The ERIC KIM plan to getting insanely strong, muscular, and better.

What is “racism”, anyways?

Race, we are all the human race. I think what people mean to say is “place of origin.” Also, we gotta change up the terminology— a more useful word to use is “morphology“, which is, how one physiologically looks in the face, certain facial features, skin tone, etc.

For example, if your heritage, your past ancestors lived in sub-Saharan Africa for many generations, certainly your skin will have a darker pigment, as a way to fend off the scorching sun. However, if your family originated from Northern Sweden, let us say Umea, certainly you will have a lot more fair skin, as a way of absorbing maximal UV radiation during the winter time, often when there is only 30 minutes of sunlight a day.

Where do you live?

I don’t have too much experience living in the south, or even the Midwest. I grew up mostly in California the Bay Area, growing up most of my childhood youth in Alameda California, right next to Oakland. Going to Castro Valley high school, going to UCLA as an undergraduate, and spending some years nomading around the world.

In America, when people talk “racism”, what do they mean to say?

Class

For example, is there a difference between being a young Caucasian “trailer trash” kid (let’s say an Eminem) or being an African-American kid from the projects? Maybe not.

And for example, currently I am in Southern California, Orange County, and there is a massive homeless issue here. A lot of these homeless people are actually Caucasian. For the most part people look at them as subhuman.

Also, let us consider Kim Kardashian. Is Kim Kardashian “white“? I don’t think people even think about it, they just think of her as Kim Kardashian. All American.

Or, do people consider Beyoncé as being “black“? No. She is just Beyoncé.

Race is the red herring

I think in America, ultimately what people want is power. I think true power comes from politics, the military, money, real estate, etc.

Certainly we have implicit biases for different people in America. We will judge and stereotype and have a bias towards people based on the way they walk, dress, what car they drive, what their face looks like, their skin pigment, their sex, etc. But ultimately, I think racism in America is overblown. The bigger issue is about class, socioeconomic status etc.

Something I’m starting to realize, why is it that everyone is always so shocked and flabbergasted on how insanely strong I am? I think it is because in America, there is a bias that Asian men cannot become physically strong and dominant, even when people mention Bruce Lee, he is more like a wizard than an Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Also some thing that people are confused by; how I hype myself up, and how I become a beast. Also, the bias that Asian men cannot get loud and ratchet.

Also, how confident I am, how egocentric I am, and how sociable I am. Asian men tend to be meek and quiet and reserved.

Funny enough, in someways this bias also pertains to Caucasian men. If you think about the modern day Caucasian man, who frequents Reddit several times a day, he is the same. A funny thought; is Arnold Schwarzenegger “white“? Or even “Caucasian”? No. He is just Arnold.

Typically when we think about physicality, or loudness, or breaking social norms, we never bat an eye when it is somebody who is African-American. Why? Maybe it is because when we watch sports, on TV, whether it be the NFL, basketball, etc., it is predominantly African American men. Also, rap music, hip-hop culture, etc. Also, typically lower socioeconomic people tend to be loud and disruptive. In America, I think statistically there is a higher chunk of lower socioeconomic status African-American men than there is higher socioeconomic class.

I don’t really see that many buff and swole Latino guys.

Takeaway point:

It doesn’t really matter what race or ethnicity you are, you are just you, just do as you please.

When in doubt, eat 3% more meat than you think you should.

For myself, intermittent fasting throughout the day, no breakfast no lunch, only one massive dinner a day, I strive to eat around 4 pounds of beef or lamb.

Critique on Tesla Model S— don’t give them an option. Only yoke steering! To backtrack is cowardly.

Just saw a Lamborghini Huracan, slammed to the floor outside from the gym, and I was thoroughly unimpressed. It looks really really small. Metaphorically and literally.

If you really really care, you will obtain it.

Be a man of a few words.

The question is, simply striving to conquer things you care for.

Considering that beef liver, beef heart, beef intestine, and other organ meats contain the highest amount of cholesterol, in order to gain more energy and power, and more testosterone, consume more innards.

Rather than seeking a steady and predictable life, life is much more interesting and fun when it is jagged, uneven, and random. More stochastic resonance in your life.

To become happier and more productive, and stronger, just lift weights, ideally, very heavy weights near your maximum, one repetition max style lifting.

Join the 2,000 pound club

The easiest way to press five plate is to do it off the floor.

Podcast

Things Which Get Better Over Time, Things Which Get Worse Over Time?

Some longevity thoughts:

Thinking car interiors

I’ve always been passionate about cars ever since I was a kid, and even now as an adult, I am still very interested and passionate about them, even Seneca loves them!

Seneca and I have been spending a lot of time touring different cars, and their interiors, like the Lucid air, all of the Tesla cars, as well as even the more recent Polestar cars.

This is the big thought I have:

All of these interiors, and the touch screens will get dated very quickly.

For example, the UI/UX of the lucid touch screens, as well as the polestar touch screens are insanely ugly, make no sense, and not intuitive. The Tesla touch screens are better, yet even though I find navigating them to be insanely confusing.

Even when you inspect the Rolls-Royce cars, all of these buttons and levers in the cars will get dated, and probably will sooner or later break.

Why all cars are bad

All electric cars are bad insofar much as the battery technology quickly get dated. Can you imagine if you bought a $100,000 iPhone, can you imagine using it for 30 years?

Also with gasoline cars, hybrid cars, plug-in hybrid cars, etc., sooner or later all of these motors and moving parts will require maintenance and will break sooner or later.

Even a superficial thing; when I bought my 13 inch MacBook Pro touch bar in 2017, refurbished and maxed out, now the battery only lasts about a minute or two before I have to charge it in. The thing says I need to replace the battery, but I don’t have time for that.

The problem with 99.9% of cars, and car interiors — they will get dated for two quickly. That means, especially all the new touchscreen technologies in cars will get outdated far too quickly.

Perhaps a fun way we could experiment in life is adapt new unorthodox ways of doing things, in order to just fulfill our personal curiosity about what would happen?

Any marketing which mentions vegan, vegan leather, etc., I hate. This marketing lingo alone makes me not want to buy something.

Even as a kid — design from the 90s was insanely ugly!

Most strong guys can’t do this, especially with their less dominant (often left) hand:

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One handed challenge:

Two of my great passions.

When it is really cold, you could wear a down vest inside, and another down jacket on top of it?

Once you’re a billionaire, then, perhaps the next step is to just create things, for the sake of making them, in order to create some sort of idealized reality for yourself and others.

For example, my new passion for outdoor gyms. I really think that not only with this massively benefit myself, it would also massively benefit others.

Also, more affordable apartment and more houses, with insane amount of natural light.

Do exercises which promote standing.

A good analogy; in regards to other annoying people, just think of them and treat them like mosquitoes.

For example, nobody likes mosquitoes, we all hate them. Yet after we get bitten by mosquitoes, we hate it, but, we don’t necessarily ascribe blame to the mosquito. Mosquitoes do as they do.

Then, best way to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes is try to avoid being in places where mosquitoes congregate, or, wear a certain long sleeve clothing which prevents mosquitoes from biting

I hate indoor gyms.

In praise of working and being productive outdoors, maybe just using your iPad or iPhone, and also, with gyms, opting to work out at an outdoor gym.

Maybe we humans are just like plants, we need the light, photosynthesis.

Bitcoin still as the GOAT — the greatest circulating supply.

Specifically, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Cambodia etc.