrency.’ […] Maybe it’s a word we should use when describing Bitcoin, do you like it?,” Nakamoto queried.

“If you imagine it being used for some fraction of world commerce, then there’s only going to be 21 million coins for the whole world, so it would be worth much more per unit. Values are 64-bit integers with 8 decimal places, so 1 coin is represented internally as 100000000. There’s plenty of granularity if typical prices become small. For example, if 0.001 is worth 1 Euro, then it might be easier to change where the decimal point is displayed, so if you had 1 Bitcoin it’s now displayed as 1000, and 0.001 is displayed as 1,” Nakamoto added.