In praise of the new iPad.
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How to Become a Philosopher
Every kid is born a philosopher, because they like to question things. Every child is born curious, and I think the saddest thing is when their curiosity is not enabled. That they are forced to simply obey and follow rules.
One of the things which I’m grateful for being born in America (thank you Umma) is that I think it is the least bad place to be born in terms of fostering independent thinking.
Truth be told, America is not perfect. I think for the most part, teachers promote “independent thinkingâ€, or “critical thinking in court. A funny thing I saw Brown university was a street sticker that said “Resist critical thinking!†Essentially what the author meant to say is that when it comes to standardized notions of “critical thinking“, at elite universities and Ivy Leagues, everyone ends up thinking the same.
I don’t want to be woke
The first step in philosophy is gaining some sort of self-confidence for yourself. To have confidence in your ideas, your thinking, and your mode of doing things.
Why I love sociology
I still remember my horrible experience taking an introduction to philosophy course at UCLA, in which I was seeking to do a fun class to discover the meaning of life and stuff like that, and instead was barraged with a horrible logic class. I wanted to learn about the meaning of things, not to do mathematics!
I think at the university level, sociology is an introduction to philosophy. Why? The biggest benefit of studying sociology is that it teaches you to question things, “why is it that women are expected to stay home? And men are expected to be the breadwinner? Social logical notions of gender? What does it mean to be masculine or feminine?â€
In my courses are UCLA as an undergrad, with Terri Anderson and Mark Jepson, my favorite part about going to class was about the half hour discussion we had, open table like a Socratic seminar, in which we could simply speak our minds and share our opinions.
However, my big criticism of sociology, and most modern thought is that it is to focus on the sociological. Not enough focus on the biological.
For example, sociology teaches you that all human norms are 100% social, and there is no biology behind it. I believe this to be naïve. For example, if you compare men and women, men have at least 1000 times more testosterone than women, which changes the way that a man or a woman will behave. Now, just having more testosterone does it make one superior, it just makes one different.
The hilarious irony is that modern-day thinking says that everybody is different, however, you must still think like “them.â€
What is the upside of philosophy?
For me, I think the big upside of philosophy is personal empowerment, or becoming more intelligent and wise about things.
For example, when it comes to cars, everyone wants to get the “masculine“ car, like a Porsche 911 GT three RS, a Lamborghini, etc. However nobody ever questions a more simple question; doesn’t fact having a more expensive car make one more masculine? I said no. If you consider Brad Pitt, Tyler Durden from fight club, the height of masculinity, he doesn’t even own a car.
Therefore, a philosophical intervention from ERIC KIM:
it is more masculine in today’s society to not own a car, then to own a car, even if it be the worlds most expensive Lamborghini or McLaren.
It is the task of the philosopher to set values. For example, a philosophical question; is it better for humans to stay on earth indefinitely, and fix the conditions here? Or for us to simply use our resources on earth to go to Mars? Elon musk is an entrepreneur philosopher, because it is his philosophical belief that he wants humans to be interplanetary. That is his life goal.
And this is what is very important to study thinkers and entrepreneurs; what is their endgame?
Why app?
Why? the most important word for philosophers, and the most frequently used word from kids. The word that parents hate, and the teachers also hate. Certainly the question that you not dare ask your boss.
In fact, as an adult in today’s world, to simply ask the question why? Is one of the biggest acts of courage. In Korean 왜? Or Vietnamese “tại sao�
The reason why we are so afraid to ask why in today’s world is that it is seen as a threat or a challenge. You’re not allowed to simply be curious for the sake of it.
- Vietnamese: tại (“because of; for; to blameâ€) +‎ sao (“why; howâ€). Comes from the Chinese “zai†在, to exist; to be alive.
In fact, when I was in South Korea, I decided to step up my courage, and ask the question why? More frequently. Perhaps it is my American “chutzpah†which gives me the balls to do this, and I’m glad that I ask it. Whenever I ask elders this question, they cringe, and often don’t have a good answer.
Share your thoughts
Freedom of speech, or freedom of expression, especially in America has an ugly side. It gives rise to conspiracy theorists, anti-VAXXerws, racists and lunatics. I believe the reality is that at least in America, or with Twitter, etc., free speech cannot exist without hate speech. While I don’t like this, this is my philosophical thought.
So what are we to do about it? Perhaps better educate ourselves, and our children, for the future.
Great teachers like Tim Flangan and other teachers who are trying to make a change. For example, the great essay “Go for broke†by Timothy Flanagan on Japanese internment, and how even Benjamin Franklin was a racist.
“Why increase the Sons of Africa, by planting them in America, where we have so fair an opportunity, by excluding all Blacks and Iawneys [Asians], of increasing the lovely White?†– Benjamin Franklin, 1751
You will never hear this in any standard K-12 education.
How to avoid conspiracy theories
The funny thing is that a lot of people who begin to become more philosophical, at one point or another will be suckered by conspiracy theories. Why is this? My thought is that a lot of intelligent people have a hypersensitive pattern recognition cognition, in which they are more easily fooled by randomness, or correlation (not causation) and therefore, are more stubborn and easily fooled.
My practical technique is this; think, even if the conspiracy theory were true, does it really matter?
So for example, let us say that the moon landings were faked. Let us say that this is 100% true. Does it really matter? I don’t think so.
Or, that COVID-19 was some sort of conspiracy ploy to reduce the power of certain people. And that Bill Gates is trying to implant a 5G chip in all of her brains. Even if this were true, does it really matter? Not really.
I am more interested in the pragmatic every day reality of things. For example? How to gain more creative confidence, how to get a greater pump at the gym, and how to innovate.
Publish your thinking on your own YouTube, blog, podcast, etc.
Publish your thoughts on your own self hosted blog, I use 1and1.com and install wordpress.org. The upside of this is that none of your thoughts or words can be censored.
Or just think yourself, am I allowed to post nude photos, without getting flagged or having the thing removed? Or getting banned?
For example, on Facebook and YouTube and Instagram you cannot upload nudity. On your own self hosted website or blog, you can.
Perhaps this is why a lot of aspiring pornography stars use Twitter so much, less restriction.
Why everybody is fleeing Twitter
I do generally believe that Elon Musk bought out Twitter to promote free-speech. Very much how Jeff Bezos bought out the Washington post to promote freethinking.
The number one thing that Jeff Bezos has ever done, which gains my respect is how he self published his cheating scandal with his wife, on his own medium account (No, thank you Mr. Pecker.
But once again, the problem with promoting free-speech is that it raises hate speech. For example, I saw on the news the other day that after Elon musk took the reins at Twitter, his speech has increased 100 fold.
I say as a suggestion for Twitter, to create certain filters for hate speech, and just make it not appear in other peoples timelines, in order to not “trigger“ people. But still allow it to be public on their own Twitter page.
Also, I think there also needs to be further accountability for people doing hate speech, they are only allowed to hate speech if it is linked and verified to their real identity. Anonymous racists on Twitter should not be allowed. For example, would a closet racist really say the N-word in front of a African-American man, if you were in the center of Compton? No. But with the men say it on Twitter under an anonymous pseudo-name? Yes.
Never stop thinking
ERIC
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Chutzpah
My favorite Yiddish word — chutzpah. To be “insolent†or “audacityâ€. In modern-day English, “to have ballsâ€.
A thought: Jewish people are American. Much of American culture is the ride from Jewish and Yiddish language. As a kid growing up, watching reruns of Seinfeld, I had no idea that the entire show of Seinfeld was based around Jewish American culture.
For example, just Google “famous Jewish actors“, and you might be surprised. Or this IMDB list: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, James Franco, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Harrison Ford, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Adam Sandler, Shia Leboeuf, Woody Allen, Ben Stiller, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Kirk Douglas, Mel Brooks, Sacha Baron Cohen, Billy Crystal, William Shatner, Jerry Seinfeld, Pink, Leonard Nimoy, etc.
Also Drake, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Amy Winehouse, Bob Dylan, etc.
Why Are People So Antisemitic and Anti Jewish?
Something I’ve realized —
So much of America and the world is antisemetic and anti Jewish.
My theory why this is:
(more…)They are envious and jealous of the success of Jewish people and want to scapegoat them.
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Books are overrated
I’ve been stopping by Barnes & Noble more frequently with Seneca in order to play and just kill time, or be shielded from the elements. However, after looking at all these books in Barnes & Noble, none of them are good. Maybe the only good section is the philosophy section, in which I saw a new annotated version of Marcus Aurelius meditations.
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BONE MARROW
Bone marrow is worth its weight in gold! Also as a pro tip, wrap up some Korean seaweed, the crispy stuff, and make a pseudo sushi dish out of it!
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KID PRODUCTIVITY
If you only had two hours a day to spare, or even just one hour a day to spare, what would you do with your time?
For me, I spend about an hour at the gym, while Seneca is napping, and then I will spend about an hour doing creative work. After that, no more free time.
Ironically enough, a lot of people see this is the downside. They want more free time to do the stuff they want. However, my personal thought is this; having a kid is the ultimate productivity hack, because it helps you really filter down what is truly essential and important to you.
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It is not multitasking which we seek, rather, simply to allow background tasks to continue while we want to do the thing desired.
For example, while I am uploading photos to my WordPress blog media library, I also want to voice dictate out some thoughts on iA Writer, like I am doing now.
This is one of the upsides of doing split screen on the iPad, that you could continue to upload your files while you are doing other things.
Or, the great benefit of using a laptop, in which you can concurrently upload five videos at once, without having to constantly check up on it.
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Potentiality is what interests me.
Reaching your own potential, and also going beyond your potential. Also, helping unlock the potential in others.
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INSANELY LIGHTWEIGHT
For example, the new powder.design WordPress theme from Brian Gardner is only a few kilobytes kb!!
As a personal aesthetic, always optimize for insanely lightweight. Titanium, carbon fiber, the lightest thing possible.
When comparing products, don’t compare power, simply compare weight.
For example, the best iPhone is the lightest and newest one — iPhone SE, the best iPad is the lightest one, and also the best MacBook laptop is the lightest one.
For camera, the lightest camera. RICOH GR 3X.
Also, better to get the lightest thing, with less durability, like carbon fiber, than get the heavier thing, which is more durable but heavier.
DESIGN THOUGHTS
- MORE AGGRESSIVE DESIGN
- COMPROMISE DESIGN.
‘WASTEFUL’? - Tight vs Loose
- Thick vs Thin
- Why Lamborghini is No Longer Interesting to Me
- DESIGN PHILOSOPHY IS AN ETHOS.
- LESS SURFACE AREA.
- ANTI IN-BETWEEN
- CLASSIC/TIMELESS IS BORING.
- Photographers are Designers
- Why Perfect?
- Beautiful but Boring
- AGGRESSIVE DESIGN.
- DESIGN IS KING.
- WHY DESIGN?
- THE RAGING BULL.
- BARE BONES.
- The Best Car for Thinking
- Zen Aesthetics
- Why Minimalism?
- SPARTAN DESIGN.
- Generic Design
- An Elite Aesthetic
- Not Hateful Design
- New Forward Facing Design vs Retrospective and Nostalgic Design
- Depressing Design vs Uplifting Design
- The Best Design Towards What Ends?
- Exciting or Boring Design?
- On Design & Photography
- A Designer Desires to Design and Create Things!
- Delightful Technology and Design
- Dynamic Aesthetics
- Design vs Brand Prestige
- Classic Proportions, Modern Design
- Why Does Design Matter?
- The Best Design
- MUSCULAR DESIGN.
- Camera Design
- Watch Design
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Is it possible to live a life in which you never spend any money?
And as you get older, your money keeps getting bigger? You see the numbers increasing in your savings account indefinitely?
MONEY 101
- Money Thoughts
Via Negativa Wealth - Wealth is Mental
- Money Moves You
- How to Monetize My Passion
- Just Follow the Money
- My Money Philosophy
- Eternal fame and glory over money
- The Trillion Dollar Question: How to Make Money on the Internet Without Advertising?
- Entrepreneurship that Doesn’t Involve Money-Making?
- Money Ain’t Real
- Making Money for Fun, Not to Get Rich
- Why Money?
How to Become Rich
- Money for What?
- Reverse Lifestyle Creep #moneynotes
- Money isn’t Real
- Money Thoughts
- Don’t do it for the money
- What is the Practical Utility of Money?
- Why Save Money?
- Less Money, Less Problems
- 35 Money Tips To Become Wealthy
- Should I Make Money From My Photography?
- The 3 Principles of Making Money With Photography
- Money Thoughts
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Why do you want to recover “faster“?
I don’t really 100% understand steroids, but it seems that steroids are a healing agent. It speeds up your body’s ability to heal and rebuild itself. Therefore, you don’t just inject yourself with steroids and magically get buffer. Rather, it seems that the upside of steroids is that it allows you to frequent the gym more often, recovering quicker, heal quicker, and therefore get more gains quicker.
But the more philosophical question is this; why heal or recover quicker? For the sake of what?
My thought is that it is this line of thinking when it comes to capitalism, quick gains, quick growth, etc. However, it seems that it is actually better for your personal happiness to gain 1% every single day, for 120 years, instead of gaining 300% every day for only 10 years, and then lose all your gains. Note how depressed Ronnie Coleman must be, given the fact that he is still alive, and he is simply a shell of his former self. Having to live with that shame until he dies, maybe in the next 50 years, is hell.
There is this funny Jewish saying; the first generation earns the money, the second generation conserves it, and the third generation wastes it. Then the cycle repeats, ad infinitum.
For the most part, it seems that we humans like to see instant results. The joy of noticing a change, at a daily level.
The joy of just going to the gym is getting a creative boost, or a good bodily blood boost after frequenting the gym. For me, the joy is going to the gym and making new friends, shooting the shit, and the fun metabolic boost I get after going to the gym.
Even if I am not strong enough today to attempt a new personal record, that is OK. The joy of simply moving my body is the reward in itself!
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Sweating won’t cause you to lose fat
The funny thing is that a lot of people try to do certain “cardio“ workouts, running, etc. in order to sweat, because for some reason they think that sweating causes want to lose fat. This is not the case.
It seems that the only real way to lose fat is to stop consuming any form of carbohydrates, sugars starches dairy, etc.
This means no more eating fruit, whether “natural†or not. No juice. No beer, no alcohol.
Also, no nuts. Even almonds. If you want to lose fat, stop eating almond butter. Eat beef ribs instead.
Also, only consume water, black coffee, green tea, Matcha green tea, black tea, etc. No coke zero, or any of these other nonsensical artificially sweetened “zero calorie†stuff.
No bread rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. No beans legumes or tofu.
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I can’t afford to get sick
For example, I don’t want to get sick, or catch Covid, and risk the ability to not going to the gym for a few weeks. Or lose my strength, which prevents me from taking care of Seneca.
Therefore, a very pragmatic reason to still wear facemasks indoors.
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CREATIVE PUMP
The reason which I like going to the gym is because whenever I do hypelifting, I get a massive creative pump.
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Don’t live alone
Living with others is more drama, but also less lonely and more interesting and fun!
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Why is rent so expensive?
Currently paying $500 USD a month chilling at Cindy‘s mom‘s house. Anything more seems too expensive.
Even the thought of spending $1300 a month on a one bedroom or studio seems too expensive.
Why is rent so expensive?
Perhaps then the intelligent strategy is figuring out how to leverage things in order to not spend that much money on rent. For example, living with your parents at their house, and paying rent, or having a roommate or several roommates. Not living alone or solo.
Or, living abroad. When means in the were living in Hanoi we only spent $350 USD a month on a brand new studio apartment in Hanoi.
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Real men don’t own cars
Think Tyler Durden from fight club; I don’t own a car.
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The high score is meaningless
For example, at a Pac-Man machine, the high score is a meaningless, arbitrary number. Nobody cares for the high score. Rather as a player, you’re just interested in seeing how far you could go.
The more important metric is the credits, or the number of lives you got.
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Destroy the retro, invest in the new.
Pro Tesla, anti Porsche. Even my pediatrician just sold his Porsche 911 and bought a Tesla S Plaid instead in black. White interior.
In the long run, the new shall win.
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Retro will fail
For example, all of these new millennial arcades and shopping centers with vintage and retro video games. Why not invest in the new?
Everyone loves the classic streetfighter, but why not just buy the brand newest streetfighter machine instead?
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CLOTHING IS ARMOR.
Even the ancient Greeks lined the interior of their armor with lamb wool.
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Physical training for your kid
The upside of taking your kid to the park, or other places where they could exercise their physical faculties.
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Don’t ask, just do it.
And deal with the consequences later.
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CREATIVE BARBARIAN
We must become the new creative barbarians!
The Art of Creativity
Re-discover your inner-child like PICASSO:
- The Art of Featured Photos
- Remix Your Photos
- In Praise of Creativity
- EXTREME PRIDE.
- How to Conquer Creative Stagnation
- CREATIVE UPCYCLING
- Fewer Choices, More Creativity
- CREATIVE DARING
- CREATIVITY over PRODUCTIVITY
- HOW TO BECOME A MORE CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHER
- The Simplest Creative Workflow
- The Artistic Impulse
- The Photographer as Painter
- Home Photography Assignments
- Creative Optionality
- All Photos are Creative Photos
- In Photography Even the Smallest Thing Can be a Leitmotif
- 5 Creative Photography Motivation Ideas
- Creative Cross-Pollination
- In Praise of Creative Repetition
- The Joy of Glitching Your Photos
- How to Master Creativity
- Creative Work and Physiology
- Enough is Never Enough.
- Become More Uninhibited
- Utilitarianism is the Enemy of Creativity
- CONQUER CREATIVITY
- ERIC KIM Thoughts on Creativity
- What Do You *Really* Want in Life?
- Creative Iteration
- In Photography, Even the Smallest Thing Can Be a Leitmotif
- The Art of Creativity
- Why Constrain Yourself in Only Color or Black and White?
- In Praise of Collaging Your Photos
- The Purpose is to Create
- Photographing With No Filter in Small JPEG
- The Impetus to Create
- On Focusing on Your Own Self Development
- WHY COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS?
- Visual Stochastic Resonance
- Future Creativity
- Eternal Re-Creation
- How I Come Up With My Ideas (Ideation 101)
- How to Be Creative During Quarantine
- Constraints are Creative
- HOW TO BE MORE CREATIVE DURING COVID
- It is All Connected.
- What is Interesting to You is Very Likely to Be Interesting to Others
- Happiness as a Means to Creative Productivity
- How I Remix My Photos in iPad and ProCreate
- Creative Productivity
- In Praise of Repetition
- The Eternal Creative Loop
- CREATE!
- The Goal is Spontaneous Creative Activity
- Ignore Your Haters.
- You’re on a Winning Streak
- Ultralight Photography
- How to see.
- CREATORS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.
- How to Ignore Your Inner-Critic
- How to Unlock Your Inner-Genius
- Success is Your Only Option
- How to Make Your Photos More Artistic
- Creative Lessons Rick Rubin Can Teach You About Photography
- Why I Love Shooting With an LCD Screen
- How to Shoot Abstract Photography
- How to Be More Spontaneous in Your Photography and Life
- How to Re-Invent Yourself in Photography
- How to Photograph Like a Child
- How to Be a More Imaginative Photographer
- Provoke
- Never Rust
- Limit Your Palette
- Follow Your Intuition
- Have Creative Confidence in Yourself
- How To Find Your Unique Voice in Photography
- Beginner’s Mind
- There is No Wrong Way to Shoot Street Photography
- You Can’t Control the Results, Only Effort
- On Capturing Beauty in the Mundane
- On Searching For the Maximum
- The Beauty of “Creative Constraintsâ€
- How to Stay Curious
- Enjoy the Process
Learn more: Photography >
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GRIP STRENGTH
A thought–
Perhaps grip strength is the most important factor?
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How to boost your mood
Lots of espresso in the morning, and green tea, Matcha and or bagged. Very bright lights. Reviewing your photos on your iPad, standing.
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ALWAYS TAKE IT BACK TO CARTE BLANCHE
Get rid of the bloat!
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Downtown LA is now a proper city!
We even got an Apple store now!
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WE ARE THE NEW STREET GODS!
#streetgods x #streettogs
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Strength test: can you lift up a 150 pound dumbbell off the rack?
Use chalk. Good grip strength testing and strengthening.
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How to Become a Creative Barbarian
Just had a workshop in downtown LA the other day, shout out to my friends Don Dillon, Jose Mendez, Eric, and Anton.
One fun idea we innovated during the workshop with this notion of “creative barbarian“, that is, to get rid of all notions of what is proper in terms of creativity and success, and just to do things for fun, in a barbaric creative way.
What does it mean to become a creative barbarian?
The basic just is destroy all past notion of “successâ€, in regards to Parisian notions. No more romanticism. No more desire for a solo exhibition, a desire for 1 million followers, desire for a solo hard cover printed book, no desire for “success. In fact, what did the barbarians love to do? They loved to experience, explore and conquer. I don’t think they had any notion of “success“, which is mostly a modern notion.
The problem is people don’t know why they are making photos
Why do you make photos? And also, why do you need to be “successful†in your pursuits of creativity?
My personal theory is that in today’s modern capitalistic world, no activity is deemed as valid or legitimate unless there are metrics associated with it, and or money.
For example, never give people a straight answer. For example, if somebody ask you what you do for a living, don’t give them the standard boring answer like saying “I am a consultantâ€, or I am a programmer at company XYZ. Instead, just say you’re a photographer.
When you tell people you are a photographer, what they will think that is “do they make money from it? If so how much? And how can I pursue my own passion and make a living from it?â€
In America, it seems that everyone likes the idea of pursuing your passion and making a living from it. Then again the funny thing is that Americans also want to get super rich and famous for things. If I told you that you could make a living from your passion, and yet only make $40,000 a year from it, but have total creative freedom and life freedom, information on dependence, would you do it?
The best way
If your life goal is to publish some sort of printed book, I say instead just make a free, open access, open source PDF e-book out of it. In a lot of ways, I think print is overrated. 99% of the romanticization behind printed books is around the notions of “legitimacy†and “success“.
Photographers seem to have fragile self-esteem and ego. I have never met a self-confident photographer.
Do you gotta make money from it?
I don’t think so. For example, I do not monetize any of my YouTube videos, nor put out annoying advertisements on top of them. Why? The first thing is an ethical thing; I myself hate advertising, why would I do it to others? Even if I could earn a few bucks?
Intelligence strategy is to not monetize your YouTube videos. Why? Even if you get 100 million views on a single video, it might only earn you $7000 USD. That is not a lot of money.
Just think about these K-pop stars. How do they make money? Not through YouTube or YouTube advertising, but rather going on tour and selling merchandise. And truth be told, my suspicion is that K-pop stars, even BLACKPINK or BTS probably don’t make that much money. Probably, they just get some sort of base salary from their company, maybe they get paid $500,000 a year. But they do not own themselves or their souls.
How to publish a book
Lots of easy ways. The simplest one is just design it using Apple Keynote, either your laptop, iPad, or even your iPhone. Export it as a PDF, and just share it with friends and family via email, or just post a link to your blog, or host it on dropbox or Google Drive.
Another tool is affinity publisher, a great much cheaper alternative to Adobe InDesign. And what I love about it is that once you buy you own it forever, instead of some annoying subscription plan.
Also another option is to design it using Google slides, and export it as a PDF. Also you could directly share a Google slides link with your friends and family.
Watch my Vlog on being a creative barbarian
Thoughts on my mind
- Better to do the thing unoptimally than to not do it
- How to make the best out of a “bad†situation
- Decrease the range of motion, increase the weight.
How did ERIC KIM get so swole?
565 pound rack pull deadlift.
More fun: ERIC KIM back in America vlogs
Hadong South Korea creative Zen photography retreat 2023
One of my new workshops which I am super insanely pumped about: my first ever HADONG South Korea creative photography workshop retreat.
Tentative Dates: July 9th to July 15th, 2023 (Monday to Friday), every day.
If you want to be updated, register intent here.
GET STRAPPED UP
- HENRI NECK STRAP MARK IV: BECOME IMMORTAL.
- HENRI SHOULDER STRAP: GO HEAVY.
Moar in the HAPTIC SHOP >
Just vlog it.
I think many of us would benefit from using YouTube. Not for money, but for fun. Upload video slideshows of your photos, and also vlog your thoughts and experiences.
How to start your own YouTube channel
Other stuff I’m really into
- I really like the Philz Coffee new Manhattan blend, light roast. I just use it in my espresso machine at home, and it tastes great! A lot better than a lot of these new trendy “third wave“ coffee roasters.
- Drinking green tea during the afternoon and midday, the Kirkland green teabags taste fine, and also the cheap Matcha powder seems to work OK. I do miss the green tea that I got from HADONG South Korea however.
Get real photo feedback
Not sure how good your photos are or how you could improve? Upload them to arsbeta.com
A future future I would love to ARS is just being able to transcribe your feedback via audio.
Thoughts on suburban living
Yes, you can make good photos in the suburbs!
Also a new fun thought on my mind is this; if you could reap all of the upsides and benefits of the suburbs, is suburban living the best lifestyle possible?
ERIC KIM NEWS
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Other news
- Elon Musk and twitter — Elon has balls.
- Just have a kid.
- The art of hypelifting // 495 pound 5 plate hype “cheating†micro squat video link.
Learn more
Philosophers to read and study
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Elon Musk has balls
Getting rid of the old guard at Twitter is a very intelligent idea. Can be a good strategy towards long-term profitability. Also, I have deep admiration for any person who has balls.
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Coffee in the morning, green tea in the afternoon, ginger lemon tea at night.
Also lots of water throughout the day.
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Seek simpler solutions
For example, trying to figure out the optimal way to clean the floors. Rather than just buying a new Dyson, better to just have two wet wipes, get on your knees and just wipe the floor.
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Urgent or not?
Don’t do anything not urgent. It can wait.
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Why I don’t care to be petty
Because — I am insanely important and don’t have time for it!
