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Better to disdain others — ignore them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Perhaps the joy in the cruelty of inflicting pain and punishment upon them, for not being more like you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PHILOSOPHY BY KIM<\/h2>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nDictate your meaning and purpose in your life with ZEN OF ERIC<\/a>:<\/p>\n
\nPhilosophical Essays<\/h2>\n
- \n
- INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE<\/a><\/li>\n
- A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DIFFICULTY OR TRAGEDY ISN’T A LIFE WORTH LIVING<\/a><\/li>\n
- BITTER IS BETTER.<\/a><\/li>\n
- EXPLOIT THE BEST FROM TRAGEDY AND LIFE <\/a><\/li>\n
- DISREGARD FOR SELF-PRESERVATION<\/a><\/li>\n
- PAIN.<\/a><\/li>\n
- WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Tomorrow is Never<\/a><\/li>\n
- Life is the Ultimate Creative Constraint<\/a><\/li>\n
- EMBODIED REALITY<\/a><\/li>\n
- BLACK SWAN<\/a><\/li>\n
- THINGS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE<\/a><\/li>\n
- What are you *really* afraid of?<\/a><\/li>\n
- HAPPINESS ISN’T THE GOAL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Philosophy is King<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why is Selfish Evil?<\/a><\/li>\n
- YOU’RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF BECOMING<\/a><\/li>\n
- ENTITLEMENT A SIN?<\/a><\/li>\n
- NARCISSISM<\/a><\/li>\n
- BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF<\/a><\/li>\n
- WHY FREE WILL?<\/a><\/li>\n
- OBEY YOUR OPINION<\/a><\/li>\n
- EGO IS GOOD.<\/a><\/li>\n
- WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE INTO YOURSELF<\/a><\/li>\n
- Seek the Good Pain<\/a><\/li>\n
- Anti-Perfection in Photography, Art, and Life<\/a><\/li>\n
- Can You Become an End into Yourself?<\/a><\/li>\n
- WHY I LIVE<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why I Hate Decline<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why I Eat<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why am I So Positive and Optimistic?<\/a><\/li>\n
- EFFORT IS ENJOYMENT<\/a><\/li>\n
- Never Stop Gaining<\/a><\/li>\n
- TRUST YOURSELF<\/a><\/li>\n
- A Life of Maximal Personal Independence<\/a><\/li>\n
- What Do You Desire to Become?<\/a><\/li>\n
- What Do I Want from Technology?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Stratified Society<\/a><\/li>\n
- Do You Love or Hate Reality?<\/a><\/li>\n
- On the Brian, Body and Mind<\/a><\/li>\n
- I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Care over Fame<\/a><\/li>\n
- ACTIVE NIHILISM<\/a><\/li>\n
- Never Stop Subtracting<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life<\/a><\/li>\n
- A Risker Life is a Better Life<\/a><\/li>\n
- Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to Maximize Your Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n
- Influence<\/a><\/li>\n
- The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring<\/a><\/li>\n
- Meditations on Meaning in Life<\/a><\/li>\n
- There is Nothing More Interesting than Human Beings<\/a><\/li>\n
- Is Hope a Vice?<\/a><\/li>\n
- EGO<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why Be Unique?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength<\/a><\/li>\n
- You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the Hero<\/a><\/li>\n
- Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why Do We Prize the Rare?<\/a><\/li>\n
- The Joy of Uncertainty<\/a><\/li>\n
- How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?<\/a><\/li>\n
- A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living<\/a><\/li>\n
- Free or Unfree?<\/a><\/li>\n
- What Do You Really Care For in Life?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Anti-Satisfaction in Life<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why Think?<\/a><\/li>\n
- The Eternal Return<\/a><\/li>\n
- Only Do What is Best for You!<\/a><\/li>\n
- Truthiness<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why Be Happy?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Permissionless Living<\/a><\/li>\n
- In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom<\/a><\/li>\n
- Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World<\/a><\/li>\n
- Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n
- Beyond Freedom<\/a><\/li>\n
- Idolize People, Not Stuff<\/a><\/li>\n
- What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why Hate?<\/a><\/li>\n
- The Secret of Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n
- You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming<\/a><\/li>\n
- Life is about Choices, Not Obligations<\/a><\/li>\n
- Anti-Nihilism<\/a><\/li>\n
- First, Do What is Best for You.<\/a><\/li>\n
- Live Dynamic<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to Prosper<\/a><\/li>\n
- Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?<\/a><\/li>\n
- SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to Become more Idealistic<\/a><\/li>\n
- Thrivival 101<\/a><\/li>\n
- Create Yourself<\/a><\/li>\n
- Non-Small<\/a><\/li>\n
- Inspiration<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!<\/a><\/li>\n
- Human Augmentation<\/a><\/li>\n
- Prune<\/a><\/li>\n
- Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life<\/a><\/li>\n
- Modern Slavery<\/a><\/li>\n
- Kill the Leeches<\/a><\/li>\n
- Wisdom Augmentation<\/a><\/li>\n
- Why We Need Friction in Life<\/a><\/li>\n
- Straight Line Philosophy<\/a><\/li>\n
- What’s Your End-Game in Life?<\/a><\/li>\n
- Create Your Own Happiness Today<\/a><\/li>\n
- Desire Both Pain and Pleasure in Life<\/a><\/li>\n
- Try the Impossible<\/a><\/li>\n
- SELF-RESPECT<\/a><\/li>\n
- Anti-Social Extrovert<\/a><\/li>\n
- Never Blame Anybody But Yourself<\/a><\/li>\n
- Human Flourishing<\/a><\/li>\n
- Simpler, Not Better.<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to be Free<\/a><\/li>\n
- Embrace the Extremes<\/a><\/li>\n
- A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DIFFICULTY OR TRAGEDY ISN’T A LIFE WORTH LIVING<\/a><\/li>\n