Getting rid of the old guard at Twitter is a very intelligent idea. Can be a good strategy towards long-term profitability. Also, I have deep admiration for any person who has balls.

Also lots of water throughout the day.

For example, trying to figure out the optimal way to clean the floors. Rather than just buying a new Dyson, better to just have two wet wipes, get on your knees and just wipe the floor.

Don’t do anything not urgent. It can wait.

Because — I am insanely important and don’t have time for it!

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EK YOUTUBE

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Don’t give a fuck about what is proper or not:

Become the creative barbarian:

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GO ‘WOO!’ like Ric Flair:

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How to go super saiyan:

SUPER SAIYAN BABY!

HEAVY RACK PULLS

Refresh this blog every day, several times a day.

Should you do things for others, or share things with others, even if they don’t appreciate it?

I say if people don’t respond, or show gratitude, or don’t seem to care, don’t share it with them.

The naïveté of thinking that all grams of protein are equal. If you eat beef ribs, the quality and the testosterone content of it is far superior than eating proteins in white chicken breast.

For example, 100 g of protein in beef ribs is 1 trillion times superior to 100 g of protein in chicken breast, and one zillion times superior to any plant protein.

The sign of mental and philosophical advancement and upwards evolution.

Go to the gym every day, get meat at the Costco business Center, drink espresso, don’t stay at home, island hopping.

It seems the biggest problem of everyday life, especially if you’re stuck in the office all day, it’s just the boredom, fatigue, and the overall malaise you feel.

Walking by a Costco, and seeing all the suckers waiting for a Costco gasoline.

If your life afford you enough free time and energy that you could review, and share and publish your photos on a daily basis, consider yourself blessed.

For example, Seneca’s favorite thing in the world is getting rocks and throwing them into bodies of water. I don’t need to force him to do this. He does this out of his own volition and is insanely motivated.

Therefore in life, perhaps we should be better motivated by fun, adventure, and out of our own personal fun.

Once again, I don’t need to motivate Seneca with money, or notions of “productivity“, or “working out” and health.

I do not buy Seneca toys, and I also don’t like him playing with toys. Why? It stunts your growth and development.

Similarly speaking for adults, toys are bad. And don’t think about “tools“, think weapons. For example, can you imagine the ancient Spartans playing with toys? No, all they needed was their spear, shield, sword, and armor.

Perhaps it is superior to choose the impractical option, rather than the practical one.

Buy things used, not new. Just buy it on craigslist. The upside is that you don’t have to deal with all the packaging material.

Resist buying stuff on Amazon, as it is a pain in the ass to get rid of all those cardboard boxes or plastic covers.

For coffee, just drink espresso at the local coffee shop. Just drink it in a “for here” cup, drink your shot, and then get on with your day. Don’t deal with the stupid plastic or paper cups.

For example, I saw a local MMA studio converted into a Brazilian jujitsu studio and has done much better.

Also, always acting instinctually based on any given circumstance or situation.

ETHICS by KIM

Your Own Personal Code of Ethics

1. WHY ETIQUETTE?
2. NO BLAME, JUST CAUSE AND EFFECT.
3. Ignorance Takes Courage
4. TREAT OTHERS CARTE BLANCHE
5. Don’t give people what they want or what you *think* they want, give them what you think they *should* have.
6. Anti Small
7. Disdain or Admiration?
8. Beware Those With Good Intentions
9. STUBBORN x FLEXIBLE
10. ETHICS ARE VIA NEGATIVA
11. OBEDIENCE & DISCIPLINE
12. The Motive of Criticism
13. Ethics are Social
14. Anti Role Models
15. What is Greed?
16. On Having the Courage to Make Your Own Decisions
17. How *NOT* to Get Duped or Suckered
18. Why Help Others?
19. The Duty of the Strong
20. Why I’m So Intolerant Towards Intolerance
21. The Ethics of Criticizing Others
22. Consult Your Own Conscience
23. The Ethics of Shit Talking
24. The Ethics of Personal Enrichment
25. I’m Easily Distracted
26. On Forming Your Own Opinion
27. ERIC KIM Philosophy of Tolerance
28. Tolerance
29. Aesthetics are Ethics
30. Morality and Ethics

In terms of design and products, the flatter the better. The flattest phone, laptop, shoes (VIBRAM 5 fingers).

In terms of the modern day society, why is everything so flat? In terms of landscape, homes, living, etc.

Also philosophically, currently it looks like the trend is to make society flat, all individuals as equal. This is bad. There needs to be some sort of leveling.

If society were perfectly flat and equal, there would be no notion of leveling up.

SOCIOLOGY by KIM

1. National vs Individual Pride
   Dystopia is a Utopia
2. A NEW SOCIETY.
3. THE DEEP INDIVIDUAL.
4. Why is It So Hard for Us To Follow Our Gut and Instinct?
5. Sociology of Comparison
6. Mimetic Desires
7. Interest in Humans or Objects?
8. Social Stochastic Resonance
9. How to Live Bravely in Today’s Brave New World and Society
10. Arousal
11. Is Humanity on the Decline?
12. Social Innovations
13. Society *Shouldn’t* Be Fair
14. Why Society Doesn’t Want Free Thinkers and Free Livers
15. Our New Soft Society
16. HARD SOCIETY

Sociological Theory

• TOLERANCE AND INTOLERANCE
• POST-MONETARY SOCIETY.
• Simulated Universal Basic Income
• DIGITAL CAPITALISM
• Capitalism 2.0
• SOCIETY 2.0

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Photography and Sociology

• Street Photography Sociology
• Visual Sociology through Street Photography
• How You Can Apply Sociology to Your Street Photography Projects
• 10 Things Sociology Has Taught Me About Street Photography

Kids are the ultimate discoverers:

For example, Seneca loves and prefers rocks, but now that we are back in Southern California, he will settle and adapt to wood chips instead.

Specifically, your first and last name.

Go to fogo de chao, and order 4 beef ribs! The ultimate food hack:

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America is insanely wasteful:

HOW I HYPE MYSELF UP PODCAST

LET’S DO IT.

Make your own lifts and your own beats.

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Short Squats // Lifts by KIM

VIDEO: How I hype Myself Up

PODCAST [Full Gym Session Video Podcast]

Full gym session:

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Get insanely loud:

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ERIC KIM HEAVY SQUAT GYM SESSION 5 PLATES (495 POUNDS)

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I love the hype!

Not how much you can lift, but how much courage you are willing to exhibit, and how loud you are willing to get:

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The art of the hype:

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ERIC KIM 5 PLATE SQUAT 495 POUNDS HYPELIFTING

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Let’s get loud

First of all, give yourself permission to get loud as fuck. For example, my ‘4 plate‘ squat in Phnom Penh Cambodia. 4 plates (each plate is 25 kilograms, which is 55 pounds each). Do the math, 100+100+20 (20kg for the bar), the total weight is 220kilograms, or 485 pounds:

The fun thing then is not the weight itself, but the hype that gets you there.

Hype squat heavy

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HYPE DEADLIFT

551 POUND DEADLIFT:

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In praise of doing micro squats:

Currently back in Southern California, and a thought I realized about life here, the most virtuous way to live is suburban island hopping.

What does that mean? Don’t stay at home. Instead drive your kid to the closest park, play around, and when you’re bored, just drive to the next park, and then drive home.

Also, drive to the gym, walk around, get a quick pump, then go home.

Ever since coming back home, Cindy has been going to yoga at core power, and every core power is located inside a mall about a 20 to 30 minute drive away. Just lean into this.

Not caring, not worrying about it.

I would rather have the things simple to a fault, than have unnecessary elements.

In photography, detail is overrated. No need to zoom in or crop in your photos. Instead, just shoot extra small JPEG, with a resolution of 2000 pixels on the wide end.

Also, now that I got a kid and literally every second is precious, I don’t have time to sit around and wait for my photos to import. Extra small JPEG is literally an insanely fast option

That is why my when my one year nine month old son Seneca likes to play with skateboards, and skateboard wheels.