{"id":245697,"date":"2020-06-21T07:04:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T14:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=245697"},"modified":"2020-06-21T07:09:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T14:09:07","slug":"hard-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/21\/hard-society\/","title":{"rendered":"HARD SOCIETY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Towards a hard society:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is we so soft?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='562' height='1000' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/jNoAJUv5?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some thoughts on why we are so soft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Softness and meekness is our religion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"759\" data-attachment-id=\"183039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/f955cffc-ac9f-4bbe-8c01-441917856dbd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/F955CFFC-AC9F-4BBE-8C01-441917856DBD.jpeg?fit=1280%2C823&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,823\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deadlifting 420 pounds (four 45-plates on each side, with a 2.5+5 pounder)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/F955CFFC-AC9F-4BBE-8C01-441917856DBD.jpeg?fit=1280%2C823&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/F955CFFC-AC9F-4BBE-8C01-441917856DBD.jpeg?resize=1180%2C759&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Deadlifting 420 pounds (four 45-plates on each side, with a 2.5+5 pounder)\" class=\"wp-image-183039\" 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