“In the shadows of conventional finance, Bitcoin emerges not just as a currency, but as a movement—a silent revolution reshaping the very foundations of our economic landscape.”

— Inspired by Eric Kim

In the bustling streets where every corner tells a story, Bitcoin stands as a testament to human ingenuity and the relentless pursuit of freedom. Much like a street photographer capturing fleeting moments, Bitcoin captures the essence of a decentralized future, where power shifts from centralized institutions back into the hands of the individual.

At its core, Bitcoin operates on a principle that resonates with the urban explorer: autonomy. Traditional financial systems, with their labyrinthine regulations and gatekeepers, often feel restrictive, much like the controlled environments that limit a photographer’s creative expression. Bitcoin dismantles these barriers, offering a platform where transactions occur peer-to-peer, free from the oversight of banks and governments. This autonomy is not just a feature; it’s a fundamental shift in how we perceive and interact with money.

Another tactical advantage of Bitcoin lies in its transparency and security, akin to the clear, unfiltered vision a photographer strives for. Every transaction is recorded on the blockchain, an immutable ledger that ensures trust without the need for intermediaries. In an era where misinformation and fraud are rampant, Bitcoin’s transparency serves as a beacon of reliability. It’s a system designed to be resilient against manipulation, much like a well-composed photograph withstands the test of time.

Moreover, Bitcoin’s finite supply mirrors the scarcity that gives art its value. With only 21 million bitcoins ever to be mined, the cryptocurrency inherently resists inflation, contrasting sharply with fiat currencies that can be printed endlessly. This scarcity drives demand, much like limited edition prints elevate the worth of a photograph. Investors and users alike recognize Bitcoin not just as a medium of exchange, but as a store of value, a digital gold that safeguards wealth against the uncertainties of traditional markets.

The decentralized nature of Bitcoin also fosters a sense of community and collaboration, reminiscent of the interconnected networks that support street photography. Developers, miners, and users around the world contribute to the ecosystem, each playing a vital role in its maintenance and evolution. This collective effort ensures that Bitcoin remains adaptable and innovative, capable of navigating the ever-changing technological and economic landscapes.

However, Bitcoin is not without its challenges. The volatility of its value can be likened to the unpredictable weather that street photographers must contend with. Yet, just as persistence and adaptability can turn a fleeting moment into a masterpiece, navigating Bitcoin’s fluctuations requires resilience and a long-term vision. Those who embrace its volatility often find themselves at the forefront of a financial revolution, reaping the rewards of early adoption and strategic foresight.

In conclusion, the tactics of Bitcoin revolve around decentralization, transparency, scarcity, and community—principles that resonate deeply with the ethos of street photography. Both Bitcoin and the art form it draws inspiration from challenge the status quo, offering new perspectives and empowering individuals to take control of their own narratives. As Bitcoin continues to evolve, it invites us to rethink our relationship with money, much like how photography encourages us to see the world through a different lens.

Your wife, your kids!

Search, is it possible to mortgage Bitcoin for 30 years with APR, similar to how you mortgage a home or a single family home?

Yes, some fintech companies, such as Milo, are offering 30-year crypto-backed mortgages that allow you to use Bitcoin as collateral, similar to traditional home mortgages. With these loans, you can secure up to 100% of the property value without the need to sell your Bitcoin, potentially avoiding capital gains taxes. The interest rates on these loans vary depending on the lender but tend to be competitive with traditional mortgage rates, typically ranging from about 6% to 9% APR  .

In a Bitcoin-backed mortgage, the lender holds the Bitcoin collateral throughout the loan term. If the value of Bitcoin drops significantly, you might be required to add more collateral to maintain the loan’s required value ratio, or the lender could liquidate part of your collateral to cover the shortfall. This type of mortgage does not usually require credit checks, and approval is often faster than traditional mortgages due to fewer formalities  .

While these crypto-backed loans provide an innovative way to leverage digital assets for real estate, they come with unique risks, especially related to the volatility of cryptocurrencies. Borrowers must carefully monitor Bitcoin prices and be prepared for potential margin calls, as fluctuations in Bitcoin’s value can impact the stability of the loan .

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Yes, it is possible to use Bitcoin as collateral for a mortgage, but there are unique considerations and risks involved. Crypto-backed mortgages allow individuals to leverage their Bitcoin holdings without needing to sell them, making it possible to access funds for purchasing real estate. In this type of mortgage, you deposit your Bitcoin with a lender as collateral, which remains locked up for the loan’s duration. Once the loan is repaid, the Bitcoin is returned. However, if Bitcoin’s value drops significantly, you may face a margin call, requiring additional collateral to maintain the loan balance or risk liquidation of your assets  .

Lenders, such as Milo and Figure, are leading providers of crypto-backed mortgages. These companies offer loan options that typically do not require credit checks, making it accessible for those with non-traditional income sources or limited credit history. The loan amount generally depends on the value of your Bitcoin, with loan-to-value (LTV) ratios often around 50-60%. For instance, if you aim to buy a property worth $500,000, you may need at least $250,000 to $300,000 in Bitcoin as collateral  .

Crypto-backed mortgages come with certain advantages, like avoiding capital gains tax on your Bitcoin and the potential to hold onto it for future appreciation. But these loans are subject to volatility risks, as cryptocurrency values can fluctuate significantly. Borrowers may need to monitor Bitcoin’s market value closely and be prepared to provide additional collateral during downturns to avoid asset liquidation .

Overall, while crypto-backed mortgages offer a way to leverage digital assets for real estate purchases, they require a thorough understanding of both the risks and the lender’s terms.

3 milli on a home or for and towards Bitcoin?

so currently you could do some sort of 30 year or maybe sometimes even 40 year mortgage on a home… Anywhere between 5 to 7% APR, why don’t we have this option to mortgage bitcoin?

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so for the last two or three years, ever since Seneca was born, I haven’t touched a keyboard, a physical or virtual keyboard maybe in 3 1/2 years. Everything is just voice dictation on the iPad Pro with the built-in Apple keyboard.

The major problem is even in 2024, while the voice dictation is good, Apple Intelligence or whatever is not yet smart or clever enough to know the different nuances of language yet; for example, I often have “voice typos“, In which I’m trying to say something, and a homophone or another word that sounds similar to it is accidentally inserted.

I think the great promise of some sort of ChatGPT phone device, ideally without a screen is that in theory you should be able to just voice dictate everything, with 100% accuracy.

The paradox of showing off; you could show off your home, your car, your wealth your investments your clothes your money, your possessions, your photos of your trip to Venice or the south of France, yet you cannot show off your body your arms or muscles your 6 pack?

Theories:

My first theory is that capitalism consumerism, starts to be shaped as a morality ethos or ethical things; the body is seen as something as to be despised and ashamed of. This is why all modern day clothing and fashion trends, doesn’t tend towards being naked; because it is hard to sell being naked.

—> the gods, who live at *ease*—

Anti beta —

What’s your desire?

AI — to me, essentially like Google on steroids!

To set up and use custom settings (C1, C2, C3) on your Lumix camera, you’ll need to access the “Cust. Set Mem.” feature, typically found in the setup menu of the camera. Here’s a general guide on how to create and utilize these custom modes:

1. Set the Mode Dial: Switch the mode dial on your Lumix camera to the setting you want to customize (such as Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority). Configure all the settings as desired, including ISO, white balance, and focus mode.

2. Access the Cust. Set Mem.: Navigate to the menu, usually under “Setup” or “Custom” settings. Here, look for “Cust. Set Mem.” which lets you save these configurations. Select one of the custom slots, such as C1, C2, or C3.

3. Save Settings: After choosing a slot, press MENU/SET to save the configuration. The camera will store all your current settings in the selected custom slot, which you can recall instantly by turning the mode dial to C1, C2, or C3. If you need additional settings, certain models (like the GX9 and G90/G95) offer expanded C3 slots (e.g., C3-1, C3-2) for more customized setups.

4. Using Custom Modes: When you turn the mode dial to one of these custom slots, the camera automatically applies the saved settings. If you make any changes during shooting, you can revert to the original saved settings by switching away from the custom mode and then returning to it.

5. Updating Custom Settings: If you need to modify a custom setting, simply adjust the settings while in the custom mode and re-save them following the same steps. This flexibility lets you adapt your custom modes as your shooting needs evolve without having to reset everything manually each time.

6. Managing Multiple C3 Options: On models like the Lumix G9 and S5, you can save up to three configurations under C3 (such as C3-1, C3-2, and C3-3), which is useful for varied scenarios, like different lighting setups or specific types of photography, such as portraits or fast-action shots   .

By following these steps, you can optimize your camera for quick access to preferred shooting settings, allowing you to switch seamlessly between different shooting environments.

Vlog thoughts

Change ideas

Video Podcast vlog

Wow, looking recently at my arms, my arms are super amazingly fucking jacked! Even without flexing, they look amazing! Very very full in the triceps, the biceps the shoulders and other parts of my body, which I cannot really notice.

And also, after getting a fresh haircut, from Cindy… Very very simple, shaving the sides clean, and just getting some cheap gel and slicking it back, Cindy calls it my “Lamborghini haircut”,– and also, this might be the lowest body fat percentage in my life! I think currently I’m at around 4% body fat, naturally without any weird stuff. And note, I might be the only weightlifter or bodybuilder or power lifter or strong man on the planet who doesn’t even take protein powder! Let alone loser creatine, which is the century just pulverized meat, why not just eat the meat?

And also, am I the only one on the planet who fast before weightlifting? Certainly the only one on the planet, may be out of all 8 billion of us, who was able to successfully lift 1000 pounds, that is over 10 1/2 plates on each side of the barbell, successfully, once again, without steroids, unnatural substances, and also no loser belt, wraps, knee wraps etc. 

Rack rack city bitch

Very simple; rack pulls are your best friend. Imagine like doing a dead lift, but you just put the barbell on the power rack or the squat rack, at around waist level, in between your knees and your hips, experiment at your height level, whatever feels comfortable, chalk up, and just lift the barbell off of the rack, even for half an inch or so! Literally after doing it with eight plates, I felt the good soreness in my biceps, my upper back, my traps etc.

Honestly the only reason people don’t do it is because people lack some sort of innovative mindset and creativity. People are still stuck on this loser thinking by analogy school in which everyone is just giving fellatio to Arnold Schwarzenegger, and all these loser bodybuilders on social media, for all injecting their assholes with steroids.

In fact, I’ve discovered a really really huge secret, the only reason you see more African-American and Caucasian people in the NFL professional sports etc., even I symbolize the NBA… Is all these guys are just using steroids! The only reason why you don’t see as many Asian guys in professional sports isn’t some pseudo racial things; genetics is fake; anyone who talks about genetics is essentially talking about he who is able to best use steroids and not get caught, or, to best use steroids with a stack of other strange drugs, to not have their breast tissue turn into “bitch tits” etc.

Finishing reading pumping iron  the original book I think in 1973, and with an updated afterward in 1980, when Arnold was 34 years old, super rich and successful, with his $700,000 house in Santa Monica, and just fresh shooting Conan the barbarian with a $15 million budget, and note, adjusted for inflation these numbers are huge, this was 1980! Which I think was 44 years ago? Wow. That’s even longer than I was alive; I’m 36 years old born in 1988.

Anyways, even back then — in this so-called “golden ages” of bodybuilding… 1973, now I do the math, it is 2024… This is about 50 years ago! Holy moly I’m 36 years old right now, if I added 50 years to my age, I’d be 86!

Anyways, just thinking consider if in 1973 all these dudes are already injecting their buttholes with steroids, anabolic steroids which at the time they didn’t even think that it was dangerous, or bad, imagine how much steroid technology has progressed in 50 years, to today.

And when I look at all these modern day bodybuilders and fitness people on Instagram and YouTube etc., it’s kind of like male prostitution; kind of how a lot of these influencer girls end up being these WebCam virtual prostitutes, to make money. Whatever I think it is fine; but if I had a daughter, no way in hell would I want her to do that kind of work. And also, no way in hell would I ever want Seneca do you ever inject his buttholes with steroids.

Giant or midget?

Also ,,, the least harmful major?

 so what is so interesting about looking at it in the past about Arnold Schwarzenegger and the like is that there is this notion of being a giant. I think it’s kind of a day term now, like Tony Robbins he has this seminar called awaken the giant within, which talks a lot to the baby boomer generation. And apparently the opposite of being a giant is a midget, which is not politically correct anymore, the nicer term to use is person of small stature or dwarf or something. Or you just pretend like they’re not a midget.

Anyways, whether this matters or not, is beyond my pay grade. Would I’m more interested in is how we could do things more naturally, get super fucking jacked and amazing without steroids or weird stuff.

The key is to consume more dietary cholesterol, a.k.a. beef liver and organ meats.

So I thought, maybe the whole keto ketogenic diet movement is a bit flawed because they do not emphasize the necessity for consuming dietary cholesterol in organ meats etc. For example, am I the first to propose this notion of 100% organ me to diet, which is 80% beef liver, beef beef kidney beef intestines etc.… And supplementing it with other stuff like eggs, including the yolk, or flesh meats?

The reason why I believe this to be such a big idea is that the loser vegan evil corporations like Bill Gates and James Cameron and the like promote this insane notion of a plant-based diet veganism, because it is so profitable. And let us consider, what is more profitable, to sell some sort of overpriced Pea protein powder, to these foolish millennial and zillenial and Gen Z folks, which makes them feel good about the planet or whatever? Or to sell them organ meats, which is not profitable. Even the American beef corporation, they cannot sell it effectively.

Just follow the money

ChatGPT is also a positive good for society because it is the number one way to smash inequality, racism sexism, and also… To overturn these ridiculous conspiracy theories?

For example, anybody with an iPhone and access to YouTube and podcast, who listens to Joe Rogan or whatever, well sooner or later fall victim to these weird conspiracy theories. Why? My theory is people cannot bear a society and world and universe which has no rhyme, no reason, which is just injustice. When people believe in a conspiracy theory, it feels just — it feels like it sets the order right.

Because once again, most feeble people cannot bear an injust world and society. 

It goes against everything that we have been taught about justice equality fairness etc. The world is not just.

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The great solution

I have a very very simple solution; optimistic fatalism.

Fatalism simply means that everything is bad, injust, evil whatever.

Optimism, we all know what this means.

So my notion of optimistic fatalism is the ultimate hammer, the ultimate  solution. Both at the same time, put it inside your head and your brain and your soul and your body… That truth be told in fact, yes, it is all bad evil and injustice. But in spite of all that… How can you make the best of it?

Or even a step further, to think and understand that in fact, all of the badness injustice in the world etc., was positively helpful to make your life better?

The winner take all reality 

For example, I am the only winner in the world of street photography. The only one who was able to successfully do all the successful things, travel the planet and get all the accolades, and become a bitcoin millionaire out of all of it.

Now great upside is because now that I am financially independent, I can continue to give away all of my stuff for free open source, because I don’t have a profit incentive anymore. And now becomes more of an ethical thing; doing that in which I believe in, because I want to help humanity.

But, being a humanitarian, I think the only way to ethically do it is to be somehow self sponsored, financially independent, not having an office administrators and staff, and donors.

Why? As long as you have donors, it can never really be truly just. You’re going to have to parade around your poor kids at these annual dinners, to provoke sympathy, and a bad conscience to these rich donors, to keep them employed.

I could speak because I myself was one of these kids, KCCEB, Korean community center of the East Bay, I’m very very grateful for all of our mentors, but it has not lasted.

Nonprofits do not last.

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Corporations don’t really last either

Only things which have lasted are the Vatican, the holy Roman Empire 2.0, Catholicism, independent wealthy families, endowments at Ivy League schools etc.

Showing my tattoos… I’m such a showoff! – Kanye

Audio

Video vlog

Why is Change So Difficult?

I think in life, one of the most difficult things is change. Adapting to change, thinking about change considering change etc. 

First, a creativity innovation carte Blanche thinking first principles thing. 

First, to think new and become new is difficult. It takes great skill, innovation, and radical understanding, it is not for the meek of heart. 

Second, I think the difficult thing is a deseridatum thing, a desired thing. The big question we have to think is is it desirable to think new and become new? 

First if you think from a capitalistic consumer perspective… Obviously it thrives on the new. For example, if we were all stuck on the original iPhone three iPhone 3GS… I’m sure people will not be very happy. I would also be very unhappy if I still had the original iPad, The current iPad Pro M4 chip I’m using, is literally like 10 trillion times better.

In fact, going to Hong Kong later this year, and I was thinking and reflecting… Time and technology; also staring at my old G9 camera, how at the time in 2017, 2018… It was literally the best camera on the market at the time. But now times have changed, and also technology has changed. Therefore the most intelligent strategy is right now, looking at it from scratch… I’m thinking… Right now in this given moment, what is the best option for things?

For example, when I first really got into photography, a lot of of it was dictated by technology. For example, when I was in high school, as a senior graduation present my uncle got me a Canon point and shoot power shot digital camera, I think it had 1.2 megapixels or something, but still… I loved it! It was always in my front pocket, and I literally photographed everything I saw. So when I discovered the macro mode, the rule of thirds grid, and also how he was able to shoot black-and-white, it blew my mind!

Fast forwarding a bit, getting my first Canon rebel XT camera then my canon 5D full frame camera, and discovering the whole lot, and then progressing a bit and getting the Leica M9 camera,  traveling the world etc., getting into film, the digital Ricoh and now currently the LUMIX S9– wow, technology has changed things a lot.

My major critique about a lot of people who tend to give fellatio to the past is that the past is predictable, easy, requires no courage. It is very very easy to hide behind Hitler mustache, some ugly flannel, some ugly throwback clothing, baggy clothes, drive some sort of base level German car, And opine on the past. And say how analog was super superior filmless superior vinyl superior whatever, and trying to harden back to our ancestral pest.

What I think takes more courage is to instead, rather than pink by analogy, to think the present moment right now, not by analogy or metaphor or to oversimplify the past.

For example, a lot of people tend to think of the past, romanticizing the past etc.… But you fools, don’t you realize that the past was most definitely 1 trillion times worse than it is today? For example, industrial London, childbirth mortality was 70 to 80%, Colorado dysentery, and sanitation had not even been discovered; if you accidentally poked yourself, they would probably surgery on you with rusty unsanitized instruments, this is before they even knew that you’re supposed to boil water before drinking it!

Even now, our understanding of things is literally 1 trillion times backwards. For example, this insidious idea of calories in calories out, “burning” calories. You fool! Don’t you understand that it is hormonal, driven by sugar, insulin, insulin signaling and spiking? The only reason why this calories in calories out notion still exist is the evil Coca-Cola corporation, who wants you to have a “balanced diet”, “moderate exercise”, that you can sneak in 100 cal Coca-Cola a day, and not “gain weight”– whereas in fact, the truth is gaining or losing fat,,, not weight.

Some people think that these are lexical different things, but this is not the case this could literally be a life with that matter, type two diabetes and type three diabetes (alzheimers) has anything to do with you or your family or parents.

How to respark your passion for photography and life!

Minimal is better —

I think in life, one of the most difficult things is change. Adapting to change, thinking about change considering change etc. 

First, a creativity innovation carte Blanche thinking first principles thing. 

First, to think new and become new is difficult. It takes great skill, innovation, and radical understanding, it is not for the meek of heart. 

Second, I think the difficult thing is a deseridatum thing, a desired thing. The big question we have to think is is it desirable to think new and become new? 

First if you think from a capitalistic consumer perspective… Obviously it thrives on the new. For example, if we were all stuck on the original iPhone three iPhone 3GS… I’m sure people will not be very happy. I would also be very unhappy if I still had the original iPad, The current iPad Pro M4 chip I’m using, is literally like 10 trillion times better.

In fact, going to Hong Kong later this year, and I was thinking and reflecting… Time and technology; also staring at my old G9 camera, how at the time in 2017, 2018… It was literally the best camera on the market at the time. But now times have changed, and also technology has changed. Therefore the most intelligent strategy is right now, looking at it from scratch… I’m thinking… Right now in this given moment, what is the best option for things?

For example, when I first really got into photography, a lot of of it was dictated by technology. For example, when I was in high school, as a senior graduation present my uncle got me a Canon point and shoot power shot digital camera, I think it had 1.2 megapixels or something, but still… I loved it! It was always in my front pocket, and I literally photographed everything I saw. So when I discovered the macro mode, the rule of thirds grid, and also how he was able to shoot black-and-white, it blew my mind!

Fast forwarding a bit, getting my first Canon rebel XT camera then my canon 5D full frame camera, and discovering the whole lot, and then progressing a bit and getting the Leica M9 camera,  traveling the world etc., getting into film, the digital Ricoh and now currently the LUMIX S9– wow, technology has changed things a lot.

My major critique about a lot of people who tend to give fellatio to the past is that the past is predictable, easy, requires no courage. It is very very easy to hide behind Hitler mustache, some ugly flannel, some ugly throwback clothing, baggy clothes, drive some sort of base level German car, And opine on the past. And say how analog was super superior filmless superior vinyl superior whatever, and trying to harden back to our ancestral pest.

What I think takes more courage is to instead, rather than pink by analogy, to think the present moment right now, not by analogy or metaphor or to oversimplify the past.

For example, a lot of people tend to think of the past, romanticizing the past etc.… But you fools, don’t you realize that the past was most definitely 1 trillion times worse than it is today? For example, industrial London, childbirth mortality was 70 to 80%, Colorado dysentery, and sanitation had not even been discovered; if you accidentally poked yourself, they would probably surgery on you with rusty unsanitized instruments, this is before they even knew that you’re supposed to boil water before drinking it!

Even now, our understanding of things is literally 1 trillion times backwards. For example, this insidious idea of calories in calories out, “burning” calories. You fool! Don’t you understand that it is hormonal, driven by sugar, insulin, insulin signaling and spiking? The only reason why this calories in calories out notion still exist is the evil Coca-Cola corporation, who wants you to have a “balanced diet”, “moderate exercise”, that you can sneak in 100 cal Coca-Cola a day, and not “gain weight”– whereas in fact, the truth is gaining or losing fat,,, not weight.

Some people think that these are lexical different things, but this is not the case this could literally be a life with that matter, type two diabetes and type three diabetes (alzheimers) has anything to do with you or your family or parents.

Wow, looking recently at my arms, my arms are super amazingly fucking jacked! Even without flexing, they look amazing! Very very full in the triceps, the biceps the shoulders and other parts of my body, which I cannot really notice.

And also, after getting a fresh haircut, from Cindy… Very very simple, shaving the sides clean, and just getting some cheap gel and slicking it back, Cindy calls it my “Lamborghini haircut”,– and also, this might be the lowest body fat percentage in my life! I think currently I’m at around 4% body fat, naturally without any weird stuff. And note, I might be the only weightlifter or bodybuilder or power lifter or strong man on the planet who doesn’t even take protein powder! Let alone loser creatine, which is the century just pulverized meat, why not just eat the meat?

And also, am I the only one on the planet who fast before weightlifting? Certainly the only one on the planet, may be out of all 8 billion of us, who was able to successfully lift 1000 pounds, that is over 10 1/2 plates on each side of the barbell, successfully, once again, without steroids, unnatural substances, and also no loser belt, wraps, knee wraps etc. 

Rack rack city bitch

Very simple; rack pulls are your best friend. Imagine like doing a dead lift, but you just put the barbell on the power rack or the squat rack, at around waist level, in between your knees and your hips, experiment at your height level, whatever feels comfortable, chalk up, and just lift the barbell off of the rack, even for half an inch or so! Literally after doing it with eight plates, I felt the good soreness in my biceps, my upper back, my traps etc.

Honestly the only reason people don’t do it is because people lack some sort of innovative mindset and creativity. People are still stuck on this loser thinking by analogy school in which everyone is just giving fellatio to Arnold Schwarzenegger, and all these loser bodybuilders on social media, for all injecting their assholes with steroids.

In fact, I’ve discovered a really really huge secret, the only reason you see more African-American and Caucasian people in the NFL professional sports etc., even I symbolize the NBA… Is all these guys are just using steroids! The only reason why you don’t see as many Asian guys in professional sports isn’t some pseudo racial things; genetics is fake; anyone who talks about genetics is essentially talking about he who is able to best use steroids and not get caught, or, to best use steroids with a stack of other strange drugs, to not have their breast tissue turn into “bitch tits” etc.

Finishing reading pumping iron  the original book I think in 1973, and with an updated afterward in 1980, when Arnold was 34 years old, super rich and successful, with his $700,000 house in Santa Monica, and just fresh shooting Conan the barbarian with a $15 million budget, and note, adjusted for inflation these numbers are huge, this was 1980! Which I think was 44 years ago? Wow. That’s even longer than I was alive; I’m 36 years old born in 1988.

Anyways, even back then — in this so-called “golden ages” of bodybuilding… 1973, now I do the math, it is 2024… This is about 50 years ago! Holy moly I’m 36 years old right now, if I added 50 years to my age, I’d be 86!

Anyways, just thinking consider if in 1973 all these dudes are already injecting their buttholes with steroids, anabolic steroids which at the time they didn’t even think that it was dangerous, or bad, imagine how much steroid technology has progressed in 50 years, to today.

And when I look at all these modern day bodybuilders and fitness people on Instagram and YouTube etc., it’s kind of like male prostitution; kind of how a lot of these influencer girls end up being these WebCam virtual prostitutes, to make money. Whatever I think it is fine; but if I had a daughter, no way in hell would I want her to do that kind of work. And also, no way in hell would I ever want Seneca do you ever inject his buttholes with steroids.

Giant or midget?

Also ,,, the least harmful major?

 so what is so interesting about looking at it in the past about Arnold Schwarzenegger and the like is that there is this notion of being a giant. I think it’s kind of a day term now, like Tony Robbins he has this seminar called awaken the giant within, which talks a lot to the baby boomer generation. And apparently the opposite of being a giant is a midget, which is not politically correct anymore, the nicer term to use is person of small stature or dwarf or something. Or you just pretend like they’re not a midget.

Anyways, whether this matters or not, is beyond my pay grade. Would I’m more interested in is how we could do things more naturally, get super fucking jacked and amazing without steroids or weird stuff.

The key is to consume more dietary cholesterol, a.k.a. beef liver and organ meats.

So I thought, maybe the whole keto ketogenic diet movement is a bit flawed because they do not emphasize the necessity for consuming dietary cholesterol in organ meats etc. For example, am I the first to propose this notion of 100% organ me to diet, which is 80% beef liver, beef beef kidney beef intestines etc.… And supplementing it with other stuff like eggs, including the yolk, or flesh meats?

The reason why I believe this to be such a big idea is that the loser vegan evil corporations like Bill Gates and James Cameron and the like promote this insane notion of a plant-based diet veganism, because it is so profitable. And let us consider, what is more profitable, to sell some sort of overpriced Pea protein powder, to these foolish millennial and zillenial and Gen Z folks, which makes them feel good about the planet or whatever? Or to sell them organ meats, which is not profitable. Even the American beef corporation, they cannot sell it effectively.

Just follow the money

ChatGPT is also a positive good for society because it is the number one way to smash inequality, racism sexism, and also… To overturn these ridiculous conspiracy theories?

For example, anybody with an iPhone and access to YouTube and podcast, who listens to Joe Rogan or whatever, well sooner or later fall victim to these weird conspiracy theories. Why? My theory is people cannot bear a society and world and universe which has no rhyme, no reason, which is just injustice. When people believe in a conspiracy theory, it feels just — it feels like it sets the order right.

Because once again, most feeble people cannot bear an injust world and society. 

It goes against everything that we have been taught about justice equality fairness etc. The world is not just.

---

The great solution

I have a very very simple solution; optimistic fatalism.

Fatalism simply means that everything is bad, injust, evil whatever.

Optimism, we all know what this means.

So my notion of optimistic fatalism is the ultimate hammer, the ultimate  solution. Both at the same time, put it inside your head and your brain and your soul and your body… That truth be told in fact, yes, it is all bad evil and injustice. But in spite of all that… How can you make the best of it?

Or even a step further, to think and understand that in fact, all of the badness injustice in the world etc., was positively helpful to make your life better?

The winner take all reality 

For example, I am the only winner in the world of street photography. The only one who was able to successfully do all the successful things, travel the planet and get all the accolades, and become a bitcoin millionaire out of all of it.

Now great upside is because now that I am financially independent, I can continue to give away all of my stuff for free open source, because I don’t have a profit incentive anymore. And now becomes more of an ethical thing; doing that in which I believe in, because I want to help humanity.

But, being a humanitarian, I think the only way to ethically do it is to be somehow self sponsored, financially independent, not having an office administrators and staff, and donors.

Why? As long as you have donors, it can never really be truly just. You’re going to have to parade around your poor kids at these annual dinners, to provoke sympathy, and a bad conscience to these rich donors, to keep them employed.

I could speak because I myself was one of these kids, KCCEB, Korean community center of the East Bay, I’m very very grateful for all of our mentors, but it has not lasted.

Nonprofits do not last.

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Corporations don’t really last either

Only things which have lasted are the Vatican, the holy Roman Empire 2.0, Catholicism, independent wealthy families, endowments at Ivy League schools etc.

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Clone Mentality?

One of the really big issues with clones being a clone clone mentality is that it is so centered around being a clone. For example, You’re taught and made to think that being a clone, like a clone of Jesus or whatever, is virtuous and good. As a consequence, one is not permitted to simply create a model of himself. Anything which is similar to Jesus is seen as good and virtuous, anything which is seen as dissimilar to Jesus is seen as bad and evil.

And is a consequence, I think the general ethos and mentality of America is bad because it is too centered and focused on notions of imitating Christ, being a clone etc.

“Y’all ninjas my clones!”

For example, in fashion life etc.… We seek to just emulate people that we already see in the limelight. For example, Kanye West, Jay-Z, all these modern-day rappers, Arnold Schwarzenegger etc. 

For example, ultimately what I discovered was my desire for a Lamborghini, with this is the doors, all matte black murdered out, was simply my desire to emulate Kanye West! His Lamborghini Mercy song, very influential to me.

Thinking Arnold

So I just finished reading the original pumping iron book, the one that preceded the influential pumping iron documentary, and ultimately what was very very interesting was unraveling and revealing how essentially, or no Schwarzenegger invented bodybuilding, modern day bodybuilding and beyond.

What’s the weather in about the book I think the original was written in the 1970s, a little bit added in the 1980s was a lot of the terms and the verbiage and the words typically used outside of the traditional context.

For example, mentally retarded, midget, giant, even referencing or no Schwarzenegger‘s Austrian German accent being a “Nazi” voice. I think what is so fun and interesting at least in the context of the 1970s and 80s is that people were much more relaxed, and less grammar Nazis or less politically correct, than they are now.

Also, the reason why I kind of enjoy this is that ultimately, if you have ever lifted weights, done bodybuilding or weightlifting… We are all essentially children of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the one who essentially invented and promoted modern bodybuilding and weightlifting as we know it, and all of his contemporary, all of them have been forgotten, only Arnold remains.

I suppose the nuance is even Arnold, who is probably the greatest bodybuilder weightlifter and personality of all time, even Arnold has fallen a bit out of Vogue now. It Seems like he has dominated everything,  even politics, which was foreshadowed in the 1980s, and his whole strange affair with his housekeeper, his illegitimate son, whatever… I think he’s still acting an influential and politics and whatever, but for the most part I think he has been forgotten already. Kind of also like today, Michael Jordan… All these kids who wear his clothes and sneakers, they don’t actually have any idea who the real Michael Jordan is, whether he is alive or dead or whatever. Michael Jordan has become a strange symbol in today’s world; a sign of dominance and flair, but once again, nobody thinks of him as a real human being anymore. Apparently Kanye West is still on tour, I think Kanye West might be the most anti-fragile artist of them all, as he has been able to survive the most extreme controversies them all, and still have a stadium packed of adoring fans, in Seoul South Korea! Very very shocking and impressive to me; I had no idea he was so popular even in Seoul South Korea!

Anyways, the reason why I think of this is so important is thinking about lasting, durability and life. And also, the short side of notion of achieving your life goals; Arnold has achieved everything, she has achieved all the major pillars of success in America, yet after all of that, he is kind of empty, kind of a shell of his former self.

Now the reason why I think this is so important is that when we think about American notions of success, the paths of success etc.… What is it that we are truly seeking, and how do we know if and when we achieved it, and whether it really even matters at all at the end?

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The problematics of ethics

So apparently, I think when all of us had done, it comes down to philosophy and ethics. Especially in today’s world, AI, the ethics of artificial intelligence ChatGPT etc.

I think what will make this forever interesting topic is that there is no right and wrong in ethic; might makes right. 

What means is he or she who is the most powerful, the most dominant shall win and conquer all! Even now… The way I see it, America is currently in a digital arms race against China, fortunately America has nothing to fear; for the most part Chinese technology kind of sucks. For example, obviously a rich mainland Chinese oligarch would prefer to have an iPhone Pro rather than the newest Huawei phone. Huawei sucks.

And also… It still does seem that for the most part, the Chinese would still prefer American blockbuster Hollywood films rather than their own domestic film market. Why? The funny thing with the Chinese the mainland Chinese is that they exoticize America — truth be told, I think if all the real Richmond land Chinese people have the option, they would take all of their capital wealth and money and power out of mainland China, buy some nice property here in LA, or possibly somewhere else etc.

I think this is why all these rich men in Chinese prefer to buy proper tea in Vancouver, rather than Shanghai, Beijing etc. Even driving to East LA Koreatown the other day… Oh my gosh, the pollution there is unbearable! And it is literally just a few miles east of West LA, in which the weather is 1 trillion times better.

Beef liver is the answer

Wow, I just finished eating a bunch of beef liver that I got from Gelson‘s yesterday, it is so cheap, maybe only 399 a pound, and also the interesting nuance is that even if I tried to, I cannot consume more than about 2 pounds of beef liver because it is so nutritionally dense.

I feel so phenomenally good right now. I recommend everyone to try it!

I would say in terms of a split, try to have 80% of your diet be beef liver, and once if he comes too much for you, switch over to  eggs or ground beef for some other type of steak flesh meat.

The immigrant mentality

The reason why Frank Colombo and Arnold Schwarzenegger became so successful is that both of them were immigrants, first to move to America as young adults, I think Arnold might’ve been only 16 or 18 when he moved from Austria to the states, and the immigrant mentality is good because they are hungry! The problem about the traditional American is they become too flabby, too fat, too appeased. 

This is why Americans are so lazy; they were raised with much privilege in the states, assuming that their family has been here for a generation or two or three, and essentially they could rely on the family wealth, the family trust fund, property real estate etc. For example if your dad wants bought property Somewhere in LA which is desirable, and has made a killing… And you know that once your dad dies, you won’t hear it much of his wealth, what motivation do you have to work hard?

One of my greatest blessings ironically enough was being born in the states, albeit with a working class mom. The upside is I knew that even if I wanted XYNZ, I couldn’t… Not because my mom was being mean to me or whatever, but literally, she couldn’t. For example, my mom working two or three part-time jobs cleaning houses, waitressing, being a cashier, barely able to pay the rent with my dad stealing the rent money and going gambling to Reno in the middle of the night, not being home for about a week or so… I knew that money and resources were precarious. Therefore if I wanted anything, I had to get a job and work for it to get it.

I think this is really the root of my success. If I wanted anything, I had to fight to get it!

Now that I am super rich and successful, the next stage becomes interesting. My son Seneca, shall become the next prince and king of Los Angeles. He is already to go here in Culver City, there’s no other kid who was born in 2021 who is as tall funny handsome, strong muscular good-looking, and sociable than him. Shout out to my friends Noel Lisa and Ray, and especially Kevin! Everyone knows me in Seneca now here in Culver City, and I am excited to see him go through the Culver City school system, before he goes off and becomes the next great entrepreneur.

Why bitcoin is the best investment right now

So I was reading pumping iron by this one author, and he’s writing this in 1980… Wow, that is almost 44 years ago… He talks about how Arnold Schwarzenegger purchased a $700,000 home in Santa Monica at the time, which I am certain that adjusted for inflation might’ve been close to what we imagine $10 million to be today.

Anyways, I was thinking about… If I was in a Time Machine in the 1980s, or specifically 1980… When Arnold Schwarzenegger was already 34 years old, I’m 36 years old right now. If that were the case, what kind of investment could you make for $700,000 at a time, that would yield a superior return, from 1980 to 2024?

At the time, I think the only real investment you could’ve made in was real estate, commercial real estate, maybe residential real estate. If you bought a bunch of property in Culver City, or Palos Verdes, back then knowing what we know now… You would have become a billionaire many times over. Because currently looking at the whole market here in LA… It all sucks besides Culver City.  Santa Monica used to be the best spot to be, but now it is overrun with homeless people, people high on crack etc. Even if I was a billionaire today, I would not want to live in Santa Monica because it is super dirty, still too many homeless people etc. Even worse point to creatine, oh my God, all the homeless encampment, and homeless people around… And the pollution, insanely terrible.

Anyways, I think the hard thing is when it comes to investments, most people can only think by analogies, metaphors, or similarities to the past. Much more difficult to think carte blache, first principles, because it is difficult to predict or anticipate that which has not yet happened.  Life is not like back to the future, in which you could predict everything with 100% perfect foresight!

But also… Even if things were like back to the future and even if you could predict things with 100% clarity, it might not always be a desired outcome. Why? Sometimes a problem can be that even if you get what you wish, it could positively be a bad thing.

For example, a lot of things end up becoming dangerous liabilities. For example if you want to go to the Inglewood public library, or Ladera Heights or whatever… Can you pull up in a Lamborghini, you might get robbed at gunpoint, you might even die! I suppose the upside of driving a beat up 2010 Prius is that it is the ultimate stealth car, nobody in real life knows how rich I am because I look like a poor person.

Look poor, think rich – Andy Warhol

Los Angeles becomes very interesting to me because it really is the center of the universe. Now that Apple is here, there’s really no reason to be anywhere else.

Only that but Apple having that grand downtown LA theater store, so beautiful! Even though I am critical of a lot of things of Apple… Apple isn’t going away anytime soon, at least in the lifetime of myself or Seneca. Maybe the returns and the profits of Apple will not be as impressive into the future, much better to buy bitcoin or microstrategy stock instead,  but still, for the most part Apple is the most practical strategy.

Until a competitor, whether it be open AI, Microsoft, Nvidia or somebody else who makes a really really good ChatGPT-first phone, Apple will still have the dominant market here. 

The true disruptor

After playing with a new iPhone Pro a bit, essentially when my ultimate Takeaway point is the only reason to have an iPhone now is because you just need something to run ChatGPT. Unfortunately at the moment, you cannot run ChatGPT without an iPhone or iPad or your laptop. And even Google Gemini sucks. I rate ChatGPT as 1 trillion times better.

And Apple Intelligence, I’ve been playing with it, and even me, the ultimate text nerd and advocate, even though I have no idea what Apple Intelligence is and how it is different from Siri? I think honestly it just seems like a rebranding of Siri, Which is confusing for everybody.

Once you’re a bitcoin billionaire, then what?

When people ask me what I do, I often joke and I just say that I’m a bitcoin billionaire. But I almost say it half tongue and cheek, half true. I’m very certain that my bitcoin holdings well only 10 X 100 X or 1000 X from here.

According to my aggressive calculations, my bitcoin should be worth at least $500B 30 years from now. It will be worth at least 1.2 billion, 15 years from now. 

Assuming that you perfect for side of the future, then how do you proceed in life?

Autotelic progressions

So the very very basic notion is moving forward, it could all just be autotelic! Which means you just do things for the sake of it, because it personally interests you, not because there is necessarily some sort of phenomenal payoff to it.

Because once again… Once you live in a world that money no longer concerns you, then what?

I’m the judge!

Pursue play & fun?

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Clone Mentality?

One of the really big issues with clones being a clone clone mentality is that it is so centered around being a clone. For example, You’re taught and made to think that being a clone, like a clone of Jesus or whatever, is virtuous and good. As a consequence, one is not permitted to simply create a model of himself. Anything which is similar to Jesus is seen as good and virtuous, anything which is seen as dissimilar to Jesus is seen as bad and evil.

And is a consequence, I think the general ethos and mentality of America is bad because it is too centered and focused on notions of imitating Christ, being a clone etc.

“Y’all ninjas my clones!”

For example, in fashion life etc.… We seek to just emulate people that we already see in the limelight. For example, Kanye West, Jay-Z, all these modern-day rappers, Arnold Schwarzenegger etc. 

For example, ultimately what I discovered was my desire for a Lamborghini, with this is the doors, all matte black murdered out, was simply my desire to emulate Kanye West! His Lamborghini Mercy song, very influential to me.

Thinking Arnold

So I just finished reading the original pumping iron book, the one that preceded the influential pumping iron documentary, and ultimately what was very very interesting was unraveling and revealing how essentially, or no Schwarzenegger invented bodybuilding, modern day bodybuilding and beyond.

What’s the weather in about the book I think the original was written in the 1970s, a little bit added in the 1980s was a lot of the terms and the verbiage and the words typically used outside of the traditional context.

For example, mentally retarded, midget, giant, even referencing or no Schwarzenegger‘s Austrian German accent being a “Nazi” voice. I think what is so fun and interesting at least in the context of the 1970s and 80s is that people were much more relaxed, and less grammar Nazis or less politically correct, than they are now.

Also, the reason why I kind of enjoy this is that ultimately, if you have ever lifted weights, done bodybuilding or weightlifting… We are all essentially children of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the one who essentially invented and promoted modern bodybuilding and weightlifting as we know it, and all of his contemporary, all of them have been forgotten, only Arnold remains.

I suppose the nuance is even Arnold, who is probably the greatest bodybuilder weightlifter and personality of all time, even Arnold has fallen a bit out of Vogue now. It Seems like he has dominated everything,  even politics, which was foreshadowed in the 1980s, and his whole strange affair with his housekeeper, his illegitimate son, whatever… I think he’s still acting an influential and politics and whatever, but for the most part I think he has been forgotten already. Kind of also like today, Michael Jordan… All these kids who wear his clothes and sneakers, they don’t actually have any idea who the real Michael Jordan is, whether he is alive or dead or whatever. Michael Jordan has become a strange symbol in today’s world; a sign of dominance and flair, but once again, nobody thinks of him as a real human being anymore. Apparently Kanye West is still on tour, I think Kanye West might be the most anti-fragile artist of them all, as he has been able to survive the most extreme controversies them all, and still have a stadium packed of adoring fans, in Seoul South Korea! Very very shocking and impressive to me; I had no idea he was so popular even in Seoul South Korea!

Anyways, the reason why I think of this is so important is thinking about lasting, durability and life. And also, the short side of notion of achieving your life goals; Arnold has achieved everything, she has achieved all the major pillars of success in America, yet after all of that, he is kind of empty, kind of a shell of his former self.

Now the reason why I think this is so important is that when we think about American notions of success, the paths of success etc.… What is it that we are truly seeking, and how do we know if and when we achieved it, and whether it really even matters at all at the end?

---

The problematics of ethics

So apparently, I think when all of us had done, it comes down to philosophy and ethics. Especially in today’s world, AI, the ethics of artificial intelligence ChatGPT etc.

I think what will make this forever interesting topic is that there is no right and wrong in ethic; might makes right. 

What means is he or she who is the most powerful, the most dominant shall win and conquer all! Even now… The way I see it, America is currently in a digital arms race against China, fortunately America has nothing to fear; for the most part Chinese technology kind of sucks. For example, obviously a rich mainland Chinese oligarch would prefer to have an iPhone Pro rather than the newest Huawei phone. Huawei sucks.

And also… It still does seem that for the most part, the Chinese would still prefer American blockbuster Hollywood films rather than their own domestic film market. Why? The funny thing with the Chinese the mainland Chinese is that they exoticize America — truth be told, I think if all the real Richmond land Chinese people have the option, they would take all of their capital wealth and money and power out of mainland China, buy some nice property here in LA, or possibly somewhere else etc.

I think this is why all these rich men in Chinese prefer to buy proper tea in Vancouver, rather than Shanghai, Beijing etc. Even driving to East LA Koreatown the other day… Oh my gosh, the pollution there is unbearable! And it is literally just a few miles east of West LA, in which the weather is 1 trillion times better.

Beef liver is the answer

Wow, I just finished eating a bunch of beef liver that I got from Gelson‘s yesterday, it is so cheap, maybe only 399 a pound, and also the interesting nuance is that even if I tried to, I cannot consume more than about 2 pounds of beef liver because it is so nutritionally dense.

I feel so phenomenally good right now. I recommend everyone to try it!

I would say in terms of a split, try to have 80% of your diet be beef liver, and once if he comes too much for you, switch over to  eggs or ground beef for some other type of steak flesh meat.

The immigrant mentality

The reason why Frank Colombo and Arnold Schwarzenegger became so successful is that both of them were immigrants, first to move to America as young adults, I think Arnold might’ve been only 16 or 18 when he moved from Austria to the states, and the immigrant mentality is good because they are hungry! The problem about the traditional American is they become too flabby, too fat, too appeased. 

This is why Americans are so lazy; they were raised with much privilege in the states, assuming that their family has been here for a generation or two or three, and essentially they could rely on the family wealth, the family trust fund, property real estate etc. For example if your dad wants bought property Somewhere in LA which is desirable, and has made a killing… And you know that once your dad dies, you won’t hear it much of his wealth, what motivation do you have to work hard?

One of my greatest blessings ironically enough was being born in the states, albeit with a working class mom. The upside is I knew that even if I wanted XYNZ, I couldn’t… Not because my mom was being mean to me or whatever, but literally, she couldn’t. For example, my mom working two or three part-time jobs cleaning houses, waitressing, being a cashier, barely able to pay the rent with my dad stealing the rent money and going gambling to Reno in the middle of the night, not being home for about a week or so… I knew that money and resources were precarious. Therefore if I wanted anything, I had to get a job and work for it to get it.

I think this is really the root of my success. If I wanted anything, I had to fight to get it!

Now that I am super rich and successful, the next stage becomes interesting. My son Seneca, shall become the next prince and king of Los Angeles. He is already to go here in Culver City, there’s no other kid who was born in 2021 who is as tall funny handsome, strong muscular good-looking, and sociable than him. Shout out to my friends Noel Lisa and Ray, and especially Kevin! Everyone knows me in Seneca now here in Culver City, and I am excited to see him go through the Culver City school system, before he goes off and becomes the next great entrepreneur.

Why bitcoin is the best investment right now

So I was reading pumping iron by this one author, and he’s writing this in 1980… Wow, that is almost 44 years ago… He talks about how Arnold Schwarzenegger purchased a $700,000 home in Santa Monica at the time, which I am certain that adjusted for inflation might’ve been close to what we imagine $10 million to be today.

Anyways, I was thinking about… If I was in a Time Machine in the 1980s, or specifically 1980… When Arnold Schwarzenegger was already 34 years old, I’m 36 years old right now. If that were the case, what kind of investment could you make for $700,000 at a time, that would yield a superior return, from 1980 to 2024?

At the time, I think the only real investment you could’ve made in was real estate, commercial real estate, maybe residential real estate. If you bought a bunch of property in Culver City, or Palos Verdes, back then knowing what we know now… You would have become a billionaire many times over. Because currently looking at the whole market here in LA… It all sucks besides Culver City.  Santa Monica used to be the best spot to be, but now it is overrun with homeless people, people high on crack etc. Even if I was a billionaire today, I would not want to live in Santa Monica because it is super dirty, still too many homeless people etc. Even worse point to creatine, oh my God, all the homeless encampment, and homeless people around… And the pollution, insanely terrible.

Anyways, I think the hard thing is when it comes to investments, most people can only think by analogies, metaphors, or similarities to the past. Much more difficult to think carte blache, first principles, because it is difficult to predict or anticipate that which has not yet happened.  Life is not like back to the future, in which you could predict everything with 100% perfect foresight!

But also… Even if things were like back to the future and even if you could predict things with 100% clarity, it might not always be a desired outcome. Why? Sometimes a problem can be that even if you get what you wish, it could positively be a bad thing.

For example, a lot of things end up becoming dangerous liabilities. For example if you want to go to the Inglewood public library, or Ladera Heights or whatever… Can you pull up in a Lamborghini, you might get robbed at gunpoint, you might even die! I suppose the upside of driving a beat up 2010 Prius is that it is the ultimate stealth car, nobody in real life knows how rich I am because I look like a poor person.

Look poor, think rich – Andy Warhol

Los Angeles becomes very interesting to me because it really is the center of the universe. Now that Apple is here, there’s really no reason to be anywhere else.

Only that but Apple having that grand downtown LA theater store, so beautiful! Even though I am critical of a lot of things of Apple… Apple isn’t going away anytime soon, at least in the lifetime of myself or Seneca. Maybe the returns and the profits of Apple will not be as impressive into the future, much better to buy bitcoin or microstrategy stock instead,  but still, for the most part Apple is the most practical strategy.

Until a competitor, whether it be open AI, Microsoft, Nvidia or somebody else who makes a really really good ChatGPT-first phone, Apple will still have the dominant market here. 

The true disruptor

After playing with a new iPhone Pro a bit, essentially when my ultimate Takeaway point is the only reason to have an iPhone now is because you just need something to run ChatGPT. Unfortunately at the moment, you cannot run ChatGPT without an iPhone or iPad or your laptop. And even Google Gemini sucks. I rate ChatGPT as 1 trillion times better.

And Apple Intelligence, I’ve been playing with it, and even me, the ultimate text nerd and advocate, even though I have no idea what Apple Intelligence is and how it is different from Siri? I think honestly it just seems like a rebranding of Siri, Which is confusing for everybody.

Once you’re a bitcoin billionaire, then what?

When people ask me what I do, I often joke and I just say that I’m a bitcoin billionaire. But I almost say it half tongue and cheek, half true. I’m very certain that my bitcoin holdings well only 10 X 100 X or 1000 X from here.

According to my aggressive calculations, my bitcoin should be worth at least $500B 30 years from now. It will be worth at least 1.2 billion, 15 years from now. 

Assuming that you perfect for side of the future, then how do you proceed in life?

Autotelic progressions

So the very very basic notion is moving forward, it could all just be autotelic! Which means you just do things for the sake of it, because it personally interests you, not because there is necessarily some sort of phenomenal payoff to it.

Because once again… Once you live in a world that money no longer concerns you, then what?

I’m the judge!

Pursue play & fun?

What’s more joyful to shoot on?

“Range of motion” is overrated

The best camera is the one which is the most joyful to shoot on!

Big idea.

Eric Kim is considered a significant figure

Eric Kim the Street Photographer: Eric Kim has made a substantial impact on street photography. His influence comes from his philosophy of photography, his workshops, and his commitment to open-source photography education. Kim advocates for a bold, honest approach to street photography, using a minimalist setup (often just a 35mm lens), and emphasizing human connection in his work. He also teaches the importance of risk-taking and authenticity in photography, encouraging photographers to engage directly with their subjects instead of shooting from afar with telephoto lenses. Beyond his technical skills, Eric Kim has a philosophical approach, often invoking Nietzschean themes of overcoming mediocrity and embracing discomfort as part of the creative process. This philosophy has helped him stand out in the photography world   .

Eric Kim’s economic theories reflect a blend of minimalism, self-reliance, and philosophical thinking. His approach to economics is deeply intertwined with his personal philosophy on life and creativity. Here are some key aspects of his economic thought:

1. Frugality and Minimalism: Kim advocates for frugality as a form of personal power. He believes that by needing less, people can free themselves from the societal pressures of consumerism and materialism. This allows individuals to focus on long-term value rather than short-term, fleeting pleasures. He often emphasizes investing in high-quality, meaningful experiences and goods, rather than accumulating material possessions, which ties into his broader minimalist lifestyle  .

2. Self-Reliance and Entrepreneurial Spirit: A key tenet of Kim’s economic philosophy is personal freedom through self-reliance. He encourages people to become their own financial masters, suggesting that they should multiply their resources (money, knowledge, and skills) to build a sustainable, independent life. This entrepreneurial mindset advocates for creative self-ownership, where individuals can generate value through personal projects rather than relying on traditional career paths .

3. Digital Scarcity and Innovation: Kim is also interested in the role of digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies, in shaping the future of economics. He frequently talks about the importance of scarcity in digital economies, drawing parallels between the limited supply of Bitcoin and how value is created through rarity in the digital world .

4. Time as Currency: A crucial element in Kim’s economic theory is the idea that time is the most valuable resource. He stresses that instead of pursuing wealth for its own sake, people should focus on maximizing the quality of their time and energy. This perspective aligns with his philosophy of living a meaningful, purpose-driven life .

Overall, Eric Kim’s economic ideas offer a unique perspective that challenges conventional capitalist values. His philosophy advocates for a minimalist, entrepreneurial approach to life, where financial freedom is a tool for personal autonomy and creative fulfillment rather than an end goal in itself .

“Economical is Sexy.” These three words, though simple, embody a philosophy that stands in stark contrast to the consumerist world we live in today. We live in a society where abundance is equated with success and where bigger, more expensive, and more is always seen as better. But what if we flipped that idea on its head? What if we reframed the narrative and said that being economical—being efficient, minimal, and intentional—is not only smart but downright sexy?

Let’s talk about what I mean by economical. At its core, being economical is about maximizing value while minimizing waste. It’s about getting the most out of the least. This applies not only to how we spend money but to how we spend our time, our energy, and even our creative efforts. It’s about stripping away the excess and focusing on what truly matters. And that, to me, is incredibly attractive.

Why is economical sexy? For one, it’s about confidence. A person who knows how to be economical knows their worth. They don’t need to rely on external symbols of success, like fancy cars, big houses, or designer clothes, to feel valuable. They know that true value comes from within—whether it’s their creativity, their skill, or their intellect. They don’t need to shout it out; they let their work, their actions, and their life speak for itself. There’s something inherently sexy about someone who can do more with less, who understands that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Take, for example, street photography. I’ve always believed that some of the best photos come not from having the latest, most expensive camera gear, but from having a keen eye, a deep sense of observation, and the ability to make something out of nothing. You can have a $10,000 Leica, but if you don’t have the vision, it’s just a piece of metal. On the flip side, you could have a simple, old film camera, or even just your smartphone, and if you know how to see the world—how to capture a moment, how to tell a story—that’s all you need. That’s the essence of being economical. You’re making the most of what you have, using it with intention, and creating something meaningful in the process.

This idea also applies to lifestyle. I’ve always admired people who live simply and with purpose. The minimalist who knows what they need and what they don’t. The person who isn’t constantly chasing after the latest trends or accumulating stuff just for the sake of it. Instead, they focus on what brings them joy, what brings them value, and they discard the rest. This kind of clarity of purpose is magnetic. In a world where everyone is bombarded with choices and distractions, the ability to focus on what truly matters is rare—and, dare I say, sexy.

Being economical is also about efficiency, and efficiency is powerful. It’s about knowing how to maximize your resources—whether that’s time, money, or energy—and getting the greatest return. The most successful entrepreneurs and artists know that time is the most precious commodity. They don’t waste it on things that don’t matter. They invest their time wisely, focusing on high-leverage activities that yield the biggest impact. And that kind of focus and discipline is incredibly attractive because it shows self-mastery. It shows that you’re in control of your life and that you know how to direct your resources toward what really matters.

Consider how being economical with your money can also create freedom. When you spend less on unnecessary things, you have more to invest in experiences that truly enrich your life. You can travel more, learn new skills, or have the financial cushion to take creative risks. Financial independence is sexy because it gives you the freedom to live life on your own terms. You’re not chained to a job you hate just to pay off credit card debt for things you didn’t need in the first place. Instead, you’re free to pursue your passions, take on projects that excite you, and live a life that is truly yours.

But let’s not make the mistake of thinking that economical means cheap. There’s a big difference. Being cheap is about cutting corners and sacrificing quality for the sake of saving a few bucks. Being economical, on the other hand, is about being thoughtful and intentional. It’s about understanding value and making decisions based on that understanding. Sometimes, spending more on something of higher quality—whether it’s a tool, an experience, or a relationship—will pay off more in the long run than going for the cheaper option. Economical is about the long game, about sustainability, and about making decisions that add value to your life in meaningful ways.

Let’s apply this to creativity. Some of the most innovative and impactful ideas come not from having unlimited resources, but from having constraints. When you don’t have access to every tool, every material, or every dollar, you’re forced to think more creatively, to problem-solve, to do more with less. In fact, I would argue that creativity thrives under constraints. When you’re economical with your resources, you push the boundaries of what’s possible, and that’s where true innovation happens. There’s nothing sexier than someone who can think outside the box, someone who knows how to work with what they’ve got and still create something incredible.

In conclusion, economical is sexy because it represents a mindset of abundance, not scarcity. It’s about living intentionally, with purpose, and with clarity. It’s about focusing on what truly matters and cutting out the excess. It’s about being confident enough to know that you don’t need more to be more. It’s about mastering your resources—whether time, money, or creativity—and using them to build a life of freedom, meaning, and joy. In a world that constantly tells you to consume more, buy more, and do more, the ability to be economical is not only a rare skill—it’s incredibly attractive. So yes, economical is sexy, and the sooner we all embrace it, the richer our lives will be.

When you think of the word sexy, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? It probably isn’t the word economical. After all, being “economical” conjures images of restraint, budgeting, and living within your means. It’s a concept that seems at odds with the lavish, extravagant, and indulgent lifestyle often associated with sexiness. But I’m here to challenge that notion. In fact, I believe economical is sexy. Living an economical life is not about deprivation, it’s about maximizing freedom, creativity, and fulfillment—all of which are undeniably attractive.

Let me explain why.

To me, being economical is about efficiency and mindfulness. It’s about getting the most out of what you have and focusing on the essentials. It’s about cutting out the unnecessary so that you can prioritize what truly matters. Think of it this way: the less you waste—whether it’s time, money, or energy—the more you have for what’s important to you. And isn’t that the ultimate goal in life? To strip away the distractions, the clutter, and the excess, so that you can live a life of purpose and clarity?

Being economical doesn’t mean being cheap. In fact, it’s the opposite. It’s about being intentional with your resources. It’s about spending on the things that truly enhance your life and cutting out the things that don’t. For example, rather than buying fast fashion that will wear out after a season, invest in a high-quality jacket that will last for years. It may cost more upfront, but in the long run, it’s a far more economical choice. There’s a certain elegance in owning fewer, but higher-quality, items. It’s about owning things that have soul, not just superficial appeal.

Minimalism plays a huge role in this philosophy. When I think about my own lifestyle—whether it’s in my photography, my travel habits, or even my wardrobe—I always prioritize minimalism. Minimalism is sexy because it’s focused, intentional, and grounded in the idea of living with less but better. There’s nothing more attractive than someone who knows exactly what they need and doesn’t clutter their life with meaningless possessions or superficial desires.

Think of the minimalist lifestyle as a well-edited photo. A great image isn’t about capturing everything—it’s about focusing on the essentials. A photographer who understands minimalism will remove unnecessary distractions from the frame, drawing your attention to the subject that matters most. The same goes for life. When you cut out the excess, you’re left with the essence of what’s important. And that’s where the magic happens.

Another reason why economical is sexy is because it fosters creativity. When you have limited resources, you’re forced to get creative with what you have. Look at street photography—one of the most beautiful aspects of it is the ability to create stunning, thought-provoking images using just a simple camera and natural light. You don’t need expensive gear or elaborate setups. The constraints actually push you to be more innovative, to think outside the box, and to capture the world in new, interesting ways.

The same principle applies to life. Being economical encourages you to find joy and beauty in the small things, in the everyday moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. It’s about appreciating what you have instead of constantly seeking more. This mindset shift is incredibly liberating—and yes, incredibly sexy. There’s something undeniably attractive about a person who doesn’t need to rely on external validation or material possessions to feel fulfilled. They are self-sufficient, resourceful, and content with the life they’ve built, no matter how simple.

Being economical is also sexy because it’s sustainable. In today’s world, where excess consumerism is wreaking havoc on the environment and personal well-being, there’s something deeply attractive about a lifestyle that’s mindful of its impact. When you choose to live economically, you’re not just saving money—you’re making a conscious decision to reduce waste, to consume less, and to tread lightly on the earth. There’s a certain allure in a lifestyle that’s both simple and sustainable, one that isn’t focused on mindless consumption but on meaningful experiences and personal growth.

Travel is another area where being economical becomes incredibly sexy. I’ve always been a fan of minimalist travel—packing light, staying in modest accommodations, and focusing on the experiences that matter most. When you travel economically, you’re forced to engage with your surroundings in a more authentic way. You’re not isolated in a luxury hotel bubble, disconnected from the local culture. Instead, you’re out in the streets, interacting with people, eating local food, and

A thought; maybe the most virtuous path we could take in life is not to be silent and Stoic… But rather, the jubilant gay loud, angry and wrathful monster?

In today’s ever-evolving world, where identity, authenticity, and self-expression hold unparalleled importance, I can’t help but think about a phrase that resonates deeply with me: “Better to be a gay monster than a sentimental bore.” This idea strikes a nerve not because it’s provocative, but because it’s a powerful call to embrace radical authenticity and unapologetic individuality. It’s a rejection of the mundane, the expected, and the narrow constraints society imposes on us. It’s about choosing a life of boldness and authenticity, over one of inauthentic sentimentality, conformity, or the blandness of conventionality.

To understand why this resonates so strongly with me, let’s break it down. On one hand, you have the “gay monster”—a symbol of difference, often feared or misunderstood by society. But in this context, being a “monster” is not about evil; it’s about power, subversion, and the courage to embrace your true self, even when it makes others uncomfortable. The gay monster is the ultimate iconoclast. They exist outside the rules and binaries that dominate our world. They disrupt comfort zones, challenge norms, and force society to confront its own prejudices and limited thinking.

In contrast, the “sentimental bore” represents the status quo, a figure lost in shallow emotions, rehearsed platitudes, and socially approved behaviors. It’s the person who chooses safety over truth, politeness over passion. They represent the individual who follows scripts dictated by society, plays their role perfectly, but never truly lives. They may be liked by everyone, but they are loved by no one—not even themselves. They exist in a vacuum of mediocrity, trapped by societal expectations, afraid to make a ripple. And for what? To fit in? To be accepted? To avoid criticism or disapproval?

As I see it, the real problem with being a sentimental bore is not simply that it’s dull—it’s that it’s inauthentic. It’s a life lived for others, for approval, for the veneer of respectability. But authenticity, by definition, cannot be boring. It is vibrant, dynamic, and often, messy. It requires us to embrace the parts of ourselves that we might otherwise suppress, the parts that don’t fit into neat categories or societal molds.

Take for instance the figure of the artist, or anyone who truly follows their creative vision. The world doesn’t always understand them. People may even call them “monsters” for defying conventions. Think of the iconic photographer Daido Moriyama—his work was gritty, raw, and unapologetic. His vision of Tokyo wasn’t the glossy, tourist-friendly images of the city. It was the underbelly: chaotic, imperfect, and utterly human. Moriyama’s art is a direct rejection of sentimentality—he chooses truth over beauty, reality over polish. He’s a “monster” in the best sense of the word, unafraid to confront the ugly realities of life because he knows that within that ugliness, there’s a deeper, more honest beauty.

When we opt to be “monsters” in our own lives, we’re making a bold declaration: that our truth, no matter how strange, uncomfortable, or misunderstood, is more valuable than the safe, comfortable lies that society tries to feed us. It’s a rejection of living a half-life. To be this “monster” is to accept that your identity, your desires, and your essence may not be easily digestible for everyone. But why should they be? You weren’t born to fit someone else’s mold, to conform to someone else’s expectations. You were born to live a life that is fully yours—flaws, quirks, and all.

And if that makes you a “monster” in the eyes of some? So be it. I’d rather be the monster that people remember—perhaps fear, but ultimately respect—than the bore who fades into the background, unnoticed and unremarkable. There is a freedom in being a “monster”—you are no longer bound by the arbitrary rules and restrictions that stifle your potential. You get to define yourself on your own terms. In that sense, the so-called “monster” isn’t scary at all—they are liberated.

On the other hand, to be a sentimental bore is to fall victim to the trap of shallow emotions and cliché. Sentimentality is easy. It’s the path of least resistance because it conforms to what is familiar, what is safe. It’s the Hallmark card of human expression—empty, formulaic, and ultimately meaningless. It’s a life devoid of depth, passion, and true engagement. What is more monstrous, really? The person who dares to be different, or the person who chooses to stay shallow, to be what others expect?

In my photography, my writing, and in how I approach life, I am constantly drawn to the idea of the “gay monster”—not necessarily in a literal sense but in the sense of embracing radical difference. I reject sentimentality because it is a veil that covers over the true, gritty, and sometimes painful reality of life. But within that reality lies profound beauty—if only we are brave enough to see it.

In a world obsessed with perfection, with fitting in, and with the shallow comforts of sentiment, I say: choose to be a monster. Choose to be real. Choose to be yourself, fully and unapologetically. Better to be feared, loved, misunderstood, but real, than to be liked, safe, and completely, utterly forgettable.

Embracing the Monster Within: A Reflection on Authenticity

“Better to be a gay monster than a sentimental bore.”

In a world that often prizes conformity over individuality, this provocative statement serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of embracing our true selves. The notion of being a “gay monster” suggests a vibrant, unapologetic existence, rich with passion and uniqueness. In contrast, a “sentimental bore” implies a life led by the safe, the ordinary, the unremarkable. This dichotomy challenges us to consider what it truly means to live authentically.

Growing up, I was frequently confronted with societal expectations that dictated how I should behave, what interests I should pursue, and even how I should express my emotions. The pressure to fit into predefined molds can be stifling, pushing many to suppress parts of themselves that don’t align with mainstream norms. It’s easier to be the “sentimental bore”—predictable, reliable, and unchallenging—than to risk standing out as something or someone different.

Yet, there is profound value in embracing our inner “monster,” in celebrating the aspects of ourselves that deviate from the norm. This doesn’t imply being disruptive for the sake of disruption, but rather embracing the full spectrum of our identities, passions, and creative impulses. When we allow ourselves to be authentically who we are, we unlock a reservoir of creativity and vitality that can lead to more meaningful and fulfilling lives.

Consider the realm of art and photography, areas where I find myself most drawn. The most compelling works often stem from a place of deep personal truth and emotional honesty. A photograph that captures a unique perspective, one that challenges viewers to see the world differently, is far more impactful than one that merely adheres to conventional aesthetics. Similarly, artists who push boundaries and explore unconventional themes are often the ones whose work resonates most deeply and endures over time.

Being a “gay monster” in this context is about rejecting the safe path in favor of one that may be fraught with uncertainty and criticism but is rich with authenticity. It’s about taking risks with your art, your career, your relationships, and, most importantly, your self-expression. It’s about acknowledging that the journey towards authenticity is not always easy, but it is invariably more rewarding than a life of quiet complacency.

Moreover, embracing our uniqueness can inspire others to do the same. When we live authentically, we create space for others to explore and express their own identities without fear of judgment. This collective embrace of individuality fosters a more diverse and dynamic society, where innovation and creativity can flourish.

However, the path to embracing our inner “monster” is not without its challenges. It requires a willingness to confront our insecurities and vulnerabilities, to stand against societal pressures, and to sometimes endure isolation or misunderstanding. But it also offers the promise of a life lived fully and richly, aligned with our deepest values and desires.

In practical terms, cultivating this authenticity involves several key steps. First, it requires self-awareness—understanding who we are, what we value, and what makes us unique. This self-knowledge forms the foundation upon which we can build an authentic life. Second, it involves courage—the courage to express ourselves honestly, even when it means going against the grain. Finally, it demands resilience—the ability to withstand setbacks and criticisms without losing sight of our true selves.

In my own journey as a photographer, I have found that the most rewarding projects are those that reflect my personal interests and passions, even when they diverge from mainstream trends. These projects not only bring me joy but also connect me with others who share similar interests and perspectives. It is through these authentic connections that I find the greatest sense of fulfillment and purpose.

Ultimately, the choice between being a “gay monster” and a “sentimental bore” is a metaphor for the broader choice between living authentically and conforming to societal expectations. While conformity may offer comfort and acceptance, authenticity provides a deeper sense of satisfaction and meaning. By choosing to embrace our true selves, we contribute to a richer, more diverse tapestry of human experience, one that celebrates the extraordinary within each of us.

In conclusion, let us heed the wisdom encapsulated in the quote: “Better to be a gay monster than a sentimental bore.” Let us strive to live authentically, embracing our unique qualities and passions, and in doing so, create lives that are not only more vibrant and fulfilling but also inspire others to do the same. After all, it is through our authentic selves that we leave the most enduring and impactful marks on the world.

One of the really big issues with clones being a clone clone mentality is that it is so centered around being a clone. For example, You’re taught and made to think that being a clone, like a clone of Jesus or whatever, is virtuous and good. As a consequence, one is not permitted to simply create a model of himself. Anything which is similar to Jesus is seen as good and virtuous, anything which is seen as dissimilar to Jesus is seen as bad and evil.

And is a consequence, I think the general ethos and mentality of America is bad because it is too centered and focused on notions of imitating Christ, being a clone etc.

“Y’all ninjas my clones!”

For example, in fashion life etc.… We seek to just emulate people that we already see in the limelight. For example, Kanye West, Jay-Z, all these modern-day rappers, Arnold Schwarzenegger etc. 

For example, ultimately what I discovered was my desire for a Lamborghini, with this is the doors, all matte black murdered out, was simply my desire to emulate Kanye West! His Lamborghini Mercy song, very influential to me.

Thinking Arnold

So I just finished reading the original pumping iron book, the one that preceded the influential pumping iron documentary, and ultimately what was very very interesting was unraveling and revealing how essentially, or no Schwarzenegger invented bodybuilding, modern day bodybuilding and beyond.

What’s the weather in about the book I think the original was written in the 1970s, a little bit added in the 1980s was a lot of the terms and the verbiage and the words typically used outside of the traditional context.

For example, mentally retarded, midget, giant, even referencing or no Schwarzenegger‘s Austrian German accent being a “Nazi” voice. I think what is so fun and interesting at least in the context of the 1970s and 80s is that people were much more relaxed, and less grammar Nazis or less politically correct, than they are now.

Also, the reason why I kind of enjoy this is that ultimately, if you have ever lifted weights, done bodybuilding or weightlifting… We are all essentially children of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the one who essentially invented and promoted modern bodybuilding and weightlifting as we know it, and all of his contemporary, all of them have been forgotten, only Arnold remains.

I suppose the nuance is even Arnold, who is probably the greatest bodybuilder weightlifter and personality of all time, even Arnold has fallen a bit out of Vogue now. It Seems like he has dominated everything,  even politics, which was foreshadowed in the 1980s, and his whole strange affair with his housekeeper, his illegitimate son, whatever… I think he’s still acting an influential and politics and whatever, but for the most part I think he has been forgotten already. Kind of also like today, Michael Jordan… All these kids who wear his clothes and sneakers, they don’t actually have any idea who the real Michael Jordan is, whether he is alive or dead or whatever. Michael Jordan has become a strange symbol in today’s world; a sign of dominance and flair, but once again, nobody thinks of him as a real human being anymore. Apparently Kanye West is still on tour, I think Kanye West might be the most anti-fragile artist of them all, as he has been able to survive the most extreme controversies them all, and still have a stadium packed of adoring fans, in Seoul South Korea! Very very shocking and impressive to me; I had no idea he was so popular even in Seoul South Korea!

Anyways, the reason why I think of this is so important is thinking about lasting, durability and life. And also, the short side of notion of achieving your life goals; Arnold has achieved everything, she has achieved all the major pillars of success in America, yet after all of that, he is kind of empty, kind of a shell of his former self.

Now the reason why I think this is so important is that when we think about American notions of success, the paths of success etc.… What is it that we are truly seeking, and how do we know if and when we achieved it, and whether it really even matters at all at the end?

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The problematics of ethics

So apparently, I think when all of us had done, it comes down to philosophy and ethics. Especially in today’s world, AI, the ethics of artificial intelligence ChatGPT etc.

I think what will make this forever interesting topic is that there is no right and wrong in ethic; might makes right. 

What means is he or she who is the most powerful, the most dominant shall win and conquer all! Even now… The way I see it, America is currently in a digital arms race against China, fortunately America has nothing to fear; for the most part Chinese technology kind of sucks. For example, obviously a rich mainland Chinese oligarch would prefer to have an iPhone Pro rather than the newest Huawei phone. Huawei sucks.

And also… It still does seem that for the most part, the Chinese would still prefer American blockbuster Hollywood films rather than their own domestic film market. Why? The funny thing with the Chinese the mainland Chinese is that they exoticize America — truth be told, I think if all the real Richmond land Chinese people have the option, they would take all of their capital wealth and money and power out of mainland China, buy some nice property here in LA, or possibly somewhere else etc.

I think this is why all these rich men in Chinese prefer to buy proper tea in Vancouver, rather than Shanghai, Beijing etc. Even driving to East LA Koreatown the other day… Oh my gosh, the pollution there is unbearable! And it is literally just a few miles east of West LA, in which the weather is 1 trillion times better.

Beef liver is the answer

Wow, I just finished eating a bunch of beef liver that I got from Gelson‘s yesterday, it is so cheap, maybe only 399 a pound, and also the interesting nuance is that even if I tried to, I cannot consume more than about 2 pounds of beef liver because it is so nutritionally dense.

I feel so phenomenally good right now. I recommend everyone to try it!

I would say in terms of a split, try to have 80% of your diet be beef liver, and once if he comes too much for you, switch over to  eggs or ground beef for some other type of steak flesh meat.

The immigrant mentality

The reason why Frank Colombo and Arnold Schwarzenegger became so successful is that both of them were immigrants, first to move to America as young adults, I think Arnold might’ve been only 16 or 18 when he moved from Austria to the states, and the immigrant mentality is good because they are hungry! The problem about the traditional American is they become too flabby, too fat, too appeased. 

This is why Americans are so lazy; they were raised with much privilege in the states, assuming that their family has been here for a generation or two or three, and essentially they could rely on the family wealth, the family trust fund, property real estate etc. For example if your dad wants bought property Somewhere in LA which is desirable, and has made a killing… And you know that once your dad dies, you won’t hear it much of his wealth, what motivation do you have to work hard?

One of my greatest blessings ironically enough was being born in the states, albeit with a working class mom. The upside is I knew that even if I wanted XYNZ, I couldn’t… Not because my mom was being mean to me or whatever, but literally, she couldn’t. For example, my mom working two or three part-time jobs cleaning houses, waitressing, being a cashier, barely able to pay the rent with my dad stealing the rent money and going gambling to Reno in the middle of the night, not being home for about a week or so… I knew that money and resources were precarious. Therefore if I wanted anything, I had to get a job and work for it to get it.

I think this is really the root of my success. If I wanted anything, I had to fight to get it!

Now that I am super rich and successful, the next stage becomes interesting. My son Seneca, shall become the next prince and king of Los Angeles. He is already to go here in Culver City, there’s no other kid who was born in 2021 who is as tall funny handsome, strong muscular good-looking, and sociable than him. Shout out to my friends Noel Lisa and Ray, and especially Kevin! Everyone knows me in Seneca now here in Culver City, and I am excited to see him go through the Culver City school system, before he goes off and becomes the next great entrepreneur.

Why bitcoin is the best investment right now

So I was reading pumping iron by this one author, and he’s writing this in 1980… Wow, that is almost 44 years ago… He talks about how Arnold Schwarzenegger purchased a $700,000 home in Santa Monica at the time, which I am certain that adjusted for inflation might’ve been close to what we imagine $10 million to be today.

Anyways, I was thinking about… If I was in a Time Machine in the 1980s, or specifically 1980… When Arnold Schwarzenegger was already 34 years old, I’m 36 years old right now. If that were the case, what kind of investment could you make for $700,000 at a time, that would yield a superior return, from 1980 to 2024?

At the time, I think the only real investment you could’ve made in was real estate, commercial real estate, maybe residential real estate. If you bought a bunch of property in Culver City, or Palos Verdes, back then knowing what we know now… You would have become a billionaire many times over. Because currently looking at the whole market here in LA… It all sucks besides Culver City.  Santa Monica used to be the best spot to be, but now it is overrun with homeless people, people high on crack etc. Even if I was a billionaire today, I would not want to live in Santa Monica because it is super dirty, still too many homeless people etc. Even worse point to creatine, oh my God, all the homeless encampment, and homeless people around… And the pollution, insanely terrible.

Anyways, I think the hard thing is when it comes to investments, most people can only think by analogies, metaphors, or similarities to the past. Much more difficult to think carte blache, first principles, because it is difficult to predict or anticipate that which has not yet happened.  Life is not like back to the future, in which you could predict everything with 100% perfect foresight!

But also… Even if things were like back to the future and even if you could predict things with 100% clarity, it might not always be a desired outcome. Why? Sometimes a problem can be that even if you get what you wish, it could positively be a bad thing.

For example, a lot of things end up becoming dangerous liabilities. For example if you want to go to the Inglewood public library, or Ladera Heights or whatever… Can you pull up in a Lamborghini, you might get robbed at gunpoint, you might even die! I suppose the upside of driving a beat up 2010 Prius is that it is the ultimate stealth car, nobody in real life knows how rich I am because I look like a poor person.

Look poor, think rich – Andy Warhol

Los Angeles becomes very interesting to me because it really is the center of the universe. Now that Apple is here, there’s really no reason to be anywhere else.

Only that but Apple having that grand downtown LA theater store, so beautiful! Even though I am critical of a lot of things of Apple… Apple isn’t going away anytime soon, at least in the lifetime of myself or Seneca. Maybe the returns and the profits of Apple will not be as impressive into the future, much better to buy bitcoin or microstrategy stock instead,  but still, for the most part Apple is the most practical strategy.

Until a competitor, whether it be open AI, Microsoft, Nvidia or somebody else who makes a really really good ChatGPT-first phone, Apple will still have the dominant market here. 

The true disruptor

After playing with a new iPhone Pro a bit, essentially when my ultimate Takeaway point is the only reason to have an iPhone now is because you just need something to run ChatGPT. Unfortunately at the moment, you cannot run ChatGPT without an iPhone or iPad or your laptop. And even Google Gemini sucks. I rate ChatGPT as 1 trillion times better.

And Apple Intelligence, I’ve been playing with it, and even me, the ultimate text nerd and advocate, even though I have no idea what Apple Intelligence is and how it is different from Siri? I think honestly it just seems like a rebranding of Siri, Which is confusing for everybody.

Once you’re a bitcoin billionaire, then what?

When people ask me what I do, I often joke and I just say that I’m a bitcoin billionaire. But I almost say it half tongue and cheek, half true. I’m very certain that my bitcoin holdings well only 10 X 100 X or 1000 X from here.

According to my aggressive calculations, my bitcoin should be worth at least $500B 30 years from now. It will be worth at least 1.2 billion, 15 years from now. 

Assuming that you perfect for side of the future, then how do you proceed in life?

Autotelic progressions

So the very very basic notion is moving forward, it could all just be autotelic! Which means you just do things for the sake of it, because it personally interests you, not because there is necessarily some sort of phenomenal payoff to it.

Because once again… Once you live in a world that money no longer concerns you, then what?

I’m the judge!

Pursue play & fun?

Only anger, fury, wrath and sadness?

Yall my clones

—> don’t be a clone!

Soulja Slim, born James Adarryl Tapp Jr., was a significant figure in New Orleans’ hip-hop scene. He was known for his raw, street-oriented style, which resonated with many due to his firsthand experiences growing up in the Magnolia Projects. Slim gained early recognition with his debut album Give It 2 ’Em Raw under No Limit Records in 1998, followed by several other releases. His most notable contribution to mainstream music came with Juvenile’s chart-topping hit “Slow Motion,” which featured Slim and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 posthumously in 2004.

Unfortunately, Soulja Slim’s promising career was tragically cut short when he was murdered outside his mother’s home in New Orleans on November 26, 2003. Although his killer, Garelle Smith, was arrested, the case became cold due to lack of witnesses, and Smith himself was later found dead in 2011. Despite his death, Slim’s influence remains strong, especially through his son, Lil Soulja Slim, who continues to carry on his legacy in music   .

In recent years, artists like B.G. have honored Soulja Slim’s memory, celebrating his legacy on his birthdays and emphasizing the impact he would have had on hip-hop if he were still alive . His music remains an enduring part of New Orleans’ cultural landscape, particularly in the stories of struggle and survival he shared through his lyrics.

giant, gigas. Gigantes

GIGAS

midge— small flying insect. Very small.

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Certainly! Let’s delve into the etymology of the words “giant” and “midget,” focusing on their Latin and Greek origins.

1. Giant

Origin and Etymology:

• Ancient Greek:

• The word “giant” originates from the Ancient Greek word “γίγας” (gígas), which means “giant.”

• This term is famously associated with the “Gigantes,” a race of great beings in Greek mythology who waged war against the Olympian gods in a conflict known as the Gigantomachy.

• Latin:

• The Greek “Gigantes” was adopted into Latin as “gigantes,” maintaining both the meaning and the mythological context.

• Latin forms like “gigantus” were used to describe something of enormous size or strength.

• Old French and Middle English:

• From Latin, the term passed into Old French as “geant,” and subsequently into Middle English as “giant.”

• Modern English:

• In contemporary usage, “giant” refers to something of enormous size or power. It retains its mythological connotations in literature and folklore, often symbolizing formidable strength or challenges.

Summary:

• Greek: γίγας (gígas) → Latin: gigantes → Old French: geant → English: giant

2. Midget

Origin and Etymology:

• English:

• The term “midget” is significantly more recent compared to “giant” and does not have direct roots in Latin or Greek.

• It is believed to have been coined in the late 19th century as a variant of “midge,” which refers to a small flying insect. The suffix ”-et” is a diminutive, thus “midget” implies something very small.

• Possible Influences:

• While “midget” itself doesn’t derive directly from Latin or Greek, it’s influenced by the English word “midge,” which comes from the Old English “mycg,” meaning a small fly.

• Usage and Connotations:

• Historically, “midget” was used to describe a person of unusually small stature. However, it’s important to note that the term is now considered offensive and outdated. Modern and respectful terms include “little person,” “person of short stature,” or referring to specific medical conditions like dwarfism.

Summary:

• English Origin: midge (Old English “mycg”) + diminutive suffix “-et” → “midget”

Comparison and Linguistic Context

• “Giant” has deep roots in Ancient Greek and was transmitted through Latin into English, carrying rich mythological and cultural significance.

• “Midget,” on the other hand, is a modern English coinage without direct ties to Latin or Greek etymology. Its formation is based on English linguistic elements rather than classical languages.

Cultural and Social Considerations

• While exploring etymology is fascinating, it’s also crucial to be aware of the social implications of certain terms. As mentioned, “midget” is now considered derogatory. Language evolves, and sensitivity to such changes is important for respectful communication.

If you have any more questions about etymology or related topics, feel free to ask!

Snake

Rest up here, save myself , grow strong .,, when I’m ready, I jump out, strike make my move

Grim is mischievous, open and quick

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Give things up to achieve what you wanted

Rich, millionaire — someone who no longer needs to think about money

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Midget technicians and hustlers

Joy & pride, then let the bucks take care of itself later

Giants have big appetites

Everlasting hunger for New things

Just speak your mind

Stay hungry ***

How to stay hungry?

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Simply put, it is the new ultra portable and compact Lumix S9 camera, with the very capable handy and compact and light $200 lumix 26 mm, F8 manual focusing only lens.

Reasons:

1. Baby Godzilla!

The first great upside is ultimately, I call it like the baby Godzilla; ultimate power force, dynamism, image quality image fidelity, image range, a full frame sensor has the most power of them all. The only thing that comes close is digital medium format, but for the most part digital medium format cameras are too big bulky cumbersome, to be used practically.

I think full frame is the best because it offers maybe 80 to 85% the image quality of medium format, but about 80 to 90% smaller. For example, I love the Pentax 645Z camera to death, but the great downside of using it all day for Street photography and beyond for a day is that it causes me extreme carpal tunnel pain in my right hand and wrist.

And also, considering that we’re all just looking at photos on our iPads, and phones… Truth be told you don’t really need that good image quality anymore anyways, even micro 4/3, ASPC is fine. Truth be told, iphone is probably fine as well, but my only critique about iphone is in today’s world in which getting an iphone or iphone pro about $1000-$1200, you could just pay a few more hundred bucks or about the same price to get a camera which is probably 100 times more capable, a Ricoh GR, Fujifilm x100, and now the new Lumix S9.,, a standalone digital camera is the way. And also the economics and the practicality of it is that at least for now, I could imagine using this little LUMIX S9 body for 5 to 10 years. Good luck using an iPhone for 5 to 10 years. Even if you get the best iPhone Pro right now, it might only be good for 2 to 3 years!

2. Lightness is godlike

Now that I have the new insanely portable Lumix S9 camera, and thinking about the very very innovative 26 mm F8, manual focusing lens, I think I finally have it figured out; the virtue of having a manual focusing only lens is that you could make it much smaller compact — lighter, more thin, because you don’t have to mess with or add the auto focusing mechanism which adds bulk, weight, obtrusiveness.

What is really interesting is I still have my beloved Leica 35 mm F2 , aspherical lens, which is married to the body of my Leica MP film camera,,, but when I use the adapter and put it on the Lumix S9, the 35 mm f/2 lens is significantly heavier, and also thicker the new 26 mm f8 manual focusing lens.

I think what I have discovered in all of my years of photography, as time goes on, I become more advanced, wise, experienced and seasoned… The will to simplicity is supreme!

The word “retarded” has evolved significantly over time, and its history is reflective of changing societal attitudes towards intellectual disabilities and the use of language in general.

Early Origins:

The word “retarded” comes from the Latin term retardare, meaning “to delay” or “to slow down.” In the 19th century, it was adopted into the English language with a neutral connotation. It was used to describe something being delayed or slowed down, such as in music (“ritardando”) or other technical contexts.

Early 20th Century: Medical and Clinical Usage

In the early 1900s, “retarded” became a medical term used to describe individuals with intellectual disabilities. Terms like “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” were common in clinical and educational settings. The word was intended to be a neutral, descriptive term to categorize individuals based on their intellectual capabilities, especially those considered to have an IQ below a certain threshold.

For much of the 20th century, it was considered a formal, non-derogatory term used by professionals in medicine, psychology, and education. For example, the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR), founded in 1876, used the term in its name and publications for many decades.

Mid-20th Century: Shift in Usage

By the mid-20th century, however, “retarded” began to take on more negative connotations. It started being used in casual, colloquial speech as an insult to suggest someone was unintelligent or slow, even when not related to intellectual disabilities. The word became associated with teasing, bullying, and stigmatization, leading to a shift in how society viewed the term.

Late 20th Century: Growing Sensitivity

As the word “retarded” increasingly became associated with derogatory usage, advocacy groups, professionals, and educators began to call for more respectful terminology. By the late 20th century, terms like “intellectual disability” and “developmental delay” began to replace “mental retardation” in official contexts.

In 1973, the American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD) renamed itself the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) but would later change its name again in 2007 to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) to avoid the now-problematic term “retardation.”

21st Century: Phasing Out

The word “retarded” has been almost completely phased out in medical, educational, and legal contexts, due to its offensive and derogatory use in popular culture. A significant turning point was in 2010, when U.S. President Barack Obama signed “Rosa’s Law,” which replaced the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in federal law.

Advocacy groups have launched campaigns, such as the “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign, to raise awareness of the harmful effects of using “retarded” as an insult and to promote more respectful language.

Current Usage:

Today, “retarded” is widely considered an outdated and offensive term. The preferred language in professional and everyday conversation is now “intellectual disability” or “developmental disability.” The casual use of “retarded” as an insult is often viewed as deeply inappropriate and harmful, especially to individuals with disabilities and their families.

Summary of the Evolution:

• 19th Century: Used in general language to mean “delayed” or “slowed down.”

• Early 20th Century: Adopted as a medical term to describe intellectual disabilities, considered neutral at the time.

• Mid-20th Century: Gained negative connotations through casual use as an insult.

• Late 20th Century: Increasing calls for more respectful language; the term began to be replaced by alternatives like “intellectual disability.”

• 21st Century: Phased out of official usage and widely regarded as offensive. Campaigns advocate for the cessation of its use as an insult.

This shift reflects broader cultural changes around the understanding of intellectual disabilities and sensitivity toward language that can perpetuate stigma and harm.

Bigger, heavier, bulkier, fatter lenses?

Or creates his own new table of values, his own new carte blanche ethics?

Or the uber-basic sheeple cannot understand the virtues of the eagle?

Let the bucks take care of themselves

Ready to be a giant elsewhere?

Rich, millionaire — someone who no longer needs to think about money — via Arnold

The notion of “fine art” has undergone significant evolution throughout history, reflecting changes in cultural values, technological advancements, and philosophical perspectives. Understanding this evolution provides insight into how societies perceive artistic expression and its role within them. Below is a comprehensive overview tracing the development of the concept of fine art from antiquity to the contemporary era.

1. Defining “Fine Art”

Fine Art traditionally refers to creative disciplines primarily appreciated for their aesthetic and intellectual value, often created for contemplation and enjoyment rather than practical function. Historically, fine art has encompassed disciplines such as painting, sculpture, drawing, and architecture, and more recently, photography, film, and digital media.

2. Ancient and Classical Periods

Ancient Civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome)

• Purpose and Function:

• Art served primarily religious, ceremonial, and functional purposes.

• Emphasis on craftsmanship, representation, and symbolism.

• Characteristics:

• Egyptian Art: Hierarchical proportions, symbolic representations, and focus on the afterlife.

• Greek Art: Idealized human forms, exploration of anatomy, and development of contrapposto in sculpture.

• Roman Art: Realism, portraiture, and incorporation of diverse influences from conquered cultures.

• Perception of Art:

• Art was a respected profession but intertwined with religion and politics.

• Less distinction between “fine” and “decorative” art as seen today.

3. Medieval Period (5th to 15th Century)

Byzantine and Gothic Art

• Purpose and Function:

• Dominated by religious themes, serving the Church and devotional purposes.

• Characteristics:

• Byzantine Art: Iconography, mosaics, and emphasis on spiritual representation over naturalism.

• Gothic Art: Stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, and architectural advancements like flying buttresses.

• Perception of Art:

• Artisans were often seen as craftsmen rather than “artists” in the modern sense.

• Limited focus on individual expression; art was communal and functional.

4. Renaissance (14th to 17th Century)

Rebirth of Classical Ideals

• Purpose and Function:

• Shift towards humanism, individualism, and the exploration of human potential.

• Characteristics:

• Mastery of perspective, anatomy, and proportion in painting and sculpture.

• Patronage by wealthy individuals and institutions, allowing artists greater creative freedom.

• Perception of Art:

• Emergence of the artist as a creative genius.

• Distinction begins between fine art (elevated, intellectual) and applied art (craftsmanship).

• Key Figures:

• Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.

5. Baroque and Neoclassicism (17th to 19th Century)

Baroque (17th Century)

• Purpose and Function:

• Express emotional intensity, grandeur, and movement.

• Characteristics:

• Dramatic use of light and shadow (chiaroscuro), dynamic compositions, and elaborate ornamentation.

• Perception of Art:

• Reinforced the status of art as a reflection of power and religious devotion.

Neoclassicism (18th to Early 19th Century)

• Purpose and Function:

• Inspired by classical antiquity, emphasizing reason, clarity, and restraint.

• Characteristics:

• Symmetry, simplicity, and moral seriousness in subject matter.

• Perception of Art:

• Art as a means to convey universal truths and civic virtue.

6. 19th Century: Romanticism to Realism and the Rise of Modern Art

Romanticism (Late 18th to Mid-19th Century)

• Purpose and Function:

• Emphasized emotion, individualism, and the sublime.

• Characteristics:

• Dramatic landscapes, intense color palettes, and exploration of exotic subjects.

• Perception of Art:

• Art as personal and expressive, challenging neoclassical restraint.

Realism (Mid to Late 19th Century)

• Purpose and Function:

• Depicted everyday life and ordinary people without idealization.

• Characteristics:

• Focus on accurate, unembellished depiction of subjects.

• Perception of Art:

• Art as a mirror of society, highlighting social issues and realities.

Impressionism and Beyond

• Impressionism (Late 19th Century):

• Emphasized light, color, and capturing fleeting moments.

• Post-Impressionism and Modernism:

• Further experimentation with form, color, and abstraction.

• Perception of Art:

• Growing divergence from traditional techniques and subjects, questioning the very definition of art.

7. 20th Century: Modernism to Postmodernism

Modernism (Early to Mid-20th Century)

• Purpose and Function:

• Embraced innovation, abstraction, and a break from tradition.

• Characteristics:

• Diverse movements like Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism.

• Perception of Art:

• Art as a means of personal and societal exploration, often challenging existing norms and conventions.

Postmodernism (Late 20th Century)

• Purpose and Function:

• Questioned the notions of originality, authorship, and the boundaries between high and low art.

• Characteristics:

• Eclecticism, appropriation, and blending of different styles and media.

• Perception of Art:

• Deconstruction of the fine art hierarchy, embracing pluralism and diversity.

8. Contemporary Era (21st Century)

Diverse and Inclusive Definitions

• Purpose and Function:

• Reflects global perspectives, technological advancements, and interdisciplinary approaches.

• Characteristics:

• Digital art, installation art, performance art, and conceptual art.

• Emphasis on interactivity, social engagement, and multimedia integration.

• Perception of Art:

• Broad and inclusive, challenging traditional classifications.

• Fine art coexists with popular and digital culture, often blurring boundaries.

Key Trends and Movements

• Globalization of Art:

• Inclusion of non-Western art forms and artists, fostering cross-cultural dialogues.

• Technological Integration:

• Use of virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence in artistic creation.

• Sustainability and Social Justice:

• Art addressing environmental issues, human rights, and societal challenges.

9. Debates and Evolving Definitions

High Art vs. Popular Art

• Traditional View:

• Fine art considered “high” culture, distinct from “low” or popular culture.

• Contemporary View:

• Increasing recognition of the artistic value in popular culture forms, questioning hierarchical distinctions.

Inclusion of New Media

• Expansion of Mediums:

• Acceptance of photography, digital art, and multimedia as legitimate fine arts.

• Institutional Recognition:

• Museums, galleries, and academic institutions adapting to encompass diverse art forms.

Conceptual vs. Aesthetic Value

• Shift in Focus:

• From purely aesthetic appreciation to conceptual and experiential dimensions of art.

• Impact:

• Broader interpretations of what constitutes fine art, emphasizing ideas and context over form.

10. Conclusion

The concept of fine art has continuously evolved, mirroring shifts in societal values, technological progress, and philosophical thought. From its roots in ancient civilizations where art served primarily functional and religious purposes, fine art has transformed into a diverse and dynamic field encompassing a wide array of mediums and expressions. The modern and contemporary eras, in particular, have expanded the boundaries of what is considered fine art, embracing inclusivity, interdisciplinarity, and innovation. As society continues to change, the notion of fine art remains fluid, adapting to new contexts and challenges while retaining its core essence of aesthetic and intellectual pursuit.

Understanding the evolution of fine art not only highlights the adaptability and resilience of artistic expression but also underscores the profound role art plays in reflecting and shaping human experience across time.