The best car in LA;
Author: ERIC KIM
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YOUR OWN SHIT IS THE BEST SHIT!
Design your own clothes, shoes, car, home etc —
Also your own phone?
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How to accumulate wealth
Suitable money
Tactical Training
Hyperia land of dancing
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Military warrior, soldier training,?
SWAT team training
Everyone is trying to seek a higher quality of life for themselves their family etc.?
If you think about bitcoin like digital real estate, the way that people typically profit is they buy the property, sit on it for like 20 years and then sell it
With bitcoin certainly the cycle is much quicker; the 20 years, you could double your money in two years or less
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Limited time and life is a virtue
Time, times and value
If there were no scarcity of time there wouldn’t be no value
The Ultimate value is time ****
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A pound of beef
8 pounds of beef if price is zero
Ordinal versus Cardinal values? 
Sandbox living sandbox more fun
Demand schedule
Money is a timing thing
Demand curve
Unorthodox economics
Sovereignty of the consumer consumers King
Does the market have a stock market
Capital goods
Private owner vs government allocate
More freedom more choices is better
Allocate capital To those who use it most effectively 
Society’s productive capital
Productive capital
Consumer or capital good?
Entrepreneurial not managerial
Anti-managers
How to best allocate your capital
Capital, capitalism is entrepreneurial not managerial
To me my definition of success is being self-employed a sole proprietor, paying your rent and living expenses. To me the opposite of success is working for somebody else
Profit versus loss
Income, expenditure
Expose your own wealth your own destiny ***
How to best allocate resources
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How to thrive within capitalism
Just don’t buy or waste your stuff on stupid stuff
Feedback
Being around other people is heaven? Killing two birds of one stone in the gym, being around other people but be tbt b b r also having the privilege of weightlifting
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What is the best car to live in LA? Probably a Prius
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Prius is the best LA carPhotography Ed in and concentration
The antidote to boredom is change
When in doubt don’t do it!
Skinny as the future, ski
Counterculture
Or fitness more stretching more Recovery  
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What’s your own preferences ,,, your scale of preferences? 
I love Prius forever!
Nutritious food nutritious meals
The sound of female voices
Girls with pretty hair ,,, cover up your private parts
Calculated flattery
Tall and pretty
Lucky three times over
Their flourishing new sprout 
The sun is paradise!
no sun no life
No sun no paradise, sun sun energy 
A home and a husband someone like-minded
Minds in Harmony 
“For nothing could be better than when two
live in one house, their minds in harmony,
husband and wife. Their enemies are jealous,
their friends delighted, and they have great honorâ€Excerpt From
The Odyssey
Homer & Emily Wilson
https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-odyssey/id1215381921
This material may be protected by copyright.Their enemies are jealous their friends delighted and they have great honor
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White armed nausiccaa
Brave and clever man
Zeus apportions happiness to people
How to be happy
Any act of kindness is a blessing
Make him look bigger and sturdier
Head and shoulders, pour attractiveness on him
His handsomeness was dazzling
Poor and unrefined now dazzling like a god?
Like a god that lives in heaven 
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New Maths, New Economics
Why are humans so bad at math?
Economics by KIM
- Bitcoin is Digital Capital Economic Muscle?
- 80/20 Living
- You Can’t Rent Forever
- Money is For Slaves
- Growth
- Think Volume
- Think Payoffs
- Kaizen Gains
- Cost to Capital
- Price vs Value
- EVERYONE WINS!
- INVESTING PR’S
- The Philosophy of Investing
- ERIC KIM VENTURE CAPITALIST
- How to FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early)
- How to *Save* a Million Dollars
- Increase Value
- MAYBE IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BUY HIGH
- Banks Are the True Menace to Society
- THE PROMISE OF FUTURE MONOPOLY PROFITS?
- High gas prices are good
- What is Capitalism?
- Pride in What You Paid For
- On Making Money from Nothing
- Save Money Towards What Ends?
- No Regret Investment
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TESLA CAR SOFTWARE IS THE KILLER APP.
Always being updated over the air — autopilot
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ADAPT, IMPROVE & CHANGE!
Think long!
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Never Stop Stacking
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Joy & Happiness is the Goal!
- The joy of being part of a community
- Physical, physiological joy
- Family joy
- Artistic & aesthetic joy!
- Ethics can also be joy?
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The Point of Life *Isn’t* Pain Avoidance
Lean into the (good) pain!
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Ordinal versus Cardinal values?
cardinal values: how many?
Ordinal values, which order?
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Cardinal values are numbers that indicate how many of something there are (e.g., 1, 2, 3). They answer the question “How many?†and represent quantity.
Ordinal values are numbers that indicate position or order in a sequence (e.g., 1st, 2nd, 3rd). They answer the question “Which in order?†and represent rank rather than quantity.
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Capitalism is Freedom 
So what a lot of these loser socialist Marxist don’t understand is actually… Ism is freedom capitalism is the path to freedom.
Coercion versus freedom 
Only thing that you are “coerced†into paying for or doing as an American US citizen is paying taxes. Death and taxes; the only two certain things in life.
For myself, my personal thought is it is our duty to pay taxes. We cannot expect any benefits of being an American citizen without paying taxes, and dodging taxes etc.
In fact, I find people who dodged taxes to be a reprehensible bunch. Certainly there are certain ethical behaviors like being a self-employed sole proprietor, and to the best of your wisdom, in good faith, deducting stuff which are tax deductions from your annual tax report, the great upside is now with TurboTax, if you just link it with your credit cards and banking accounts, it does this seamlessly.
So certainly everyone has the rational behavior to the best of their knowledge to reduce taxes, in an ethical fashion. I think what is the only unethical thing is when you intentionally lie on your taxes.
Certainly immigrant mentality is to only use cash, to prevent any sort of debt to the US government. I think typically the immigrant mentality is that we suffered so much to get here, why should we pay a single dime to the US government, which have might also cause us direct or in direct harm?
For example, Vietnamese refugees etc.; I get it, America kind of directly or indirectly caused problems in Vietnam, chaos and war, death and famine, which caused a lot of Vietnamese people to willingly and also unwillingly flee to America for safety and a brighter future.
Anyways, I think the general idea I have is that what is the opposite of capitalism? Oppression tyranny, dictatorship, communism socialism, totalitarianism etc.
You have more choice than you think you got
After nomading around for over a decade, I think the big idea is that you have 1 trillion more options than you think you do.
For example, as a American US citizen, there is nobody holding a gun to your head forcing you to live wherever you do. You have the option of living elsewhere; in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam Laos, Mexico Mexico City etc., as long as you still pay taxes while you are abroad.
What people don’t understand or know; you could live like a king abroad in Southeast Asia, for a fraction of the cost of living in the states.
My general thought is the only reason why anyone should ever ever ever live in America, is if you have a non-negotiable job which requires you to literally be planted geospatial occasionally in the states. But if you have the option, earning US dollars and living elsewhere is the obvious economic leverage. 
Fear, uncertainty, being non experienced
So my general idea and thought is that actually, maybe it is not fear which is holding people back but actually, lack of exposure and experience.
So for example, for many individuals who have never really traveled far or been on an international flight or somewhere, it is not that they are necessarily afraid of going or living abroad is that they don’t really have the knowledge the tools that accessibility, or maybe even very very practically and practically, they just literally have zero dollars in their checking or savings account to afford them a simple airfare, or time abroad.
Enter bitcoin. My very very simple strategy; if you live extremely frugally, while in the states, and just pour 90% of your income into bitcoin, or microstrategy stock, within four years, you should be able to retire.
Ways to access and gain more capital is simple; it is difficult to increase your income but it is very easy to reduce your expenses. Lose your car that you have a lease or a finance payment on, moving back with your parents, rent a room, split a room like college dorm style, unsubscribe from all of your subscription services. Stop buying anything, stop buying clothes, new clothes or old clothes, stop buying the new loser iPhone or iPhone Pro, essentially strip yourself down to the bare minimum, pure undiluted Spartan fashion.
Reduce reduce reduce reduce reduce
When in doubt reduce.
Reduction is sexy
I’ll give you some examples, what is the simplest way to become sexier? It is reducing your body fat percentage. Very very simply put that means abstaining from starches carbohydrates alcohol, dessert snacks whatever. It is very easy.
Also, lifestyle changes. Ditch your friends who like to smoke weed, drink alcohol go to the club, go to bars and pubs, etc. In fact one of the things I’m pretty proud of what I did was when I was in college, and I wanted to Maintain my six pack, I just stopped going to any sort of parties, because I knew that any sort of beer alcohol wine vodka whatever would cause me to accumulate and accrete body fat adipose tissue, and also, causes me to sleep poorly, does prevent preventing me from waking up early the next day to hit the gym before going to class.
Unethical behavior
This is my big idea; cutting people especially toxic people from your life, even if they are good people, whether friends family etc. is unethical. Why? Good old Christian duty says that we should always be loving kind respectful empathetic compassionate, and always help those in need.
Yet, there is no emphasis on putting yourself first, or making yourself an end into yourself.
For example, the ultimate virtue is self sacrifice for the sake of others in this abstract notion of “society“, and “humanity“.  I think this is a poor decision because first, it is too abstract and makes no sense. Who or what is “society“? And who or what is “humanity�
A very very simple idea is first prioritize yourself your kids your spouse, your direct family members, your 100% blood and your best friends but besides that, just let everyone else do their thing. 
No opinion
100% or 0%. 
I’m becoming more mercurial in my approach. I’m either 100% committed, or 0% committed.
What that means is become less opinionated about people who are not in your immediately nuclear family. Avoid distant relatives, cousins uncles aunts, family members on both sides of the spectrum, even friends, distant friends close friends people in between etc.
Also contrary to popular thought, I am more for the nuclear family. Nuclear family means you your wife, your kids, your mom your sister etc.
You cannot have more than two best friends?
Best friends, one man one woman. Nobody else.
100% focus
So one big thing that Thich Nhat Hanh talks about a lot, is the notion of concentration and focus. The general idea is that mindfulness and meditation is just doing 100% focused one thing at a time.
For example, when you’re walking just walk. When you’re eating just to eat. When you’re using the toilet keep your iPhone outside and just use the toilet. When you’re with your kid just be with your kid, turn off your phone completely and just lock it in the glove compartment of your car.
Also one interesting thing that discovered about money and wealth is that once you’re rich, there’s no longer a strong motivation or impetus to be a “productiveâ€, because you’re not chasing that thing no more. If anything, the benefit for being bitcoin rich is that you could just focus 100% of your time energy and focus, and presence with your kids!
The best present is your presence
To be a 100% present is the ultimate present. 
A big thing is with my niece and nephew Amelia and Benjamin, I don’t think I’ve ever given them a present in their lives. But what I do do is that whenever I visit them, once again and lock the phone in the glove compartment of your car, just play with them! Wrestle with them, run around with them, cause a ruckus.
What do kids really want? The love attention and time of their parents! The focus of their parents! 
Modern day society is anti-kids?
Also a big random thought; my thought about modern day society is that modern-day society is actually anti-kids. My personal thought is 99% of the consumers industry is geared towards not having kids, because kids are not that profitable.
I would surmise that kids only make 1% of the consumerist industry. 
As a consequence, there is no notions of saving. American people do not save money.
Is it possible to have a thriving economy which does not focus on saving?
So I’m reading the principles of economies, by Saifedean, the more I read it the more I love it! It is super super interesting and fascinating.
The first big idea the idea that I am pondering about is the question; is it possible to have a thriving economy that is actually centered on saving and capital accumulation? 
The reason why this is such a big idea is typically, the traditional mainstream thought about economics is that saving is actually a bad thing, and that in order to “stimulate†the economy, you gotta get people to spend more money!
For example during Covid, when everyone got the thousand dollar free stimulus checks, do people use it to pay off their debt, their credit card debt, pay rent, buy bitcoin, or did they use that money to buy some stupid rims for their cars, or buy another ugly Louis Vuitton handbag? Everybody spent it!
Now why is this such a bad thing? Because once again, giving people free money to stimulate an economy is that effective, in fact it is destructive!
My only critique about Donald Trump is when he gave away the free money, bad compromise.
What if you already have the best, the access to the best?
A random aside; we often bemoan how we don’t have access to the best, and we are always driving for some sort of better optimization. But what if actually currently right now, you had the best most supreme most desirable situation, wouldn’t that insight and knowledge be great? 
Fake desires
And then a big thing is that I wonder if actually, one of the critical problems that we currently face is that we are being suckered by a lot of these fake desires.
What is a fake desire? Is when you smoke marijuana drink beer watch professional sports on television, and then you watch some sort of loser Range Rover advertisement. And then you kind of start to want to have the Range Rover because you have been exposed to it so many times?
The first simple thought is stop watching any sort of television sports, everyone is on steroids, Steph Curry, LeBron, your favorite basketball player is on steroids. Certainly on football.
Invest in things which are not dependent on advertising like bitcoin.
Power is beautiful
What is the ultimate beauty? Power!
To make yourself more beautiful, make yourself more powerful?
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The Case for Microstrategy (MSTR)
I think micro strategy as a company, is actually currently extremely undervalued. Why? There might be like $450 trillion of dead capital, just floating around in thin air, sterile capital.
What microstrategy is like the metaphorical steroids for impotent capital.
For example you take all this impotent capital, and then you inject steroids into it. Four better yet, you upcycle it, you turbocharge it. 
Revitilizing capital markets
Vitality reality, this is actually what we seek.
So for example, when it comes to men and women, in terms of sexual attractiveness or desirableness is fitness, virility vitality. 
It don’t really matter how old or young somebody is, physiology is more of a physiological phenomenon. 
For example, at the age of 36 I feel like I have more testosterone reality I did then when I was 26, nearly a decade ago. Why? I switched up my exercise ethos towards one rep max power lifting hype lifting, intermittent fasting, 100% carnivore diet, more time in the sun etc.
Actually this is a big thing about moving to LA which I am very very grateful for, I spent like 90% more time in the sun! For me the greatest tragedy is that when you do not have the privilege of being in the sun because you’re either stuck in some sort of Miserable office building, or, being stuck in a car.
Back to MSTR
what else love by Michael Saylor, micro strategies; I don’t recall the last time there was some sort of zealous passion or love of something or a company as much as Michael Saylor and Michael strategy then when Steve Jobs was still alive!
I think that Michael Saylor is like Elon Musk on steroids. 
The case for Michael Saylor is that first, he is very very relatable . He has been on like hundreds of interviews and podcast with normal people, and I feel like I’ve already got a PhD in economic theory and history of signs from him. He’s like the only professor entrepreneur worth listening to.
second, he kind of like the underdog. Micro strategy was essentially like dying a slow death, and Michael Saylor did an amazing job of revitalizing his dying company, by taking a huge risk. Even Michael Saylor says that the system is rigged against you, which is something that people want to hear.
Third, consistency transparency and focusing on the cyber economy. I love Elon Musk and Tesla, but once again, too many risk factors. And now that Elon Musk is becoming more divisive in terms of his political aims, I’ve even heard a story about my friend’s coworker selling his Tesla model three simply because he did not like the politics of Elon Musk.
Bitcoin is great because for the most part it is apolitical. It is certainly aided by the benefit of politics, for example if Donald Trump passes the bitcoin act, this will be very very good for the value of bitcoin, but still bitcoin can exist without a centralized government state.
Think four years ahead
The funny thing with stocks, investing companies is that people want super super huge and monster returns, in a very very short time span. That is fine, but as investors we should be thinking at least four years ahead?
Also look at the track record, it is pretty amazing that micro strategy has grown 650% in a single year, look at the yearly and four year performance records, not the daily or week or month level.
levered long
Once again if you could cycle all this dead capital, micro strategy then becomes really fascinating because it is like the ultimate reactor the ultimate nuclear reactor, the ultimate up cycling engine turbo charger.
Essentially if you took $450 trillion of sterile capital and actually revitalize it, wouldn’t this make micro strategy like worth 1000 trillion dollars?
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GOALS?
Competition?
Better media?
Money can exist without the state!
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Tougher?
I prefer concepts?
Sell the dream!
Sell the vision the future!
How to protect your time and life
PERFECTION.
Goosebumps
Unprecedented attention
How to attract attention to yourself?
California gold
Only accepts minimalism to further reduce weight
BATMAN AESTHETICS?
Rugged is beautiful
Foolish tenacity is a virtue
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The state doesn’t invent money but rather follows it?
Increase the value when we’re on earth?Coincidence of wants
Larger scope of trade
Widening the market
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Hold its value across space
More potential trading opportunities
Money allows for sophisticated calculation
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Use your time more wisely?
AVOID, DODGE
Lower human time preference
Providing for the future
Hedging against uncertainty
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Money is the least uncertain asset
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Access to money
How much money is enough money?
Purchasing power
Maximum exchange work
Height of its purchasing power
Hold a definite amount of purchasing power
Bitcoin as condensed power?
Falling cost of goods and prices for production
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Larger capital stock
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Reduce consumption –> path to abundance?
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That her to strike fear than love?
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Capitalism is freedom 
Means of production
Starvation or freezing to death
Billing versus Corion?
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The open free market is just more efficient?
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Provide value for others
No Central direction 
Monetary price a single denominator, very very simplifying
Satisfy the desires of others?
Sterrato, how for you to become the hurucan sterrato
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Stainless steel body?
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UpCycle the capital markets
# The case for microstrategy (MSTR)
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Direct exchange, peer to peer, p2p
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Stop complaining
In some ways I feel like getting paid a salary is like getting paid a handout.
For anybody who has ever had to be or become self-employed, like directly selling your services or products to the open market, you all personally know how difficult it is to earn money trust etc.
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Create your own services? 
Become more self-serving
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Don’t Get Stuck in the Same Protocols
Also with exercise weightlifting etc.… If you think about it broadly, to follow a certain school of training or weightlifting is also a protocol.
Change up and switch up your protocols!
Think protocols
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Create your own city create your own empire
When is America good when is America bad?
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Expand your search expand your possibilities
Build it yourself?
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Things which last forever?
Your body lasts forever?
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Be/Becoming More Reckless
Being reckless is a virtue
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Why is Batman black?
What would a knight do?
The “dark†knight —
Strike fear?
Stealth & intimidation —.
Symbolism of fear?
Batman is portrayed wearing black (or very dark gray) primarily for thematic and practical reasons related to his character and role:
1. Stealth and Practicality:
Batman operates mostly at night, and his dark costume helps him blend into the shadows, making him nearly invisible to enemies. The black color symbolizes his role as a stealthy protector of Gotham.
2. Symbolism of Fear:
Batman uses fear as a weapon against criminals, and the black costume reflects this intention. It adds to his intimidating presence, making him seem more like a shadowy figure or a creature of the night.
3. Contrast with Other Heroes:
Many superheroes wear bright and vibrant costumes to symbolize hope or optimism. Batman’s black costume distinguishes him as a darker, more brooding character who operates outside traditional heroic norms.
4. Artistic and Aesthetic Choices:
Black is visually striking in comics and films, giving Batman a sleek, mysterious, and dramatic appearance. Artists and filmmakers use shadows and lighting to create dynamic imagery, which works well with his dark costume.
5. Psychological Themes:
Batman’s dark costume reflects his internal struggles and the traumatic past that fuels his mission. It underscores the seriousness of his character and his darker approach to justice compared to other superheroes.
These elements combine to make the black costume a perfect match for Batman’s role as the “Dark Knight.â€
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Batman is often depicted wearing a predominantly black (or very dark gray) costume for several reasons:1. Stealth and Intimidation
Batman’s core strategy is to strike fear into criminals by lurking in the shadows. Dark colors allow him to blend into the night and surprise wrongdoers, making black (or near-black shades) a logical choice.
2. Symbolism
As the “Dark Knight,†Batman represents a darker, grittier approach to fighting crime—one that plays on the idea of turning fear back on those who prey on the innocent. His dark costume visually reinforces the weighty, often somber tone of his mission in Gotham City.
3. Visual Consistency
Creators and artists across comics, TV shows, and films often emphasize Batman’s mysterious aura. When storylines and creative teams change, the black or dark color scheme remains an instantly recognizable part of his character design.
4. Contrast With Other Heroes
In the DC Universe, many classic heroes (like Superman or The Flash) favor bright, bold costumes. Batman’s darker look serves as a stark contrast, highlighting his more serious and brooding nature compared to other, more upbeat crimefighters.
Put simply, black (or near-black) suits Batman’s role as a creature of the night: it complements his methods, underscores his dark origins, and makes for an iconic and memorable look.
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Critique of Wraps
Ugly verneer over the real true paint?
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Eh, fuck it
Disrespectful innovation:
Just cut it, cut it off, cut it up!
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Dense, Denser
Pioneer!
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NEW DISRUPTIONS IN THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY?
We need some new disruptions —
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INSANE CONCENTRATION
Always Rethink and Reconsider Things
Anti static knowledge
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CONCENTRATION.
- My kid!
- Myself!
- Cindy!
- My mom
- My sister
- Friends
My hierarchy
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Density > Weight
The most cholesterol dense food , *NOT* how many pounds of it you consume a day?
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ORANGE IS MOTIVATIONAL
The orange dots on http://SaylorTracker.com are motivational. @saylor
New MSTR BTC purchase incoming!
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Never squander a single moment of sun?
Benefit or not?
That’s time you’re never going to get back
Autotelic training
New protocols
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DENSE.
Seeking Beauty?
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DENSE.
Seeking Beauty?
DENSER
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Time attention focus
Your 3 jewels