I AM THE GUNDAM!

Fungible

Own a city block in New York, New York City —

Zoning risks

Physical nexus

.

Bitcoin is better property —

.

Everything happened as it should have happened

Digital monopoly, vs Apple?

.

1/21 millionth

Get rid of product cycles ***

True Man

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Apex Money

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Highest price appreciation vs fiat

.

Longest duration of any asset

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No more iPhone for photography?

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iPhone Pro camera sucks

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Cut in half every 14 years

Negative real yield

Local currency risk

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Gold isn’t scarce

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Triple the supply of it?

Apex ETF

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SPY

without asset inflation

Lowest investment risk, best tax treatment

Highest price appreciation

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Intrinsically defective

Durable & maintainable asset

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Most investment strategies don’t work

Nothing happens 99% of the time

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Which 2 days or which 1 day will outperform every day?

Don’t sell!

Everyone else is 0

7 stocks out of 7,000–

99.9% of companies are NOT beating inflation!

Non organic growth

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EPS

*

De-capitalizing?

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Fragile. Hard to manage

Mergers are bad

Idle factories?

Economic Malaise **

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Bitcoin virtues

14%

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No risk or liabilities

No competition *

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Indestructible

No physical nexus

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Technology idea

Just invest in things you believe in

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There is one winning strategy — hold the apex asset for a long period of time

Gold will under-perform over time …–>>>

Destroy value?

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Up 199% percent

The rest of the world is in chaos.

How to thrive when the rest of the world is in chaos?

Gold isn’t money **

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Gold is down -4%

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Bonds are bad –> govts printing bonds

Bitcoin strategy to fuel your growth

Double down when others panic **–> keep buying

284% .

All is relative **

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Boosted by your Bitcoin strategy.

Bitcoin is the slingshot

No safety

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High growth load

Growing at 40%

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High growth bitcoin

Adoption dynamics

Global unrest

Immaculate

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Fair value accounting

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Bitcoin dollars a month ,,, billion dollars a month

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Corporate adoption

Over a long term Horizon, laser focus is rewarded

Think 100 years in advance ***

–> do great things, think 3 generations ahead
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Fear and anxiety do stupid things destroy wealth and create chaos –> 3 months or 3 years?

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$1,000,000–> $1,024,000,000 (billion)

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BTC return ~14%

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My mom won’t be alive 100 years from now but neither will I?

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100x

Double your money 10 times!

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Real net worth

Bitcoin is economic armor **

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Economic Armor

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Whatever you do just make sure you don’t lose the money!

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Buy Bitcoin –> asset

How to custody asset

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Don’t trust counter party

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None of these counter parties will fail you

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People who will die in 10 years?

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Periodic health check

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Do you trust yourself?

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…

Trust at age 35

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Do it for their health?

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I’m glad I trusted the right company!

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Why Buy Bitcoin?

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Have a backup plan

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When people lose confidence in everything else –> they will buy Bitcoin

.

Demonetize other assets 30x, then 500x… replace gold

Everyone can buy bitcoin

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Real Power?

The Duke

Master of Assassins

Savers

Work is Money

Quality of Life

Things which improve quality of life?

Frozen money

Newly poor

Arbitrary withdrawal limits?

Power overwhelming, wealth overwhelming

what is inflation?

Bitcoin is global money

Abundant energy for high quality standard of living

Don’t compare Bitcoin to gold, compare it to real estate 

Mild climate is better

Greater leverage

Exchange traded funds

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What is “equity”?

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Utility value

Bitcoin will demonetize real estate **

Monetary premium?

.

Let’s think first principles

Pure energy –> immortal

.

Cash flows are overrated?

Income, income cash flow is overrated?

Maintenance head aches

Rent it at any frequency—

Sub divide it

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Hotel is like sub dividing rent

Heavy or nothing

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Upgrade it over time

1,000 story parking lot or building on top of it

Development rights **

Sold Heir rights
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Only way to “improve” something is to get rid of defects, or get rid of things which are bad or superfluous

Improving something is getting rid of something 

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Think space, cyber space

Internet space

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Sell 6% coming and going

$120k to buy it, and sell it

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Perhaps the technique or the approach to capital, capital accumulation is simple; buy it, buy it planning to hold it forever, keep buying more, until you die, and hope your generations also continue to accumulate it, and passing it down onto their children and grandchildren

Angkor Wat

Also, just use your memory

Nobody is intelligent enough to have had *ALL* the information ore went to him in the past—

All decisions you made in the past were 100% perfect decisions based on and with the information and knowledge you had.

True desire

All or nothing

Armored Core

What feels right is right.

Keep increasing stability?

UV, UV radiation, give us more energy and power

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APEX TECHNOLOGY

Apple

The best technology

Global monetary network

Creating Culture?

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Humans are the ultimate creators

Don’t think; just do.

What does more power look or feel like?

1. It must be a muscular, physiological feeling?
2. Great meat, sleep the night prior?
3. In the morning, great coffee & stimuli?

Real men hold their tongue, don’t say what’s on their mind.

To speak your mind— more of an act of weakness?

Unconcerned if it fails .. but try your best anyways!

In Praise Of Society

What do we really want and desire? 

Most people are lonely?

Interesting thing about video games, media, the have to deal with other human beings, other fictional beings. For example, people who watch TV shows movies etc.… It is impossible for this all to happen and exist without some sort of human drama, human actors, human agency etc. As a consequence, things in life which we are exposed in around other human beings, this is what we feel the greatest joy?

For example, spending time working out at my own personal home gym, versus being in a physical real life gym. I think honestly half the fund of working out at a gym is being around other people! Other people motivate us, give us more energy and power, stronger motivation.

Also, I think one of the greatest upsides of having a child is you have a strong motivation to live for. I think life for at least one child is meaningless, base, a void.  This is why I think people throw themselves into drugs, sex, travel, consumers in shopping, cheap thrills etc. It is that they have nothing greater to live for.

Perhaps this is why people are the most miserable on Sundays, typically when it is the most quiet, people are at home by themselves. Especially for people who don’t go to church anymore or go to church at all.

Ideas

Some basic ideas:

First, I remember my great joy of living in Saigon Vietnam, in which Cindy and I just lived a very simple life in a hotel. I personally loved it because I would be able to interact with the staff, Vietnam is bustling with tons of life and street life! I think also the reason why street photography is so great for us is that it deals with other human beings. I think people Often spend too much time trying to define street, in context of what it is, and what it is not. But however, to me this is all a bit off points; the more critical thing is that sooner or later, all of us street photographers have a shared passion for other humans and humanity; so anything that could bring us closer to other human beings is a good thing.

Also in terms of people who do yoga and the like, I really do think it is that people like being around other human beings! I think what we have learned through Covid is the greatest human joy is being around other human beings. Even though we don’t have to directly interact with them, we love being around other people! For example for us technology workers,  that is why a lot of us like to do work at coffee shops; we feel more safe secure and happy when we are adjacent to other human beings. Even though we don’t have to directly interact with them, I think we like having other “non-playable characters” around us!

Why we love travel so much

My theory on why we love traveling so much is that it leads us to interact more with other human beings, whether directly or indirectly. For example, even the simple act of transit; jumping in an Uber, going to the airport, flying, going to new places etc. I think the average American spends too much time alone, when you go elsewhere you’re constantly surrounded by other human beings. This is why I think typically speaking I am happier in Southeast Asia; More time around other human beings. And also very happy Culver City friendly lifestyle I enjoy, because in Los Angeles, it is one of the very few places that I could actually see other human beings walking around, etc.

Solutions

I think we often underestimate the amount of agency and control we have over our lives. Everything you do in your life is your own choice.

For example, I wonder if 90% of your life, your own personal life enjoy is actually centered around your local, where you decide to live, how do you decide to live etc.

For example very basic things; if you don’t want to work anymore, it is very easy for you to retire right now, move to Cambodia or Vietnam, live a simple life for only $300 USD a month for rent. For example, I credit living in Vietnam for a year And going off the grid to have some deep philosophical introspection; I think this is a very beneficial idea for almost anybody, who is seeking to “find themselves “, or to seek greater clarity in their lives.

Phnom Penh Cambodia, Hanoi, Saigon, Mexico City etc.

What do you want from and out of your life?

How to live, what to live for, critical things to consider.

If you’re on the fence about having a kid or not, just do it. Having a child is the single best innovation you could do for your life. It is literally going from zero to one.

I cannot speak for having multiple children yet, as currently I only have one kid. But certainly having Seneca has brought me the ultimate joy in life, the ultimate direction, ultimate purpose. It is very simple;, my personal life. I don’t even have to blink twice.

For people who are just living for themselves, I think is actually very empty. 

Even as a kid, it seem to make a lot of logical sense; the purpose of a parent was to sacrifice for their children. For example, seeing how much my mom sacrificed for me, was ultimate example, a blueprint which I embedded for Seneca.

Now what?

I cannot speak for everybody, but for me, I think getting married but not to have kids, is like dating 2.0; after getting married with Cindy, certain things become a little more serious like combining finances, our commitment to another etc.… But the true test in the true meaning is having a child together, raising the child together.

Certainly not everyone has to have a kid if you don’t want to. People have metaphorical children through their artwork; even Nietzsche said:

Either kids or books (lubricant aut liberi)

Nietzsche was essentially doing a funny Latin pun, saying that women either give birth to books, or children, never both. I am impressed that Cindy has done both.

Futures

Now that Covid is essentially over, I think a very simple way to live life is to treat your life like dune. I think watching Dune part two has had the strongest most recent effect on me; imagine that you were Paul Atrides– and that your life was as grand epic. Live your life like it.

I actually had a funny thought, that if you are a father, and you have birth at least one male air, assuming that your firstborn kid was actually a son… You as a father should consider yourself infinitely blessed. For example, I imagine myself like the Duke of Baracus, and that my son was Seneca.

I also suppose that I’m in a very privilege and unique position in which that I am self-employed, might have been the only child ever been raised, by his father, from birth until now. Never having to be put into daycare, preschool, etc. As a consequence, The most capable kid of all time, at the age of three years, two months.

If you have the option, you should be the one to raise your child, not strangers. 

Writing

The hilarious irony; I’ve made my living from writing, yet I have never considered myself a writer, nor do I think it is a big deal. In fact, when I was in school, I never did that well in English; it was simply pragmatic.

For me, writing is simply probably the most direct, simple and effective means for communication.  for example, writing and reading to me is at least 10,000 times faster, more effective than listening to things. For example, with interviews I would always prefer to read the transcript instead of listening to the whole thing, the information intake of reading is 1 trillion times more effective for me.

And also writing for the same thing; I could output at a much higher and faster rate than any other form of communication.

How to travel?

Perhaps the most productive way we could think about it is that traveling is like a real life RPG. That means, traveling is more like an open ended, universal concept, not just going from location A to location B. 

For example, simply put travel could just be seeing as getting your ass out of the apartment, getting your ass outside of your house and home, and going elsewhere.

Even though weightlifter Ronnie Coleman, even though he built a very impressive home gym, he always preferred working out in his grungy community public gym.

Throw your TV in the trash

I’m still shocked; the year 2024, why do people still have televisions? It is insanely bizarre to me; why not just watch it on your laptop, or your iPad?

To me, sort of screen, television, video game console or whatever which wars you indoors inside your apartment or home or house is bad. Anything which gets your ass outside is good!

I even have a simple thought; if you want to watch a TV series, a movie or film or whatever; the best way to do it is just download it onto your iPad Pro, and go on a walk! Perhaps the best way to experience media is while walking, off the grid, outside!

Also, a funny thought on the apple Vision Pro; perhaps the best case of it is if you somehow need to use a computer outside; imagine using an apple on top of mountain in nature, this might be the best way to use this device.

Cameras

In this way, Farsi, digital photography is our savior. Photography and travel go hand-in-hand, because maybe the best way to think about a camera is that it is simply a portable tool which allows us to engage more deeply with the outside world. 

For example, let us say that you travel abroad to Cambodia or Vietnam or wherever, or Japan, and you did not make a single photograph. It would seem a bit empty.

Photography is virtuous

There are all these fake woke people who tell you to put away the camera and that you should “just enjoy the moment”. I find this line of reasoning to be very superficial.

Anyone and everyone is entitled to experience reality however they would like to. For example, if you see a bunch of kids or couples out at dinner both on their iPhones, so be at; let them be mediocre — why do you care?

I say then, yield your camera like your sword; your dagger, to extract more meaning out of embodied reality, your life etc. 

A life without photography is boring.

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How to engage more deeply with your photography

First, if you don’t know where to share your photos, just upload and post them to arsbeta.com — simply put, currently the only place on the Internet to post your photos without annoying advertising, metrics, likes and followers etc. The first and only truly decentralized, double blind place for you to post your photos, and get real feedback on your photos.

Second, utilize all of your tools, resources, energy for exploration and making photos! And I think the best way to think about it is to truly think outside of genres and categories, to make photos of anything and everything! Whether at the park, hiking, in nature, in the city, traveling etc.

Third, photography is like breathing or walking. Always have your camera in your front right pocket, like a Ricoh GR camera,  or, just have some sort of very lightweight and small Crossbody pouch thing, for you to hold your camera in. For example, I just always have my camera with me in my Crossbody ERIC KIM portfolio case, and whenever I see something I want to photograph, I just shoot it!

Also, pancake is the way. If you had to sacrifice image quality for compactness lightness and ease, it is the right sacrifice to make.

For example, one of the most exciting new lenses to be released is the new 26 mm F8 pancake lens for the Lumix S9 S mount camera.  it will be manual focusing, and I think the lens only cost $200. Even currently on my Lumix GN camera, I’m using 14 mm F2.5 pancake lens, also only $200, but I have 10 next my shooting output because of how compact it is.

The future for photography?

We don’t need any more technology in our cameras, all we need is it to be lighter, or compact, more portable. Any Ricoh GR digital cameras are good, the Fujifilm X 100 cameras are good, the new LUMIX S9 camera looks good, etc.

In terms of reviewing your photos, there’s no perfect solution, but currently the best option we got is reviewing them on an iPad Pro, the smaller one.

In terms of sharing your photos, still the best option is building your own website and posting it there. bluehost.com and WordPress.org or Ionos.com and install WordPress.org.

What do we really want and desire? 

Most people are lonely?

Interesting thing about video games, media, the have to deal with other human beings, other fictional beings. For example, people who watch TV shows movies etc.… It is impossible for this all to happen and exist without some sort of human drama, human actors, human agency etc. As a consequence, things in life which we are exposed in around other human beings, this is what we feel the greatest joy?

For example, spending time working out at my own personal home gym, versus being in a physical real life gym. I think honestly half the fund of working out at a gym is being around other people! Other people motivate us, give us more energy and power, stronger motivation.

Also, I think one of the greatest upsides of having a child is you have a strong motivation to live for. I think life for at least one child is meaningless, base, a void.  This is why I think people throw themselves into drugs, sex, travel, consumers in shopping, cheap thrills etc. It is that they have nothing greater to live for.

Perhaps this is why people are the most miserable on Sundays, typically when it is the most quiet, people are at home by themselves. Especially for people who don’t go to church anymore or go to church at all.

Ideas

Some basic ideas:

First, I remember my great joy of living in Saigon Vietnam, in which Cindy and I just lived a very simple life in a hotel. I personally loved it because I would be able to interact with the staff, Vietnam is bustling with tons of life and street life! I think also the reason why street photography is so great for us is that it deals with other human beings. I think people Often spend too much time trying to define street, in context of what it is, and what it is not. But however, to me this is all a bit off points; the more critical thing is that sooner or later, all of us street photographers have a shared passion for other humans and humanity; so anything that could bring us closer to other human beings is a good thing.

Also in terms of people who do yoga and the like, I really do think it is that people like being around other human beings! I think what we have learned through Covid is the greatest human joy is being around other human beings. Even though we don’t have to directly interact with them, we love being around other people! For example for us technology workers,  that is why a lot of us like to do work at coffee shops; we feel more safe secure and happy when we are adjacent to other human beings. Even though we don’t have to directly interact with them, I think we like having other “non-playable characters” around us!

Why we love travel so much

My theory on why we love traveling so much is that it leads us to interact more with other human beings, whether directly or indirectly. For example, even the simple act of transit; jumping in an Uber, going to the airport, flying, going to new places etc. I think the average American spends too much time alone, when you go elsewhere you’re constantly surrounded by other human beings. This is why I think typically speaking I am happier in Southeast Asia; More time around other human beings. And also very happy Culver City friendly lifestyle I enjoy, because in Los Angeles, it is one of the very few places that I could actually see other human beings walking around, etc.

Solutions

I think we often underestimate the amount of agency and control we have over our lives. Everything you do in your life is your own choice.

For example, I wonder if 90% of your life, your own personal life enjoy is actually centered around your local, where you decide to live, how do you decide to live etc.

For example very basic things; if you don’t want to work anymore, it is very easy for you to retire right now, move to Cambodia or Vietnam, live a simple life for only $300 USD a month for rent. For example, I credit living in Vietnam for a year And going off the grid to have some deep philosophical introspection; I think this is a very beneficial idea for almost anybody, who is seeking to “find themselves “, or to seek greater clarity in their lives.

Phnom Penh Cambodia, Hanoi, Saigon, Mexico City etc.

What do you want from and out of your life?

How to live, what to live for, critical things to consider.

If you’re on the fence about having a kid or not, just do it. Having a child is the single best innovation you could do for your life. It is literally going from zero to one.

I cannot speak for having multiple children yet, as currently I only have one kid. But certainly having Seneca has brought me the ultimate joy in life, the ultimate direction, ultimate purpose. It is very simple;, my personal life. I don’t even have to blink twice.

For people who are just living for themselves, I think is actually very empty. 

Even as a kid, it seem to make a lot of logical sense; the purpose of a parent was to sacrifice for their children. For example, seeing how much my mom sacrificed for me, was ultimate example, a blueprint which I embedded for Seneca.

Now what?

I cannot speak for everybody, but for me, I think getting married but not to have kids, is like dating 2.0; after getting married with Cindy, certain things become a little more serious like combining finances, our commitment to another etc.… But the true test in the true meaning is having a child together, raising the child together.

Certainly not everyone has to have a kid if you don’t want to. People have metaphorical children through their artwork; even Nietzsche said:

Either kids or books (lubricant aut liberi)

Nietzsche was essentially doing a funny Latin pun, saying that women either give birth to books, or children, never both. I am impressed that Cindy has done both.

Futures

Now that Covid is essentially over, I think a very simple way to live life is to treat your life like dune. I think watching Dune part two has had the strongest most recent effect on me; imagine that you were Paul Atrides– and that your life was as grand epic. Live your life like it.

I actually had a funny thought, that if you are a father, and you have birth at least one male air, assuming that your firstborn kid was actually a son… You as a father should consider yourself infinitely blessed. For example, I imagine myself like the Duke of Baracus, and that my son was Seneca.

I also suppose that I’m in a very privilege and unique position in which that I am self-employed, might have been the only child ever been raised, by his father, from birth until now. Never having to be put into daycare, preschool, etc. As a consequence, The most capable kid of all time, at the age of three years, two months.

If you have the option, you should be the one to raise your child, not strangers. 

Writing

The hilarious irony; I’ve made my living from writing, yet I have never considered myself a writer, nor do I think it is a big deal. In fact, when I was in school, I never did that well in English; it was simply pragmatic.

For me, writing is simply probably the most direct, simple and effective means for communication.  for example, writing and reading to me is at least 10,000 times faster, more effective than listening to things. For example, with interviews I would always prefer to read the transcript instead of listening to the whole thing, the information intake of reading is 1 trillion times more effective for me.

And also writing for the same thing; I could output at a much higher and faster rate than 

iPhone is bad for your vision?

Society is the ultimate stimulus!

Coward

Coward or Not?

Becoming Less Shy?

Practicals

The best performance

Metaphors of dune

“Dune” is rich with metaphors and allegorical elements that delve into complex themes such as politics, religion, ecology, and human nature. Here are some key metaphors from “Dune”:

1. The Spice Melange: The spice is a metaphor for valuable natural resources, such as oil. Its control represents power, wealth, and the ability to influence events on a galactic scale, much like how oil influences global politics and economics.
2. Arrakis (Dune): The desert planet of Arrakis can be seen as a metaphor for harsh environments on Earth where survival requires adaptation and innovation. It also represents the Middle East, with its arid climate and precious resources.
3. Water: On Arrakis, water is a symbol of life and scarcity. The extreme measures the Fremen take to conserve water highlight themes of conservation and the value of essential resources.
4. The Bene Gesserit: This secretive sisterhood represents the manipulation and control of political and genetic lines. They are a metaphor for influential organizations or groups that operate behind the scenes to shape the course of history.
5. Muad’Dib (Paul Atreides): Paul’s transformation into Muad’Dib symbolizes the journey from innocence to power, and his struggle represents the burden of leadership and the complexities of messianic figures.
6. The Sandworms: These gigantic creatures symbolize the power and danger inherent in natural resources. They also represent the connection between life forms and their environment, as they are both creators and destroyers of the spice.
7. The Kwisatz Haderach: This term refers to a prophesied super-being with extraordinary abilities, symbolizing the concept of a savior or messianic figure who transcends normal human limitations.
8. The Fremen: The Fremen people are a metaphor for indigenous populations who are deeply connected to their land and traditions. They represent resilience, adaptability, and the potential for revolutionary change.
9. The Golden Path: Paul’s vision of the Golden Path symbolizes the difficult choices and sacrifices necessary to ensure the long-term survival of humanity, highlighting themes of foresight, responsibility, and the greater good.
10. Mentats: These human computers represent the blend of logic and emotion in decision-making, emphasizing the importance of balanced judgment in leadership and governance.

These metaphors contribute to the novel’s depth and complexity, offering readers multiple layers of meaning to explore.

Frank Herbert was an American science fiction writer best known for his novel “Dune” and its sequels. Born on October 8, 1920, in Tacoma, Washington, Herbert developed an early interest in writing and literature. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and worked as a journalist, editor, and photographer before embarking on a career as a novelist.

“Dune,” published in 1965, is widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time. The book explores themes of politics, religion, and ecology through the story of Paul Atreides, a young nobleman who becomes embroiled in a complex struggle for control of the desert planet Arrakis and its valuable resource, the spice melange. The novel won the Hugo Award and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel and has been adapted into films, television series, and other media.

Herbert wrote five sequels to “Dune,” further expanding the intricate universe he created. His other notable works include “The Dosadi Experiment,” “The Jesus Incident,” and “Destination: Void.” Herbert’s writing is characterized by its philosophical depth, intricate plotting, and richly detailed world-building.

Frank Herbert passed away on February 11, 1986, but his legacy endures through his contributions to the science fiction genre and the lasting impact of the “Dune” series. His work continues to inspire readers and writers alike, cementing his place as a towering figure in speculative fiction.

Seek discipline and find your liberty

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires

Hope clouds observation

Here are some insightful quotes by Frank Herbert, the author of the famous science fiction novel “Dune”:

1. “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” ― Dune
2. “The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” ― Dune
3. **“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”** ― Dune
4. “He who controls the spice controls the universe.” ― Dune
5. “There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” ― God Emperor of Dune
6. “All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.” ― Chapterhouse: Dune
7. “Hope clouds observation.” ― Dune
8. “The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.” ― Dune
9. “To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe.” ― Dune Messiah
10. “Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.” ― Chapterhouse: Dune

This matters

I own all of them! 

Bright orange is the best color, because it is the color of fire? 

Think Fire

I need more bitcoin! 

Also, the reason why bitcoin is the best is because bitcoin is orange! 

I’m starting to get more into trucks than I am sports cars? 

The most important part of a car

The most important part of a car is the driver door where you are about to enter? 

White and black has a better contrast than black and red? 

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There is no second best 

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men should raise their own sons

Bloodline

90 generations

One. Way.

READY FOR WAR!

Believe in the Mission

What looks “cool”?

No helmet on, no face coverings, no eye covering

Revenge?

Typically we are taught that revenge is a vice, that it is bad. But what if actually, revenge was the sweetest honey? 

I think and I wonder… I wonder if the teachings that somehow revenge was a bad thing was preached by people who had no power. The question:

If actually you do in fact have the power to commit revenge, do you decide to do it or not? 

For example, the whole Christian notion of turning the other cheek, which Jesus teaches us… Did Jesus teach this virtue because in fact he thought it was the superior option, or was it in fact the fact that he lacked an army, or military power? 

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Create your own great house?

Warrior Aesthetic

What would and what should a warrior look like? 

Silence!

“You’ll be lucky to keep your head!”

Choose a champion

“It’s my burden”

Bow down to my feet!

Lead the Way

Refuse to Move

The role of a family?

Anti burden

Vision, visions?

I shall rule and conquer!

Pain?

Pain is Love, and or sacrifice?

There are no sides

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What I find fascinating about doing, the dune movie, visions of futures; eventually, it all becomes quite primal and simple in nature. For example the final fighting scenes, simply with an iron blade?

Life Debt

The Throne

The life debt has been paid 

THE THRONE IS MINE!

Media is totems of power, media which empower you? Which gives you power?

Question; does it augment your power, or decrease or diminish your power?

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 Should you say what is on your mind, or should you not?

I think typically, we are taught that speaking your mind, especially if it is mean or bad as a vice. However, what is the ultimate freedom and power? Freedom of speech. To speak your mind. Even Diogenes said this. 

I think the big issue here is so much of our morality is based around Christian ethics. The Christian Judeo set of ethics and morals, following Jesus.

I think in America, we have to think about everything in terms of Jesus. Why? First of all, let us consider that America was founded by a protestant Christian, Quaker set of morals and ethics. 

Even Catholicism, specifically Roman Catholicism, being Roman Catholic is seen with suspicion. Was it John F. Kennedy who was the first and only Catholic president who was voted into office? Yet he was assassinated.

In America, especially we do not trust Jewish people. Why? Even though we forget that Christianity, is essentially Judaism 2.0, the moral precepts from Jesus of Nazareth was diametrically opposed to what the Jewish believed in.

Jesus was the true radical.

And when we watch films and movies and stuff, the funny thing is a lot of these morals and ethics are in fact Christian, maybe Jewish, maybe something up like. Walt Disney was anti-Jewish, and even if we think about the Dune movie, let us not forget that poet treaty, was probably named after Saint Paul. And even the matrix, Neo, the one… The savior, a Jesus Christ Messiah figure. 

STOMP

“We shall rule the empire together”

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Why sex matters

Apparently the other day, at the local yoga studio that I sometimes frequent, 

Kneel and kiss

Maybe going to church or mass is a good idea 

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Unequal treatment?

I have a blasphemous idea; perhaps we should treat women superior to men 

Chivalry, knightly chivalry 2.0

Certainly equal rights is a good idea. Women and men should have equal voting privileges, etc. However, perhaps where we go south is when we think that morally and ethically, in terms of social interactions, we treat men and women equally.

My radical idea is that perhaps instead, we men should treat women on a higher footing. 

For the sake of power?

sexist?

Lisan Al gaib

Respect my throne

“Lead them to Paradise”

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Maybe the most interesting way to live your life is to treat your life as a radical experiment?

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Son

If you knew that your first born son, your son, was the best, and the best that shall ever ever be, and there would be no second, no second best,… There’s no second best. No such thing as a second best. If that were the case, how would you lead your life?  

I think my whole life, ever since I was young, I always imagined having one boy, one daughter, very similar to how I was raised. 

I was the older brother, and I had a younger sister. This was good for me.

After watching Dune II,  And thinking about the Iliad, Achilles and Homer, the like…  maybe the whole second kid question, or having a daughter, might be like a Bogo. Great and wonderful to have, but not critical.

This might be a good line of thinking, as you never wait for the second best. You put your immediate attention, all of your eggs in one basket, to train and to grow and to advance your son.

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Attack, your brother attacks the great houses

the holy war begins 

The role of the mother, the role of the father?

Required watching for any innovator, entrepreneur, radical philosopher:

1. The one?

I’ve never read the actual Dune book series, apparently it is really weird. I’ve tried to read it several times, but, the writing style is quite inaccessible to me, and also quite uninterested to me as well.

Anyways, I’m very glad that the dune movie came out, because it finally made the whole book accessible to me. Also, insanely great.

First of all, follow the director. Denis V–  the same Director who did the amazing Blade Runner reboot, he is the one. Currently speaking the best Director of our generation, perhaps after Zack Snyder. Who I rate very highly as well. I think the movie 300 was Zack Snyder‘s masterpiece. I also appreciated the Snyder cut of the Justice league.

Anyways, the whole premise of Dune, the first and second movie is based on some sort of Messiah figure, the one. This plays very well with the narrative of the matrix, which is all about, the one, the savior the Messiah etc.

I suppose the critical critique is that in American and western media, it is too focused on this narrative, the Messiah, the one coming and liberating everybody.  in the context of the movie Dune, I find it great because in someways, Paul Atriedes is almost like the prophet Mohammed; let us consider how he leads the desert people to “paradise“;  and how essentially the whole premise of the film is in the desert.

Where I find the film in the overall concept of Dune fascinating is that it seems like an interesting mash of both the whole Jesus prophet, Messiah, Christian notion mixed with Islam.

2. Metaphors

I add Dune to my canon of great films.  why? Any truly great film should have deep metaphors about real life.

For example, the wholly interesting notion of the whole dune series is about spice; which I once read is kind of like a metaphor for Americans and oil.

I don’t know too much about Frank Herbert, but if you consider that the dune series was written about 30 years ago or so; let us consider America in the 1970s and 80s; the fight for oil and petroleum and global dominance, the people of Arrakis are like the indigenous people, and the Empire is like the United States. I also think if you think about Star Wars; technically, the rebels, versus the empires; maybe the metaphor of the rebels is like the rebels are like the early Americans, and the Empire were the British?

Anyways, the reason why the whole spice metaphor is fascinating is because in the universe of Dune, spice might be the most critical ingredient or substance or power which exists. Apparently in the Dune universe, if you don’t have spice, you cannot travel through space, or across time. This is why the planet of Arrakis is critical; no spice, no space travel. No empire.

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3. Scale

What I find so magnificent about the dune film What I find so magnificent about the dune film is the sense of scale.

 For example, For example, a great piece of film mysteries; For example, a great piece of film mysteries; cinema magic in which For example, a great piece of film mysteries; Cinemagic in which polar treaties rides the great grandfather worm for the first time. 

I think this is also something that is very critical I think this is also something that is very critical in real life; visiting environments or places with great scale; for example, Joshua tree, I think this is also something that is very critical in real life; visiting environments or places with great scale; for example, Joshua tree, or even the Vasquez rocks– or hiking or hiking on top of the mountain, getting a panopticon view of things. 

I actually have a theory that we humans I actually have a theory that we humans must exercise our depth I actually have a theory that we humans must exercise our depth perception I actually have a theory that we humans must exercise our depth perception; we must have a variety in terrain, in order to augment our minds and our intelligence. 
This is why whenever one wants to think grand and lofty thoughts, it seems critical to climb on top of the mountain, or maybe drive on top of the mountain, and get a panopticon view of the world.

Anyways, it seems in order to become great in grand, you must not be flat. Don’t be flat, stuck inside small boxes etc.

To advertise some upcoming workshops I have planned in Cambodia, specifically in Angkor Wat, I wanted to write a piece on why Cambodia: 

1. A very fascinating intersection

So the first big thing is apparently Cambodia is one of the great rising dragons. After Cambodia got decimated by the communist Pol Pot regime genocide,  Cambodia is on the up and up. Apparently over 50% of the population is under the age of 25; a lot of these young Cambodians are extremely entrepreneurial, with a great vision, and great hope for the future.

2. America is on the decline?

Something I learned from Fernandinho Galliani, and some economic theories in general; the most critical part of a nation society or economy is based on the population. The really really big problem of America is I think our population is slowly on the decline, or maybe, at worse; a stand still. For our country or nation to properly populate itself, I think the golden number is 2.2. Or 2.4. a nation must have an average population growth of 2.2 children per family, or 2.4 children per family, in order for it to be growing healthily.

For example, the simplest way to describe the downward trend of the economy in places like Japan or South Korea I think it’s actually an issue with the declining population. Japan is in real big trouble, as people no longer want to get married anymore, do not even get into relationships, and to not have children. 

South Korea, seems that most people have at least one kid, 

And all shall take care of itself

Why I own Tesla stock — I believe in Tesla, the mission, Elon Musk, and the whole ethos of the company! Not to make money

The only honourable form of combat is hand to hand?

Only women hide behind citadels, or attack or fight from a distance.