When I accidentally dropped my iPad Pro, the screen cracked, and I guess the face ID sensor got a little bit messed up, after I sprayed it with some sort of alcohol screen cleaning supply. As a result, it broke the face ID thing; instead of having to annoyingly punch in the password passcode every single time, I just turned it off. Life is much better now.

For example, if you’re going to do e-commerce, just have the site be 100% focused on e-commerce.

For example, at least on WordPress, there are certain blog themes which are optimized for blogging, and other ones which are optimized for e-commerce. Just choose one or the other.

ERIC KIM PRODUCTS

The ultimate privilege is having the privilege to walk. Also as thought, what are clothes which encourage walking? I think tight compression clothing, whether it be half legging compressions, or full legging compression tights. For example, I really love my Lululemon license to train compression tights, both the half tight variant, as well as the full legging. And instead of having pockets, just carrying a small bag on the side instead.

I really love the iPhone SE, in terms of the fact that it is cheap, insanely lightweight, and relatively small; but I think I cannot stand as the screen sucks. Anytime I look at it or use it or read something on it, it puts me in a bad mood.

One of the big upside of re-inheriting our old 2010 Prius is that a few years ago, it was recalled for some paint issues, which meant that the whole car was repainted brand new. As a result, the pearl white, sparkly paint they painted it with is insanely beautiful. Inspecting it closely, it glitters a different angles, with hints of cyan and magenta. This puts me an insanely good mood.

Why matte black cars?

My critique; I think any sort of vinyl wrap, on the car is really really ugly. Why? May be a purity thing; I’m more of the old-school, prefer to sand it down, apply primer, and apply paint. Also a funny thing is I remember, my desire was to have paint on the car which was shiny, a car in which when you actually waxed it, and polished it, it would shine. As a kid, my dream was to have a shiny red car. Either a shiny red car, with white rims, for example the Integra type R and red with white rims, or a red 1991 Sentra SER, two-door coupe, with gold or bronze rims.

Black cars are a modern day preference?

As a kid, black was not a desirable thing. Black as a kid, always looked ugly to me on cars, especially the fact how easily dirty it would get, and how quickly the paint would corrode in the sun.

Also, in terms of clothing, kids were all black everything clothing were the weird goth emo kids at school. And the preference was towards White; white Russell hoodies, white case with sneakers, simple and plain white T-shirts. And jeans, preferably really dark indigo denim. Not black.

Currently in Sun in southern California, the sun is out, really brighten strong, and I feel phenomenal.

Some sun thoughts:

First and foremost, it does seem that getting some sort of Tessa solar panels for your house is a good idea, especially if you live somewhere with really really strong sun. For example, southern California, Texas, Arizona, Utah, etc. The promise of being able to power all of your electricity need to be at your solar panels at home, and also charge a Tesla seems like a phenomenal idea.

The reason I’m going all in on Tesla, at least with my standardized funds, a.k.a. anything that is not my crypto is that my brother-in-law Gabe said it well to me; Tesla is going to become the new energy broker, which will run the whole planet.

Certainly there are lots of criticisms and critiques that lithium ion batteries are bad for the planet blah blah blah. But still if we can move towards the future which allows for 100% off the grid living, this seems like a good idea.

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HOW THE REAL GODS GET IT:

Now that I’ve conquered the gym, now what?

You still need a laptop or desktop!

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980 pound atlas lift and beyond. 1,000 pounds incoming!

980 pounds:

10 PLATES, A 10, AND A 2.5 POUNDER (ATTACHED TO THE TEXAS POWER SQUAT BAR, VIA ERIC KIM CLIP):

Concurrently use your iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and iPhone all at the same time?

The ability to do multiple things at once?

This is what motivates me.

In America, why aren’t there any parks which are optimized for adults?

1. Don’t gamble
2. Don’t chase women
3. Drive a used old white Prius
4. Use an iPhone SE
5. Don’t use drugs, don’t drink alcohol

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Bone marrow.

Where to buy bone marrow in modern day times?

What is hygiene in ancient Greek?

No need to ask Google. Better to just ChatGPT it!

Also some questions on my mind,

1. Why does steroid use cause people to turn red? Or get acne?

What if notions of a hygiene is actually more important than “health”?

Not just physical and physiological hygiene, but mental hygiene, social hygiene, etc.

Monstrum in animo.

Monster in appearance, monster, ugly in soul?

Nobody has any good answer.

Happy Thoughts

Everyone wants to be happy, even our best friend Aristotle said it is the one thing that men seek for the sake of itself.

What what is happiness? I think I got the answer; walking is happiness. Any sort of life, lifestyle, lifestyle approach which allows you to maximize your walking is happiness.

Strategies

I cannot speak for most people, because I don’t have a “real job“. That is, I don’t have a workplace, an office, or a place I must typically commute to.

However Cindy does.

A simple thought that I had is if you have the option, spend extra money which affords you the privilege to walk. For example, I wonder if in fact, shelling out the extra thousand, 2000, 3000, 4000, $5000, maybe even $10,000 a month would be positively beneficial to give you the privilege of walking.

It seems that the modern-day strategy that people partake in is that they sacrifice time in foolish ways. They decide to live further out, further away from work, in the suburbs, which means that they must spend more time driving in order to get to their workplace, in order to have the privilege of having a bigger house, a cheaper house, a smaller mortgage, cheaper rent etc.

Enemies to happiness?

Being forced to be indoors against your own will, this is cruel.

Also, being forced to be stuck in a car, in a bus, in an Uber, even if you had your own private driver, this is cruel.

For example, I once read an interview with Jony Ive, this is when he was still at Apple, in which he would commute for almost 2 hours a day, going from a desirable area of San Francisco to the Apple office in Cupertino, having a private driver show for him and his Bentley, and I suppose Johnny would just be in the backseat, doing work on his iPhone, iPad, MacBook laptop, etc.

However, if you were forced to be secretary or sitting, for four hours a day, or five hours a day, even if you were the backseat of a Rolls-Royce, a Bentley, Lamborghini, a McLaren, whatever; would it be worth it? No.

Can happiness be purchased?

You cannot buy happiness. You can buy insanely great coffee, ERIC KIM OMAKASE COFFEE, 100% fine robusta which physiologically speaking, will give you a marvelous happiness bump and boost, but ultimately, beyond coffee, happiness cannot be bought.

Things that money can do which can assist you and aid you in happiness include,

1. Using your money to buy a gym membership, or a yoga, CorePower membership
2. Using your money to buy beef and meat, either at Costco or the Costco Business Center. I recommend the beef ribs, or the beef tri-tip!
3. Using your money to pay for rent closer to your workplace, which allows you to have a 100% walking pedestrian lifestyle.
4. Having a situation which allows you to work outside, outdoors, without having to be stuck indoors or inside an office.

Physiology for the sake of what?

There’s a strange bias in today’s world that we have to somehow maximize our productivity, in order for the sake to work more, contribute more to society, “make a difference“.
For example, the modern-day notion of going to the gym and working out and exercising, the only thought is this:

It is critical for you to exercise daily, because it will make you healthy and healthier, in order for you to keep working more.

The reason why this line of thinking is so twisted is that it is for the sake of maximizing your work capacity, not your own personal happiness. Man is not permitted to be happy for the sake of being happy.

Happiness is also a flawed end goal

The other day, I was so insanely happy, maybe a 50 out of 10. But at the end of the day, happiness is a bit inconsequential. For me what is more critical is having the opportunity, physiological energy to pursue my creative tasks. Whether it be reviewing my photos, writing and blogging, thinking, producing knowledge, sending out email newsletters, etc.

Philosophy paths

Peter Limberg— shout out to him for his great “Minimum Viable Philosophy” essay. I like his tagline, “Less Foolish”.

Don’t be a dummy.

I life, there is no such thing as virtue, or sin, vice. To me, it is all about wisdom, knowledge, becoming less foolish, and “not being a dummy.”

I like the word dummy, because it is not so serious. For example, we joke around with kids to not be a dummy. Maybe this is a better path for us.

You should start your own philosophy blog

Oh and today’s world of ChatGPT, AI assistant writing, the question,

How do you know if something was written by ChatGPT, or a real human being?

For the most part you can’t. However, anything written by Eric Kim passes the Turing test. Why? The way I talk is non-standard, the way I write is genuine, and ultimately I think the future of writing and thinking is predicated around philosophy. That is, there is already enough information and wisdom on the Internet on how to do anything. But not much information on why do XYZ. Or, should we do XYZ.

For example, I firmly believe that if your goal is to become superhuman, eating beef and meat is critical. But I philosophical question is should we eat beef and meat? Even if it is bad for the planet?

For example, if someone tells me, “Eric, you shouldn’t eat meat because it is bad for the planet“. But what if I say, “I know that eating meat is bad for the planet, but eating beef is best for me. So I don’t care.” Is one permitted to talk like this? This is the task and role of philosophy and ethics.

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Everyone wants to be happy, even our best friend Aristotle said it is the one thing that men seek for the sake of itself.

What what is happiness? I think I got the answer; walking is happiness. Any sort of life, lifestyle, lifestyle approach which allows you to maximize your walking is happiness.

Strategies

I cannot speak for most people, because I don’t have a “real job“. That is, I don’t have a workplace, an office, or a place I must typically commute to.

However Cindy does.

A simple thought that I had is if you have the option, spend extra money which affords you the privilege to walk. For example, I wonder if in fact, shelling out the extra thousand, 2000, 3000, 4000, $5000, maybe even $10,000 a month would be positively beneficial to give you the privilege of walking.

It seems that the modern-day strategy that people partake in is that they sacrifice time in foolish ways. They decide to live further out, further away from work, in the suburbs, which means that they must spend more time driving in order to get to their workplace, in order to have the privilege of having a bigger house, a cheaper house, a smaller mortgage, cheaper rent etc.

Enemies to happiness?

Being forced to be indoors against your own will, this is cruel.

Also, being forced to be stuck in a car, in a bus, in an Uber, even if you had your own private driver, this is cruel.

For example, I once read an interview with Jony Ive, this is when he was still at Apple, in which he would commute for almost 2 hours a day, going from a desirable area of San Francisco to the Apple office in Cupertino, having a private driver show for him and his Bentley, and I suppose Johnny would just be in the backseat, doing work on his iPhone, iPad, MacBook laptop, etc.

However, if you were forced to be secretary or sitting, for four hours a day, or five hours a day, even if you were the backseat of a Rolls-Royce, a Bentley, Lamborghini, a McLaren, whatever; would it be worth it? No.

Real gangstas drive Priuses!

When I witness the physique of Seneca, full body without any clothes on— I am blown away by his beautiful proportions. I am so proud and uplifted and happy and grateful by his height, muscularity, and his physical ability.

Something which is almost never discussed for child development is body composition, bodily proportions. Things like wait don’t matter; shouldn’t the muscularity of your kid matter more?