AI x human ingenuity?
Author: ERIC KIM
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Future Soldiers?
Future soldiers will simply be more muscular! More carnivorous, no alcohol no weed no drugs. More pure bred.
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PHILLY STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Philly as insanely great for street photography!
The most tenacious street photographer alive?



































































































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Quit Reddit
Real men don’t use Reddit.
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IN PRAISE OF MASCULINITY
- How to talk to women
- Quit porn
- Quit Reddit
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SLEEP IS A STEROID
Muscle & testosterone is tied to sleep?
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HOW TO CONQUER YOUR FEARS IN SHOOTING STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
First, love people and love talking to them!
Second, have a passion for rejection and pushing social boundaries. If you haven’t gotten rejected at least 1000x times, you’re not trying hard enough.
Third, enjoy smiling and talking to beautiful people.
Fourth, compliment people.
Fifth, talk to and engage people you are legitimately attracted to.
Sixth, practice! Once again, get rejected 1000x times, and you’ll no longer take it personally!










































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- In Praise of Street Vlogging
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- New Tokyo GoPro Fusion POV Street Photography YouTube Videos
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- Street Photography Techniques: The 3D Scan/360 Degree Technique (Shooting Head-on) and Holding Your Camera High in the Air and Point Downwards (and Use Your LCD Screen to Frame the Scene)
- The Walking Alongside Someone and Shooting Until They Notice You Street Photography Technique
- SUPER INNOVATIVE NEW GOPRO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY POV EXPERIENCE: Cutoff Technique, Shooting Head-on with Flash, and Slow-Motion on RICOH GR II at 28mm
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- How to Shoot Street Photography with a 24mm Lens
- The Cutoff Technique in Street Photography
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- 5 Night Street Photography Composition Tips
- How to Talk to Strangers
- How to Overcome Fear in Street Photography
- Street Photography Empowerment
- Eric Kim’s Top 30 Street Photography Tips
- How to Shoot Street Photography on a 35mm Lens
- 7 Tips How to Conquer Your Fears of Shooting Street Photography
- Street Photography Lifestyle
- How to Use Tactful Flattery in Street Photography
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- 10 Dynamic Street Photography Tips
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- My Experience Shooting Digital Medium Format in Street Photography
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- Improvise in Street Photography
- Ethics in Street Photography
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- 10 Inspirational Sergio Larrain Compositions
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- Street Photography Technique: Overlap
- Street Photography Composition Lesson: Chunking
- The Fishing Technique in Street Photography
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- Is Defining “STREET PHOTOGRAPHY†a Good Thing?
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- A Letter to My 18 Year Old Self: If I Started Street Photography All Over Again
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- What to Consider When Buying a Camera
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- How to Conquer Your Fears in Life
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Sacrificing your muscles for money?
Modern day capitalism.
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Muscle is Medicine
To fix your ailments, invest in your muscles!
Also just entertain yourself:
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Muscular Development
Real men love muscles.
Our muscles are a virtue!
Get insanely jacked:
Some theories:
- Mix up insanely heavy one rep max lifting at the gym as well as outdoor exercises
- Park, calisthenics and natural light is good
- Have fun, experiment … go insanely heavy.
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People care about the body
Am I the only one out there with a “zaddy†bod?
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Muscle Paradise?
Muscle is not zero sum. Everyone can get swole together.
1. What is the point of muscle?
First and foremost, let us consider the purpose of muscle. What is the point of muscle?
My thought is from a very pragmatic perspective, muscle is strength. Muscle is power.
Power for what? Anything and everything.
For example, if we consider tenacity, endurance, where does this derive from? Not the mind or the silly nonsense of “willpowerâ€, but rather, muscle and muscle power.
2. Why this anti muscle trend?
It seems that nowadays, muscle and being muscular has fallen a little bit out of vogue. Why? I think the new modern day male aesthetic is towards being feeble, weak, androgynous, non-threatening and nonconfrontational etc.
For example, if you are a muscular, and have muscles, other people feel belittled by you. For example, if someone is salty about your physique, it is simply a sign that they wish they were as fit as you.
3. Muscle cars?
Am I the most jacked person that I know who just drives a Prius?
A funny realization:
We are allowed to flex our muscle cars, yet, we are not permitted to flex or muscles in public.
Also, virtue. Scholarship and education; we are allowed to flex how virtuous we are, or how good we are, or how enlightened we are or how wise we are, or how “educated†we are, yet, we are not permitted to flex or muscles and our body?
Why this bias?
I have some theories.
First and foremost, maybe it is a capitalism thing. We are permitted to flex or muscles in terms of our economic prowess, and to quote Benjamin Franklin, capitalism is a virtue.
Also, I think I have a good definition for what it means to be a “white person“— to quote Kanye West:
White people make money don’t spend it — I’d rather buy 80 gold chains and go ignant.
Therefore, in America, according to the cult and new religion of capitalism, any sort of activity towards building capital, whereas not “wasting it†is seen as a virtue.
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Muscles for the sake of what?
All muscle everything!
Muscle cars, muscle clothes … muscle lifestyle.
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Lever, leverage?
Maybe the landmine exercises is a good idea
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AMERICANS WHO ARE ANTI AMERICA?
Super weird.
Closet Jewish people — also in the US military?
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HOW TO STRENGTHEN AMERICAN RACIAL TIES?
Super easy — just paint China as the bad guy and enemy!
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Anti China
“Wolf warrior†diplomacy?
“Quality growthâ€â€”
“Charm offensive�
How to bind America better?
Maybe the intelligent strategy is to paint China as the bad guy, and for Americans to rally together a common “enemy†or threat?
2049?
In 26 years?
“Strong enemy�
strong enemy (强敌) — the US.
“to hitâ€. + strong powerful energetic.
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PHYSICAL TRAINING?
For example, the Military needs better workouts; like heavier kettlebells?
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IT TAKES MORE POWER TO *RESTRAIN* B.S.
Physical training ideas?
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PRO JEWISH PEOPLE
I am pro Jewish people. Anyone who is Anti-Semetic or Anti-Jewish is a coward and weakling.
Support Jewish people and Israel!
So why is it a good idea that America stays allied with Israel, even if Israel may be the ‘bad’ guy’?
Because Israel is strong.
It seems that Israel (with her intelligence, military force, and strategic location) is a good ally for America, for America to continue her dominance on the planet.
Why do all these conspiracy theorists say that the Holocaust was fake, never happened, or over-reported?
They hate Jewish people!
And why this history of hatred towards Jewish people? Based on Tacitus Histories, the general gist:
The Romans disliked Jewish people because they were a stubborn bunch.
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DEFENSE-FIRST
America’s largest government agency?
Also, maybe it is better to trust the official report and narrative, and to ignore the conspiracy ones? My thought:
Only fools plunge into conspiracy theories.
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HOW TO CREATE SUPER-SOLDIERS?
- 100% carnivore diet
- Extreme weight lifting; all soldiers should be given a Texas Monster Squat bar for training.
- Intermittent fasting: No breakfast, no lunch, only one massive (Beef/Lamb) 100% carnivore dinner– aiming for 3-4 pounds at least.
- Just coffee. 100% fine robusta; EK COFFEE. Either that or ‘death wish coffee‘, No energy drinks, no fake sugar, no real sugar etc. Also good note– even Costco (normal Costco) sells Death Wish Coffee!
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BLEMISHES ARE GOOD
TEXAS POWER BARS— the ‘blemish’ deals are good!
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Becoming a military contractor?
Where does America derive her wealth? From the military. At the end of the day, all money is just based on military prowess.
Therefore, a thought; maybe, if you want to become really really rich, or build your wealth, do more things with the military?
For example, note Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and companies and corporations which supply the military with stuff?
Even random things; how Bose has special noise canceling headphones for the military
Or, how my brother-in-law’s friend created special energy drinks for the military?
Also in photography, does Nikon supply the US military with cameras?
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What is true luxury?
Hygiene health, flesh, sunlight.
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“Shoulder Health�
Shoulders … for the sake of what?
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TECHNOLOGY X ART X HUMANISM
The original vision of Steve Jobs was mingling in intermixing and combining the humanities and the arts. Now, Apple is just being hijacked by the nerds, no artistic bone in their body.



























































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YOU CAN ONLY BE CRITICAL TO THAT WHICH YOU TRULY LOVE.
For example, my criticality towards Apple — because I love it, and Steve Jobs?
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Matte Yellow?
A new color-way; also an idea for the next iPhone Pro.
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iPhone Sucks!!
Seriously there is something critically wrong with the new iOS and iPad OS?
- Since the new update … to load your photos takes almost a minute??? Bad enough to make a man to switch to Android.
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NEW LEVEL!
I’m on a new level!
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Just treat it like an experiment
Create a new type of media?
DARKER IS BETTER.
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SOLUTIONS
Seeking great solutions:
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AM I RACIST?
Maybe?
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Anti Empathy, Anti Compassion
Blank Canvas
Bitcoin is here to stay!
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Addicted to Innovation?
The sun is the best stimulus?
What do you want for yourself?
Photo productivity ideas
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The simplest means of expression
Photography as effortless:




















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The most productive photographer alive
Shoot like EK:






























































































































































































































































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Just decide based on how you feel now!
Current iteration — iterate based on the current moment, not “schedules†or “structure†etc.
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iPad Pro is the best display on the planet
Also, iPad Pro is better than iPhone Pro, simply because the display is much much bigger! The ultimate best way to view your photos is on iPad Pro, the smaller one. Even if you had $1 billion, the photo viewing experience on iPad Pro is 1, trillion times better than iPhone Pro.































































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Photo Artist
Photography is my profession!




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Boring Design?
Critique of new iPhone Pro Titan — the design and color scheme is boring?
Suggested colors:
- Matte Pink
- High Viz Orange
In other words, iPhone sucks.
Instead, long live iPad Pro!































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































