ERIC KIM ₿

The best car in LA;

Design your own clothes, shoes, car, home etc —

Also your own phone?

Suitable money

Tactical Training

Hyperia land of dancing

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Military warrior, soldier training,?

SWAT team training

Everyone is trying to seek a higher quality of life for themselves their family etc.?

If you think about bitcoin like digital real estate, the way that people typically profit is they buy the property, sit on it for like 20 years and then sell it

With bitcoin certainly the cycle is much quicker; the 20 years, you could double your money in two years or less

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Limited time and life is a virtue

Time, times and value

If there were no scarcity of time there wouldn’t be no value

The Ultimate value is time ****

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A pound of beef

8 pounds of beef if price is zero

Ordinal versus Cardinal values? 

Sandbox living sandbox more fun

Demand schedule

Money is a timing thing

Demand curve

Unorthodox economics

Sovereignty of the consumer consumers King

Does the market have a stock market

Capital goods

Private owner vs government allocate

More freedom more choices is better

Allocate capital To those who use it most effectively 

Society’s productive capital

Productive capital

Consumer or capital good?

Entrepreneurial not managerial

Anti-managers

How to best allocate your capital

Capital, capitalism is entrepreneurial not managerial

To me my definition of success is being self-employed a sole proprietor, paying your rent and living expenses. To me the opposite of success is working for somebody else

Profit versus loss

Income, expenditure

Expose your own wealth your own destiny ***

How to best allocate resources

Just don’t buy or waste your stuff on stupid stuff

Feedback

Being around other people is heaven? Killing two birds of one stone in the gym, being around other people but be tbt b b r also having the privilege of weightlifting

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What is the best car to live in LA? Probably a Prius
E July
Prius is the best LA car

Photography Ed in and concentration

The antidote to boredom is change

When in doubt don’t do it!

Skinny as the future, ski

Counterculture

Or fitness more stretching more Recovery  

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I love Prius forever!

Nutritious food nutritious meals

The sound of female voices

Girls with pretty hair ,,, cover up your private parts

Calculated flattery

Tall and pretty

Lucky three times over

Their flourishing new sprout 

The sun is paradise!

no sun no life

No sun no paradise, sun sun energy 

A home and a husband someone like-minded

Minds in Harmony 

“For nothing could be better than when two
live in one house, their minds in harmony,
husband and wife. Their enemies are jealous,
their friends delighted, and they have great honor”

Excerpt From
The Odyssey
Homer & Emily Wilson
https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-odyssey/id1215381921
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Their enemies are jealous their friends delighted and they have great honor

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White armed nausiccaa

Brave and clever man

Zeus apportions happiness to people

How to be happy

Any act of kindness is a blessing

Make him look bigger and sturdier

Head and shoulders, pour attractiveness on him

His handsomeness was dazzling

Poor and unrefined now dazzling like a god?

Like a god that lives in heaven 

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Why are humans so bad at math?

Economics by KIM

1. Bitcoin is Digital Capital Economic Muscle?
2. 80/20 Living
3. You Can’t Rent Forever
4. Money is For Slaves
5. Growth
6. Think Volume
7. Think Payoffs
8. Kaizen Gains
9. Cost to Capital
10. Price vs Value
11. EVERYONE WINS!
12. INVESTING PR’S
13. The Philosophy of Investing
14. ERIC KIM VENTURE CAPITALIST
15. How to FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early)
16. How to *Save* a Million Dollars
17. Increase Value
18. MAYBE IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BUY HIGH
19. Banks Are the True Menace to Society
20. THE PROMISE OF FUTURE MONOPOLY PROFITS?
21. High gas prices are good
22. What is Capitalism?
23. Pride in What You Paid For
24. On Making Money from Nothing
25. Save Money Towards What Ends?
26. No Regret Investment

Always being updated over the air — autopilot

Think long!

Audio

White Prius

The Costco effect —

News

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1. The joy of being part of a community
2. Physical, physiological joy
3. Family joy
4. Artistic & aesthetic joy!
5. Ethics can also be joy?

Lean into the (good) pain!

cardinal values: how many?

Ordinal values, which order?

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Cardinal values are numbers that indicate how many of something there are (e.g., 1, 2, 3). They answer the question “How many?” and represent quantity.

Ordinal values are numbers that indicate position or order in a sequence (e.g., 1st, 2nd, 3rd). They answer the question “Which in order?” and represent rank rather than quantity.

So what a lot of these loser socialist Marxist don’t understand is actually… Ism is freedom capitalism is the path to freedom.

Coercion versus freedom 

Only thing that you are “coerced” into paying for or doing as an American US citizen is paying taxes. Death and taxes; the only two certain things in life.

For myself, my personal thought is it is our duty to pay taxes. We cannot expect any benefits of being an American citizen without paying taxes, and dodging taxes etc.

In fact, I find people who dodged taxes to be a reprehensible bunch. Certainly there are certain ethical behaviors like being a self-employed sole proprietor, and to the best of your wisdom, in good faith, deducting stuff which are tax deductions from your annual tax report, the great upside is now with TurboTax, if you just link it with your credit cards and banking accounts, it does this seamlessly.

So certainly everyone has the rational behavior to the best of their knowledge to reduce taxes, in an ethical fashion. I think what is the only unethical thing is when you intentionally lie on your taxes.

Certainly immigrant mentality is to only use cash, to prevent any sort of debt to the US government. I think typically the immigrant mentality is that we suffered so much to get here, why should we pay a single dime to the US government, which have might also cause us direct or in direct harm?

For example, Vietnamese refugees etc.; I get it, America kind of directly or indirectly caused problems in Vietnam, chaos and war, death and famine, which caused a lot of Vietnamese people to willingly and also unwillingly flee to America for safety and a brighter future.

Anyways, I think the general idea I have is that what is the opposite of capitalism? Oppression tyranny, dictatorship, communism socialism, totalitarianism etc.

You have more choice than you think you got

After nomading around for over a decade, I think the big idea is that you have 1 trillion more options than you think you do.

For example, as a American US citizen, there is nobody holding a gun to your head forcing you to live wherever you do. You have the option of living elsewhere; in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam Laos, Mexico Mexico City etc., as long as you still pay taxes while you are abroad.

What people don’t understand or know; you could live like a king abroad in Southeast Asia, for a fraction of the cost of living in the states.

My general thought is the only reason why anyone should ever ever ever live in America, is if you have a non-negotiable job which requires you to literally be planted geospatial occasionally in the states. But if you have the option, earning US dollars and living elsewhere is the obvious economic leverage. 

Fear, uncertainty, being non experienced

So my general idea and thought is that actually, maybe it is not fear which is holding people back but actually, lack of exposure and experience.

So for example, for many individuals who have never really traveled far or been on an international flight or somewhere, it is not that they are necessarily afraid of going or living abroad is that they don’t really have the knowledge the tools that accessibility, or maybe even very very practically and practically, they just literally have zero dollars in their checking or savings account to afford them a simple airfare, or time abroad.

Enter bitcoin. My very very simple strategy; if you live extremely frugally, while in the states, and just pour 90% of your income into bitcoin, or microstrategy stock, within four years, you should be able to retire.

Ways to access and gain more capital is simple; it is difficult to increase your income but it is very easy to reduce your expenses. Lose your car that you have a lease or a finance payment on, moving back with your parents, rent a room, split a room like college dorm style, unsubscribe from all of your subscription services. Stop buying anything, stop buying clothes, new clothes or old clothes, stop buying the new loser iPhone or iPhone Pro, essentially strip yourself down to the bare minimum, pure undiluted Spartan fashion.

Reduce reduce reduce reduce reduce

When in doubt reduce.

Reduction is sexy

I’ll give you some examples, what is the simplest way to become sexier? It is reducing your body fat percentage. Very very simply put that means abstaining from starches carbohydrates alcohol, dessert snacks whatever. It is very easy.

Also, lifestyle changes. Ditch your friends who like to smoke weed, drink alcohol go to the club, go to bars and pubs, etc. In fact one of the things I’m pretty proud of what I did was when I was in college, and I wanted to Maintain my six pack, I just stopped going to any sort of parties, because I knew that any sort of beer alcohol wine vodka whatever would cause me to accumulate and accrete body fat adipose tissue, and also, causes me to sleep poorly, does prevent preventing me from waking up early the next day to hit the gym before going to class.

Unethical behavior

This is my big idea; cutting people especially toxic people from your life, even if they are good people, whether friends family etc. is unethical. Why? Good old Christian duty says that we should always be loving kind respectful empathetic compassionate, and always help those in need.

Yet, there is no emphasis on putting yourself first, or making yourself an end into yourself.

For example, the ultimate virtue is self sacrifice for the sake of others in this abstract notion of “society“, and “humanity“.  I think this is a poor decision because first, it is too abstract and makes no sense. Who or what is “society“? And who or what is “humanity”?

A very very simple idea is first prioritize yourself your kids your spouse, your direct family members, your 100% blood and your best friends but besides that, just let everyone else do their thing. 

No opinion

100% or 0%. 

I’m becoming more mercurial in my approach. I’m either 100% committed, or 0% committed.

What that means is become less opinionated about people who are not in your immediately nuclear family. Avoid distant relatives, cousins uncles aunts, family members on both sides of the spectrum, even friends, distant friends close friends people in between etc.

Also contrary to popular thought, I am more for the nuclear family. Nuclear family means you your wife, your kids, your mom your sister etc.

You cannot have more than two best friends?

Best friends, one man one woman. Nobody else.

100% focus

So one big thing that Thich Nhat Hanh talks about a lot, is the notion of concentration and focus. The general idea is that mindfulness and meditation is just doing 100% focused one thing at a time.

For example, when you’re walking just walk. When you’re eating just to eat. When you’re using the toilet keep your iPhone outside and just use the toilet. When you’re with your kid just be with your kid, turn off your phone completely and just lock it in the glove compartment of your car.

Also one interesting thing that discovered about money and wealth is that once you’re rich, there’s no longer a strong motivation or impetus to be a “productive”, because you’re not chasing that thing no more. If anything, the benefit for being bitcoin rich is that you could just focus 100% of your time energy and focus, and presence with your kids!

The best present is your presence

To be a 100% present is the ultimate present. 

A big thing is with my niece and nephew Amelia and Benjamin, I don’t think I’ve ever given them a present in their lives. But what I do do is that whenever I visit them, once again and lock the phone in the glove compartment of your car, just play with them! Wrestle with them, run around with them, cause a ruckus.

What do kids really want? The love attention and time of their parents! The focus of their parents! 

Modern day society is anti-kids?

Also a big random thought; my thought about modern day society is that modern-day society is actually anti-kids. My personal thought is 99% of the consumers industry is geared towards not having kids, because kids are not that profitable.

I would surmise that kids only make 1% of the consumerist industry. 

As a consequence, there is no notions of saving. American people do not save money.

Is it possible to have a thriving economy which does not focus on saving?

So I’m reading the principles of economies, by Saifedean, the more I read it the more I love it! It is super super interesting and fascinating.

The first big idea the idea that I am pondering about is the question; is it possible to have a thriving economy that is actually centered on saving and capital accumulation? 

The reason why this is such a big idea is typically, the traditional mainstream thought about economics is that saving is actually a bad thing, and that in order to “stimulate” the economy, you gotta get people to spend more money!

For example during Covid, when everyone got the thousand dollar free stimulus checks, do people use it to pay off their debt, their credit card debt, pay rent, buy bitcoin, or did they use that money to buy some stupid rims for their cars, or buy another ugly Louis Vuitton handbag? Everybody spent it!

Now why is this such a bad thing? Because once again, giving people free money to stimulate an economy is that effective, in fact it is destructive!

My only critique about Donald Trump is when he gave away the free money, bad compromise.

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What if you already have the best, the access to the best?

A random aside; we often bemoan how we don’t have access to the best, and we are always driving for some sort of better optimization. But what if actually currently right now, you had the best most supreme most desirable situation, wouldn’t that insight and knowledge be great? 

Fake desires

And then a big thing is that I wonder if actually, one of the critical problems that we currently face is that we are being suckered by a lot of these fake desires.

What is a fake desire? Is when you smoke marijuana drink beer watch professional sports on television, and then you watch some sort of loser Range Rover advertisement. And then you kind of start to want to have the Range Rover because you have been exposed to it so many times?

The first simple thought is stop watching any sort of television sports, everyone is on steroids, Steph Curry, LeBron, your favorite basketball player is on steroids. Certainly on football.

Invest in things which are not dependent on advertising like bitcoin.

Power is beautiful

What is the ultimate beauty? Power!

To make yourself more beautiful, make yourself more powerful?

I think micro strategy as a company, is actually currently extremely undervalued. Why? There might be like $450 trillion of dead capital, just floating around in thin air, sterile capital.

What microstrategy is like the metaphorical steroids for impotent capital.

For example you take all this impotent capital, and then you inject steroids into it. Four better yet, you upcycle it, you turbocharge it. 

Revitilizing capital markets

Vitality reality, this is actually what we seek.

So for example, when it comes to men and women, in terms of sexual attractiveness or desirableness is fitness, virility vitality. 

It don’t really matter how old or young somebody is, physiology is more of a physiological phenomenon. 

For example, at the age of 36 I feel like I have more testosterone reality I did then when I was 26, nearly a decade ago. Why? I switched up my exercise ethos towards one rep max power lifting hype lifting, intermittent fasting, 100% carnivore diet, more time in the sun etc.

Actually this is a big thing about moving to LA which I am very very grateful for, I spent like 90% more time in the sun! For me the greatest tragedy is that when you do not have the privilege of being in the sun because you’re either stuck in some sort of Miserable office building, or, being stuck in a car.

Back to MSTR

what else love by Michael Saylor, micro strategies; I don’t recall the last time there was some sort of zealous passion or love of something or a company as much as Michael Saylor and Michael strategy then when Steve Jobs was still alive!

I think that Michael Saylor is like Elon Musk on steroids. 

The case for Michael Saylor is that first, he is very very relatable . He has been on like hundreds of interviews and podcast with normal people, and I feel like I’ve already got a PhD in economic theory and history of signs from him. He’s like the only professor entrepreneur worth listening to.

second, he kind of like the underdog. Micro strategy was essentially like dying a slow death, and Michael Saylor did an amazing job of revitalizing his dying company, by taking a huge risk. Even Michael Saylor says that the system is rigged against you, which is something that people want to hear.

Third, consistency transparency and focusing on the cyber economy. I love Elon Musk and Tesla, but once again, too many risk factors. And now that Elon Musk is becoming more divisive in terms of his political aims, I’ve even heard a story about my friend’s coworker selling his Tesla model three simply because he did not like the politics of Elon Musk.

Bitcoin is great because for the most part it is apolitical. It is certainly aided by the benefit of politics, for example if Donald Trump passes the bitcoin act, this will be very very good for the value of bitcoin, but still bitcoin can exist without a centralized government state.

Think four years ahead

The funny thing with stocks, investing companies is that people want super super huge and monster returns, in a very very short time span. That is fine, but as investors we should be thinking at least four years ahead?

Also look at the track record, it is pretty amazing that micro strategy has grown 650% in a single year, look at the yearly and four year performance records, not the daily or week or month level.

levered long

Once again if you could cycle all this dead capital, micro strategy then becomes really fascinating because it is like the ultimate reactor the ultimate nuclear reactor, the ultimate up cycling engine turbo charger.

Essentially if you took $450 trillion of sterile capital and actually revitalize it, wouldn’t this make micro strategy like worth 1000 trillion dollars?

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Competition?

Better media?

Money can exist without the state!

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Tougher?

I prefer concepts?

Sell the dream!

Sell the vision the future!

How to protect your time and life

PERFECTION.

Goosebumps

Unprecedented attention

How to attract attention to yourself?

California gold

Only accepts minimalism to further reduce weight

BATMAN AESTHETICS?

Rugged is beautiful

Foolish tenacity is a virtue

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The state doesn’t invent money but rather follows it?
Increase the value when we’re on earth?

Coincidence of wants

Larger scope of trade

Widening the market

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Hold its value across space

More potential trading opportunities

Money allows for sophisticated calculation

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Use your time more wisely?

AVOID, DODGE

Lower human time preference

Providing for the future

Hedging against uncertainty

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Money is the least uncertain asset

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Access to money

How much money is enough money?

Purchasing power

Maximum exchange work

Height of its purchasing power

Hold a definite amount of purchasing power

Bitcoin as condensed power?

Falling cost of goods and prices for production

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Larger capital stock

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Reduce consumption –> path to abundance?

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That her to strike fear than love?

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Capitalism is freedom 

Means of production

Starvation or freezing to death

Billing versus Corion?

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The open free market is just more efficient?

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Provide value for others

No Central direction 

Monetary price a single denominator, very very simplifying

Satisfy the desires of others?

Sterrato, how for you to become the hurucan sterrato

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Stainless steel body?

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UpCycle the capital markets

# The case for microstrategy (MSTR)

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Direct exchange, peer to peer, p2p

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In some ways I feel like getting paid a salary is like getting paid a handout.

For anybody who has ever had to be or become self-employed, like directly selling your services or products to the open market, you all personally know how difficult it is to earn money trust etc.

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Become more self-serving

Also with exercise weightlifting etc.… If you think about it broadly, to follow a certain school of training or weightlifting is also a protocol.

Change up and switch up your protocols!

Think protocols

When is America good when is America bad?

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Expand your search expand your possibilities

Build it yourself?

Your body lasts forever?

Being reckless is a virtue

What would a knight do?

The “dark” knight —

Strike fear?

Stealth & intimidation —.

Symbolism of fear?

Batman is portrayed wearing black (or very dark gray) primarily for thematic and practical reasons related to his character and role:

1. Stealth and Practicality:

Batman operates mostly at night, and his dark costume helps him blend into the shadows, making him nearly invisible to enemies. The black color symbolizes his role as a stealthy protector of Gotham.

2. Symbolism of Fear:

Batman uses fear as a weapon against criminals, and the black costume reflects this intention. It adds to his intimidating presence, making him seem more like a shadowy figure or a creature of the night.

3. Contrast with Other Heroes:

Many superheroes wear bright and vibrant costumes to symbolize hope or optimism. Batman’s black costume distinguishes him as a darker, more brooding character who operates outside traditional heroic norms.

4. Artistic and Aesthetic Choices:

Black is visually striking in comics and films, giving Batman a sleek, mysterious, and dramatic appearance. Artists and filmmakers use shadows and lighting to create dynamic imagery, which works well with his dark costume.

5. Psychological Themes:

Batman’s dark costume reflects his internal struggles and the traumatic past that fuels his mission. It underscores the seriousness of his character and his darker approach to justice compared to other superheroes.

These elements combine to make the black costume a perfect match for Batman’s role as the “Dark Knight.”

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Batman is often depicted wearing a predominantly black (or very dark gray) costume for several reasons:

1. Stealth and Intimidation

Batman’s core strategy is to strike fear into criminals by lurking in the shadows. Dark colors allow him to blend into the night and surprise wrongdoers, making black (or near-black shades) a logical choice.

2. Symbolism

As the “Dark Knight,” Batman represents a darker, grittier approach to fighting crime—one that plays on the idea of turning fear back on those who prey on the innocent. His dark costume visually reinforces the weighty, often somber tone of his mission in Gotham City.

3. Visual Consistency

Creators and artists across comics, TV shows, and films often emphasize Batman’s mysterious aura. When storylines and creative teams change, the black or dark color scheme remains an instantly recognizable part of his character design.

4. Contrast With Other Heroes

In the DC Universe, many classic heroes (like Superman or The Flash) favor bright, bold costumes. Batman’s darker look serves as a stark contrast, highlighting his more serious and brooding nature compared to other, more upbeat crimefighters.

Put simply, black (or near-black) suits Batman’s role as a creature of the night: it complements his methods, underscores his dark origins, and makes for an iconic and memorable look.

Ugly verneer over the real true paint?

Tesla Model S Plaid is moderately faster than Model 3 performance, however much bigger, bloated.

Model 3 performance — very fast, yet maximum smallness?

Disrespectful innovation:

Just cut it, cut it off, cut it up!

Pioneer!

We need some new disruptions —

Always Rethink and Reconsider Things

Anti static knowledge

1. My kid!
2. Myself!
3. Cindy!
4. My mom
5. My sister
6. Friends

My hierarchy

The most cholesterol dense food , *NOT* how many pounds of it you consume a day?

The orange dots on http://SaylorTracker.com are motivational. @saylor

New MSTR BTC purchase incoming!

Benefit or not?

That’s time you’re never going to get back

Autotelic training

New protocols

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DENSE.

Seeking Beauty?

Seeking Beauty?

DENSER

Video vlog

Facts

Your 3 jewels

So I’m currently reading the principles of economics by Saifedean, and I really love it. I realize that in my life, I’ve only ever been interested in media and things which actually gave me real life utility or payoff for practical live reality, real joy hope optimism faith etc.

So for example, the logic of a lot of modern day living I think can greatly be benefited once we actually put into words and precisely define the terms in which we are engaging in. So for example, energy power, poverty prosperity, trade money, capital labor etc.

In fact, economics might be the most important field to study in the practical pragmatic sense that assuming that you’ve ever handled a $100 bill, purchased anything on Amazon Amazon prime, been to Whole Foods, traveled, bought an airline ticket, purchased an apple device, filled up the gas in your car or supercharged your Tesla or electric vehicle, or even better yet… Turned on an air-conditioning unit or heater or put on a down jacket, you will know that these things matter.

Energy poverty

So one thing I’ve realized is I wonder… If 95% of the world’s misery has to deal with energy poverty.

For example, heat and air conditioning. For example if you’ve ever tried to sleep in this while touring hot humid 105° weather in Southeast Asia or Dubai, you know that life without air-conditioning is not a life worth living. During the day I don’t need air-conditioning, but certainly at night, it helps me sleep. I almost cannot sleep without air-conditioning on.

Also, in a lot of the industrialized world, especially having spent time in Michigan, the East Coast, Providence Rhode Island etc., and even Los Angeles during the winter months, it gets fucking cold, really really late at night or really really early in the morning, or just in general.

No one bizarre thing I found is a lot of Americans Asian people etc., are far too Puritan when it comes to heating. They are very very stingy about cranking on the heat!

In fact, I think to waste electricity or energy on heat and air conditioning is virtuous; because once again, cold and frigid bodies leads to human misery.

As a consequence, some strange individuals think that it is a virtue and that it is virtuous to be miserable? And that it is somehow advice to be prosperous, rich successful, and happy?

The virtues of misery?

I’ll give you a real example; typically if you’ve been from any sort of immigrant family, in which your parents were not born in America but came here in search for greater economic opportunities, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Typically we are taught that to overcome difficult difficulty and suffering is a virtue, and that a life of ease happiness joy and leisure is a vice?

Yet the strange thing that a lot of these people living in poverty then say is that they brag about how they know about other random people or super super rich? Very strange.

I almost wonder if now, behind closed doors, other people then brag about how rich and successful I am?

Anyways, doesn’t really matter; I wonder than if once again, critical issues here:

first, the general idea is that if you have the option, and you’re most certainly do, make your habitation as comfortable as possible! What this means is structure your world in such a way that when you’re at home, just adjust the heat or the cooling or whatever, to make your home as comfortable to you as possible. And when you’re sleeping, try to change the thermostat to whatever temperature helps you sleep well!

in fact, my practical thought is assuming that you are like some sort of investor or money making machine, the very very practical and pragmatic thought is that in fact, you should prioritize your sleep exercise and food in such a way that helped you maximize your optimism joy and happiness and personal productivity because the greater you take care of your own personal health habitation climate food and sleep, the more productive you will become, thus yielding you more money accumulation etc.?

What is poverty?

So if we think about money or like heat or energy, perhaps we should consider heat loss.

What is heat loss in economic terms? Your car payment, your mortgage payment, your rent, your subscription services, maybe your credit card payments?

Visual ease for our eyes

I think I’ve got it figured out; I think the reason why I really like Matt Black, or a nice matte black wrap on a car is that it provides some sort of visual ease. Like when you look at a really really nice met black car, all matte black everything, matte black is very very easy on the eyes. It has a beautiful sheen and Verneer, is not distracting, yet pleasing!

I also think the same things with homes, clean white paint on the walls, and neutral gray or stone colored surfaces and fixtures? For example, for fools who think that colors don’t matter; would you want to paint the tears your home brighter red? Probably not you’ll go insane.

Or would you want to paint your countertops of your kitchen like some sort of acidic looking green color? No!

As a consequence, I think colors are very very important. Typically colors which provide some sort of visual ease are derived from nature. For example, we like the color of green because it is the color of life, just imagine the windows 95 or the windows Vista wallpaper. We love a blue sunny sky with rolling green verdant Hills. Or think about Sapa in Vietnam same idea.

What is consumerism?

My innovative thought is that consumerism and capitalism is not the same thing. Consumerism is the exact opposite of capitalism.

Capitalism is all about capital accumulation, whereas consumerism is blowing it.

Or in more crude terms, capitalism is like semen retention, and consumerism is blowing your load.

Why?

The general way that consumerism works is that you are exposed to advertisements which convince you that somehow your life is incomplete and miserable and unhappy and that in order to seek happiness, you must purchase XYZ in order to make you happy. And then it becomes like a mathematical equation somewhat: the more units of XYZ you purchase, The higher degree your happiness will become.

I’ve also discovered that promoting minimalism and reduction is not a profitable path. For example, encouraging people to not waste their money is not profitable.

However, getting a bunch of losers to buy overpriced loser stuff is profitable.

Body shame

So the first way that consumerism does this is that it makes people feel ugly. It makes people feel ugly in terms of their body, body shape, body composition, and it just makes people feel ashamed about being naked.

So for example, as a consequence, people feel ashamed of their bodies, and do everything in their power to hide their ugliness.

My personal theory on why there is this new trend of people wearing really really baggy clothes and jeans and sweaters and hoodies and stuff is precisely for people to hide their ugliness.

For example, you would only ever wear short short shorts if you actually have impressive legs or a butt or behind to show off.

Or if you’re a man, you would only ever walk around topless without a shirt on, if you have a beautiful or impressive upper body.

Or as a woman, similar speaking you’re only probably walking around in a sports bra or a bikini if you also have impressive muscles, and also a low body fat percentage.

Can you spend money to hide your ugliness?

You see this all the time; especially vehicles. I also have a theory that purchasing a vehicle is like buying a really really expensive article of clothing; once again to hydrogenous you hide behind your car with 5% limo tint. Do you want to feel cool sexy grand powerful indestructible master of the road etc ,,, and you do this by jumping in your loser Range Rover, or your loser AMG wagon, or your loser Porsche etc.

The only people I trust are people who drive without any tint.  And do not wear sunglasses or anything that covers up their eyeballs, or anybody who also has facial hair, which is the new modern day trend to hide the ugliness of your face or your double chin, or a baseball hat or a hat of any sort which is also another way to hide your balding or your ugly head.

what is true power?

So some guys with low testosterone, who want to seem tough and strong or whatever, buy all these firearms and guns because it makes him feel tougher more dominant more powerful etc. But the truth is it makes your dick size smaller, what does a typical gun owner look like? Typically somebody who spends too much time on Fox News, alternative right wing Facebook, and is always reading some weird quick bait about how liberals are ruining everything.

And also, this fake fear mongering.

So for example if you have a gun, the excuse is that it is for “self-defense“. But if you need to self defend yourself, it is a sign of fear. The general fear is that somebody else might have a gun or some sort of firearm or knife or something, and that somehow you need to “defend” Yourself and your family etc.  But there is not a positive aggressor factor; nobody ever buys a gun within intention to physically positively attack somebody, unless your hobby is hunting wildlife going to the shooting range whatever.

So then, the only rational reason for somebody to own a gun is out of fear. But then, if you’re a real man and have no fear, what is the use of a gun? None!

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Fear marketing?

FOMO fear of missing out, or, fear of missing out on some sort of economic opportunity which could alleviate you from your economic suffering and poverty.

So the reason why this is so insidious is that once again, a lot of this fake news or click bait you see on the Internet is predicated around fear. If you do not read this article somehow you will be at a loss, or that you and your future family or your bank account can be harmed.

What is so fascinating about bitcoin is that actually, it is the opposite. In some ways, you are not afraid of chaos because chaos actually favors you; in some ways you actually desire chaos!

For example, the more chaos uncertainty inflation and bad economic policies there are on the planet, bitcoin benefits and so does you!

So whenever you hear about inflation whatever blah blah blah and the economy is going to tank, the simple strategy is to just buy Bitcoin because the more fear porn you see in the news and the media, the better the return of your bitcoin! 

Financial freedom within four years?

Retiring within four years?

 I do not know a single human being who actually wants to work and labor. Similarly speaking, I do not know any individual in which it is his autotelic passion to be working at said tech company. They would rather retire, live free, travel the planet and the globe, etc., be chilling on a beach somewhere etc.

Even a question I often ask people is that assuming that you’re a trillionaire whatever, what would you rather be doing? If the entrepreneur‘s job or desire is to actually discontinue doing the things that they are already doing, it is typically assigned that whatever they are engaged in is a means to an end not the end in itself. And therefore I feel like the logical strategy in life is to think about the end and work your way backward; like think about if you were a trillionaire, worth $100 trillion, and that number is Actually going up faster than you could spend it, if that is the case, once again, what would you rather be doing?

So for example for myself, my general passion is movement, travel, being in different places, weightlifting, building up my body, enjoying the beauty of my body my muscles my flexing, sharing new exciting ideas which inspire me, and also empowering other human beings? Who are in the same boat as me? 

I am a pretty ordinary person

My general belief is actually, I am a super super normal ordinary person. I don’t believe in genetics, I believe that genetics is like eugenics 2.0 or racism 2.0, I truly believe that almost 99% of our potential is sociological, training, education knowledge etc.

Certainly there are certain things which are malleable and not.

If you are a fully grown adult, having $1 trillion in your bank account will not make you taller. If you are a born a dwarf, like you’re a 4 foot tall man, or 3 foot tall man, once again I’m being a trillionaire will not make you 6 foot two.

And also, there are certain things that one cannot do like change the proportions of your face, like distance between your eyeballs etc. I call this the hammerhead shark index; some people naturally have eyes which are more further apart like a toad, etc.

Yet what is one thing that any human being can do on the planet? Increase their muscle mass, decrease their body fat percentage, and also something which is slept on; getting a lovely tan!

The new dark skin racism

So in Korea, to be really really dark and tan is seen as a bad thing. Do you want to be white to like the emperor, because the emperor can stand in the shade all day, while their servants and slaves does all the dirty work in the sun.

House slave or field slave?

House nigga don’t fuck with me I’m in the fields nigga, go shine cutlery – JAY Z

Probably one of the most interesting songs on entrepreneurship is the story of OJ by Jay Z. Jay Z outlines it easily; the path to riches wealth and success, and avoiding the pitfalls of poverty.

For example, the importance of credit. Also not blowing your money at the strip club.

“I bought every V 12 engine, wish I could take it back to the beginning”

The way I interpret this quote is that Jay Z’s regret is that he wasted all this money in purchasing these expensive V dub engines, to dull his senses, kind of like some sort of self euthanasia?

I think then what Jay-Z wishes he did is that taking all that money and capital that he wasted on these expensive cars, and investing it in a creative investments instead. For example, his regrets not buying more real estate in Dumbo, and feeling Dumbo about it.

Now JC is a great model but also he is a bit dated. I think like I’m the new Jay-Z; except that I have legs that could run the world. Until you meet somebody who could lift 1000 pounds without steroids, fasted, nobody is superior to ERIC KIM.

The new blueprint

The orange print:

My personal thought is the only good out of money is to purchase beef, beef ribs, beef liver, pasture raised eggs, with the really dark orange yolks, beef tongue, organ meats, bone marrow, and weightlifting equipment.

Also, one of my greatest joys of something I invested in which I think is actually super super smart is purchasing two 50 kg weight plates.  they are made out of steel, which means that you could pack more weight into a smaller footprint. Each weight plate is 110 pounds, and because it is made out of solid steel, I am very very certain that these could last until the time that Seneca becomes 36 years old, and has a son of his own.

 The first born son of the firstborn son of their firstborn son

So one of my great gratitudes is that I was born into a position of privilege; my father was the first born son, I think he was the oldest. As a consequence, because I was the first born son the oldest son of the oldest son, I was treated like a king by my grandma. And I am grateful to my grandma for this.

As a calm consequence, I grew up with zero inferiority complex in fact, I probably grew up with this superiority complex.  in some ways I’m like Kanye West on steroids. Why? Kanye has always had an inferiority complex because he was a Shorty guy, I think he’s only like 5 foot six? And I’m like 5 foot 11? And as a consequence, I have never felt small in my life?

Also I suppose the gratitude is in the big area where I grew up, most of the kids in my school were Asian Asian American, so once again, I never felt like a minority? I’ll always felt like I was a part of the majority.

Maybe also the benefit is that Seneca, and I am so grateful that he was born the way he is, and that he is the next generation, the next heir to the throne. He’s like Simba and I’m like Mufasa. Or, he’s like the next King Leonidas.

Anyways, all of these sad single men without kids or family or without a beautiful wife, they’re all chasing after these silly things like the Porsche 911 GT 3RS, the Lamborghini with the scissor doors, or some sort of arbitrary amount of money in their banking account. But these fools, don’t they realize that the best joy on the planet 1,000,000,000,000×1,000,000,000,000 is for you as a man to have a son?

Training

My ethos and approach to raising Seneca has been super simple: 100% beast boy carnivore beef diet, and maximum physical exercise and engagement with embodied reality and the world. This means maximum exposure to the elements, being outside, in the direct sun, playing at the playground, and now riding his bike around everywhere.

From the Facebook buy nothing group we got this wonderful balancing wooden bike, with no pedals. From one Seco was maybe a year and a half, he would just walk it around like a walker, on the side, and then randomly like six or eight months ago, he jumped on it, and now he’s off! Also I bought him these LED bike helmet lights, and also front and rear LED lights, and outfitted his balancing bike with it, and he loves it! And also as a parent I’m happy because it improves his visibility by at least a factor of 1000 X, especially when he rides when the sun goes down, and as a consequence, he feels so much pride!

True pride

Country to popular believe, I think consumerism discourages you from having children. Why? Kids are not as profitable as single working adults.

So for example, both men and women, the consumerist, the consumerist ethos is you never want to have a kid, because they will cramp your style, prevent you from traveling to Japan and eating good omakase sushi in Kyoto,  whatever. But actually, on the contrary, the wise capitalist actually has a desire and urge to have as many children he can as possible, Because he knows that having children is accretive, whereas having dogs or other loser things is dilutive. Or driving any vehicle which requires premium gas is dilutive.

Therefore the wise capitalist would only drive some sort of old used Toyota Prius, because he wants to invest 99% of his money into bitcoin and micro strategy stock, because it will pull up forever with phenomenal gains, whereas somebody who is thinking that the world is going to end is going to buy some sort of loser Porsche Ferrari, because he thinks that his only life right now can be enjoyed right now, and he will have nothing to laugh to bequest his  inheritance to. 

Accumulating riches

An interesting scene in the movie 300 is when King Leonidas is climbing the mountain to talk to the ephors,  and he has in a little sec a container full of many gold coins.

This was an interesting scene to me because the common understanding is that Spartans live in poverty, but I suppose they also have gold and gold coins! But the only use it when they need to, in regards to war defense etc.

And once again, if I told you with 100% certain that your life would be secure forever, and no one would ever try to physically assault you your family or kids your life, wouldn’t there be zero incentive to purchase a gun or any other sort of self-defense weapon?

why would you trade paradise away?

Bitcoin is Paradise. Like a mobile paradise you could always carry with you everywhere you go. Why would you trade it for some sort of second best thing?

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The only constant is change

Refusal to change is the hopgoblin of weak souls.

Why is there such a resistance to change? I think a new one who is resistant to change is a coward.

For example, let us say that you were a lead night, and that you were afraid that the printing press would put people out of business, or that the mechanical room would impulse people whatever, and as a consequence, you make it your life purpose to destroy all of the printing presses and the looms.

Or, let us say that you’re also want these silly people who think that somehow, AI or robots or whatever will destroy all these human jobs and labor. You fool, don’t you know that this is just going to usher in some of the newest greatest prosperity of all time?

Labor

So what a lot of people don’t understand is that once again, in the past, we were all about the horse carriage and buggy, once the automobile came along, were there a bunch of people who were afraid that somehow the automobile would put people out of business who drove the horse and buggies?

NEVER STOP THINKING.

ERIC