My wife, my kid, photography, blogging, ideas, philosophy, art, aesthetics, ethics, sociology, life, music.

What we desire.

We don’t like static things. The problem is even if you get a Tesla model S plaid, the speed doesn’t get faster over time.

We disdain the static. We prefer things that change, grow, evolve, and get better over time through effort and training.

Perhaps this is why I love powerlifting so much, to see my personal records grow over time. Also, the reason why people like to modify their cars, because with the new modifications, the car will go faster.

Imagine a crypto currency, or crypto technology in which more people use it, the overall system gets faster.

You have the artistic choice to be anything you want.

Whether you decide to follow your emotions, or to abstain from acting upon them — Stoicism as an aesthetic thing.

Vengeance, justice, why? Towards what ends?

The power is in my thighs!

What we hunger for.

Perhaps the best way to consume media (films, tv shows, cinema, podcast, music, photos, art, etc) is to walk around while consuming it?

Would John Wick or Bruce Wayne/Batman drive a Tesla? I doubt it.

I thrive most with extreme heat and extreme sunlight?

Ideally, both. In praise of film noir, Batman, Sin City, etc.

Cinema not as story-telling, but something else?

More skill, restraint in silence, than speaking your mind.

Just like Batman.

What if forcing yourself *NOT* to push yourself took more courage, intelligence, and wisdom?

“I am the shadows” (The new BATMAN)

In praise of film noir:

Darker, more tragic is better.

Turn yourself into your own Batman.

Films shouldn’t be upbeat and happy, but rather, more tragic, dark, deep, and melancholic.

A thought for future movies:

Make the super low-resolution, low quality available for free, and make the super high-definition version expensive.

The new iPhone SE is surprisingly good for videos. And photos. Why? The power in the new A-processor, and also the new computational photography advancements in the processor.

Therefore, in photography, or at least phone cameras, think less about the camera, lens, and hardware itself, think more about the processor, and the computational photography abilities.

For example, Google pixel actually has a superior camera to the iPhone pro, because of all the great computational photography that Google has, especially considering that Google recruits the best computational, computer vision scientist from UC Berkeley and the Bay Area. For example, my friend Todd Hata, now only shoots videos for his YouTube channel and TikTok on his Google pixel pro.

To the most robust website or blog, have as fewest plug-ins as possible. Whenever possible, uninstall and delete plug-ins.

The same goes with computer applications, or phone apps. Uninstall and get rid of as many as possible.

You don’t need to defend yourself.

Anti romanticism of the past. The past was *WORSE* than it is today! Today (and the future) will be, and *is* superior to the past!

A camera (more similar to GoPro) which captures your POV (point of view).

A thought with an iPhone camera app:

An app, once you launch it, it automatically takes a photo (quick photo).

Also similar to GoPro:

It is always recording or shooting photos, so you always catch *the moment*.

A camera optimized at capturing ‘the decisive moment’ as the future camera.

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Bifurcation between still cameras and video cameras

Or … the primary focus for some individuals to shoot cinema (‘Hollywood in your hand’– a great tagline for the new “Content Creator Camera Edition” from GoPro. Some individuals who will want to shoot their own web series, their own Netflix series (5K) [Lumix S1H], or their own YouTube series, or even shoot films for Hollywood!

Or even how micro 43rds is still a robust platform for video (Panasonic keep making those new GH-cameras, like the new GH6).

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iPhone is *NOT* the future for photography?

I still prefer a GoPro mounted to my head (head strap), or my chest (chest strap), or even to my backpack (front facing GoPro mount). Or just having a GoPro in my pocket.

Entertainment is the future?

Then a simple thought:

A bifurcation between personal photography (still visual art), and video/cinema/film for entertainment.

Bitcoin as appreciating and increasing in value over time, just like Tesla stock.

However if you actually buy a real Tesla, the value will depreciate overtime. Same goes with any car. Never buy a car for new, only used, because if you buy used at the bottom of the depreciation chart, and if you ever want to sell it again, you don’t lose money.

Certainly it is natural to judge others. And it is good to judge others, because in judging others, we learn what not to do.

Whatever when it comes to our ethics, just keep those judgments in your own mind. Don’t vocalize them to any other human being.

Also as an ethical experiment, maybe try to spend the full year of not talking about others, at all, whether good or bad. Also , don’t quote others, just say what you believe in.

The best way to think about information and knowledge is this: consider what is not mentioned.

For example I was at a Whole Foods today, and I picked up this illustrated guide on the complete guide to cryptocurrency and testing. Flipping through the pages, I was more interested in the cryptocurrency‘s which were not mentioned, then the ones which were.

For example, people feel like they missed the boat on bitcoin. But who knows, what if 10 years from now one bitcoin is worth $1 million, $10 million, or even $100 million?

Marketing is not a science, rather, it is an aesthetic thing.

Spend as little time in a car is humanly possible. Walk around as much as a single-to-given day as much as possible. Take as many photos as possible.

The maximaly street Photography forward life.

LA as superior to the Bay Area.

When you’re rich successful and on top, why not radically innovate?

Apple has an insanely huuuuuge war chest. Why are they taking such safe, boring bets?