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Street photography as courage. Photography philosophy as embodied life. A living archive by ERIC KIM.
Hyper Healthy
Not enough to just be “healthy“, but instead, to seek to become hyper healthy . A new level of healthiness ever seen before. Hyper health.
Focus on and optimize for our human physiology
Why are you must focus on your human physiology If you focus on and optimize for your own bodily human physiology, everything else will succeed.
How to Become More Productive
The point of life is not productivity! Said all unproductive people.
How to Reap the Upsides Without the Downsides
A very empowering thought is this; how can we reap the upsides of something, without having the downsides? Perhaps this is what stoicism is all about, to extract the maximum upside of existence and …
Driving Philosophy
Assuming you live in Southern California, the suburbs, or pretty much anywhere in America, we are still very reliant on cars. Some thoughts: 1. Walking is supreme First of all, is the ideal life …
Money & Passion
The ideal is to do something you’re passionate about, and also something that makes a lot of money. That means, something which is valued in modern day society: Marketing, advertising, product, product design, lifestyle, …
(Normal) iPhone Marketing Suggestions
Not good news. Going to an Apple store recently, during this holiday season, the store is practically empty, the workers looked deflated, no zest or cheer, and the consumers look bored. Lots of security …
The motivation to upgrade?
For example, let’s say you already have an iPhone 13 Pro. There really a strong enough motivation to upgrade to an iPhone 14 Pro? Things should be designed in such a way in which …
How to Deal With Driving Fatigue?
Would a Tesla autopilot really help here? Also — Does different models of a car truly help reduce driving fatigue? For example, assuming you did have auto pilot, would there actually be a difference …
Undernourishment is the issue?
All of these maladies, depressions, physiological darkness — a consequence of under-nourishment, not enough carnivore meat consumption?
STOICISM: Think of and treat others as if they were sick, or unwell
When the actions or behaviors of others are in a way which rubs you the wrong way, a stoic strategy is to just think of them as sick patients in a hospital, somebody with …
I have a passion for words
I have a passion for words, language, marketing and branding language, etc.
Risk Taking
Take the risk! Becoming the outlier How to become the wolf How to become more gay
Exposure is Good
Sun exposure, UV exposure, idea exposure, photo exposure, fame exposure etc.
Difficult to Read, Difficult to Digest.
The only type of books to read.
Challenge, Risk, Conquest.
Our three keys towards the happiest life
Happy Photos
It is our duty to become happier photographers!
Why Are We So Into Other People?
A new thought: it is a vice to be interested in other people, whether good or bad. As an experiment, spend a month to not praise anybody else, or critique anybody else. Better yet, …
Avert your eyes and your body
When you see or witness something that you don’t like, physically turn your body away from it or that person or those people, and also avert your eyes. This is a good stoic approach …
Become the Outlier
I remember taking AP statistics in high school, and learning about the notion of the “outlierâ€. That when you had a certain data point and there was a certain data point which was not …
Speak your mind
Have the courage to speak your mind, even if you’re going to get angry, be aggressive, yell, etc.
It is more interesting to be a photographer without an Instagram, than a photographer with.
Read essay →The Brightest Shall Win!
My extreme joy of being able to be outdoors, in the direct light, and the direct sun, while using my iPad Pro.
The Philosophy of Hormones
It seems in today’s modern world, we don’t like to think that hormones exist, or affect us. We like to think that our mind is supreme, and can overcome and conquer any sort of …
How to Become Gay
Better to be a gay (happy and jovial) monster than to be a sentimental bore. Via Nietzsche — via Galliani. “The gay science†(The Joyful Wisdom) Gai— old French. Joyful, merry. Nietzsche has this …
I GOT NO TIME FOR BASIC!
Basic people, basic thinking, basic concerns, etc. Basic gossip, basic drama, basic interactions.
BECOME THE WOLF
Better to be a gay monster than a sentimental bore:
Real Men Drink Robusta
Anyone who is too into specialty coffee is signaling some sort of oversensitivity and weakness. Real men drink robusta. Higher caffeine content, and also, less sugar. Theory; because arabica is very sweet, is it …
Why Be Different?
Why be different? What is the upside of being different, living different, and being different?
How long until gas stations accept crypto?
One day we will see: This ARCO now accepts crypto!
All living conditions and situations kind of suck but the question is better how to extract the maximum benefit out of it without the downside?
Also, getting angry, or annoyed; how to deal with this? A lot of stoic philosophers dealt with issues of anger, even Seneca “De Iraâ€. However, anger shouldn’t be an emotion or feeling that we …
Photos are a Tonic
There is nothing which puts a bigger smile on my face than reviewing photos of Sen.
How to Become the Outlier
I remember taking AP statistics in high school, and learning about the notion of the “outlierâ€. That when you had a certain date of that, and there was a certain data point which was …