Your Legs Run the World<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyday is Leg Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of buying the loser Lamborghini, the loser Porsche, the loser Ferrari\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 better to instead to juice up your legs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
***\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a funny meme in the world of fitness, life etc.; which is the notion of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153skipping leg day\u00e2\u20ac\u0153– the idea that we men are so obsessed about getting massive biceps, a massive chest, deltoids or shoulders etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 that we instead of exercising our legs, we only focus on upper body movements which will show up on camera? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My theory is that perhaps this meme has only created itself because of the camera, social media, etc. I think before cameras were invented, maybe before the ancient Greeks even had mirrors\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 muscles, show muscles weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really a thing. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, imagine the Iliad, ancient Greece etc., \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc ultimate question is who killed who? In terms of ultimate PVP, person versus person, player versus player combat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Who would kill who?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, on the battlefield\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The question was who could kill Achilles? Nobody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure certainly these ancient Greek heroes, king Leonidas, the Spartan 300 had insanely epic muscles. Yet, assuming that when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in battle, and you have battle armor on, certainly nobody is looking at your muscles, in fact, your muscles are only your metaphorical horsepower for your body and your lethality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A funny thing; ever since I got my 60 pound weight vest, and I strap it on, I instantly gained about five or 6 inches in my chest. The funny thought; a lot of weightlifters and bodybuilders obsessed over having a big and a massive chest. Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it easier to just drop on a 60 pound weight vest instead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcAlso, when it comes to combat, does ones chest muscles actually do anything in terms of making one more imposing fighter? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcI don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcBecoming sexier —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, I think what we men seek is to become sexier. Also the same thing goes with women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, talking about revealed preferences or whatever; the reason I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like talk, is that people have all this fake talk about blah blah blah, but revealed preferences show what is truly critical:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, if you go to a wedding, and everyone is dressing up to the 10\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s– how is it that everyone wants to dress? The women want to look sexy and beautiful, the men want to look handsome, confident, sexy as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a random sidenote, there is a common outage in the world of marketing that sex sells. This is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even the reason why I like to study marketing for women is that I think it shows revealed preferences; even the female clothing brand Reformation has a delivery car with the motto \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On our way to make you look sexy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even the reason why the clothing brand ALO yoga \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcis killing Lululemon, especially in Los Angeles is that it seems that aloe has become the sexier brand, and sexier women wear ALO yoga, even though \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcALO YOGA clothing materials (Bella + Canvas) is inferior to Lululemon materials; but the big issue Lululemon here has that it seems that only older, middle-age women are starting to wear Lululemon, and younger women are starting to flock to ALO yoga instead –\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, I think the problem is in today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s world, sexiness, is no longer sexy. Rather, the new fashion trend is ugliness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sexy and I know it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
I think the reason why I still leave LA to be the Apex place is that this is where all the sexy women are! Even as undergraduate at UCLA; I know that going to UCLA was super then going to UC Berkeley because LA, UCLA were all the pretty and sexy girls went! UC Berkeley has a reputation for being grungy, dark, overcast, ugly, etc. And I think it is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why does sexiness matter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you think about it, ultimately, sex might be the most important human virtue. Why? If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have sex, you cannot produce children! And if you do not produce children, there would be no longer a human race! \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are kids recession-proof?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I met the founder of this local child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothing brand and store, Sean Macklemore; and he told me that the reason he got into the business was that babies are recession proof! \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first, I was a bit skeptical; wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the reality that when there was a recession, people stop having kids? But it seems that the truth is actually, whether we like it or not, we will always prefer to have children!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example the current trend of having a dog, reducing your carbon footprint not having kids or whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I think this is just a weird degenerate trend. I think it will die out. In fact if you look at more product cities in the future like Irvine, Still very encouraged for people to have at least 2.2 kids, a single-family home, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think they really really families, at least the smart ones, we always prefer to have children! Why? The really intelligent families with much power, they realize that the true Legacy is three generations from now, imagine trying to give your inheritance to your dog will die before you.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhy the Privilege is Your Legs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this quote from Archimedes that says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note, he says a place to stand<\/strong>, not a place to sit<\/em>. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taiko drumming?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The other day at the LA public library, the Mar vista branch, we saw this epic Taiko drumming show, and what was very interesting is that the Taiko drummers, when they were drumming at full force, would actually spread their legs and it looks like a lot of the power of the leg drive to hit the drums actually came from the legs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWeightlifting for your upper body that also uses leg drive?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Could we invent an innovate new styles of weightlifting that worked out your upper body that also encouraged you to use your legs? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be the cripple in the Rolls Royce<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Questions; if I told you that you had to be a cripple, that you could not stand, use your legs, and you had to permanently be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of your life\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 But I would give you an unlimited collection of Rolls-Royce cars, Lamborghinis Ferrari Porsches whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 McLarens ,,, name it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 would you do the trade? Of course not!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consumerism is all about sacrificing your legs?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc what are things are products which are marketed to us? It seems anything that has to deal with sitting, our butts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, sofas couches, chairs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Herman Miller chair, lounging, sitting, first class\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The strange sacrifice of your legs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe best fitness\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The ultimate exercise is just movement? Like walking around and moving around?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been thinking a lot about outside your type of exercise, movement, etc., and I think the first thought that I have is that the ideal movement has to deal with walking, movement, your legs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even taking things up a notch; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve mastered the 60 pound weight vest, could I do 100 pound and beyond? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nGenerate new things<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Where does your wisdom come from? Your innovation\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 your legs! \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For thinker, mathematician, scientist, innovator etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 If you want to come out with new ideas, the best strategy is first start walking, a lot, an hour or two, and then the thoughts will naturally arise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, for more productive presentations, conversations, interviews\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Ideally the people would be outdoors walking together? Ideally in nature? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather than having two individuals being stocked in a cramped podcasting interview room, better instead to have them both wearing Lavalier mics, Walking wall interviewing one other in the great outdoors? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, ultimately the quality of voices is not as important as the quality of the ideas. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Better to have worse audio quality, but more unique creative ideas?\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhy your legs?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When it comes to life, health, existence etc.; what is the ultimate privilege? Your legs, being able to walk, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, as a photographer and a street photographer, what is our ultimate passion? To travel, travel the world, to hit the streets, and to shoot street photography, ideally all day every day, with great gusto, and no fatigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us consider, mobility, which means walking with your legs, is the most critical elements when it comes to travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcFor example, a lot of Americans work really really hard, hoping to retire at the age of 65 with a fat pension fund, and then travel the world, whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but what if by the time you are 65 years old, you are so fat, fat and obese, type two diabetes, that even though you have a huge pension fund, you can no longer stand nor walk? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nLegs\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
With health, you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really appreciate it until you lose it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other day I went to a friends wedding, tons of fun, tore up the dance floor etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just chatting with the ballet guys, about the richest guy, the richest car etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And the guy wisely asked me–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Are you healthy?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
And I responded– \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am extremely healthy!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Then he gave me a grin and said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Then you are the wealthiest one!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who has the most expensive car in the valet at the wedding?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be the cripple in the Rolls Royce:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I almost wonder if we could use this cripple, crippled metaphor for just modern day reality, philosophy, ethics etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Example, there are some people who are emotionally crippled, maybe has some sort of personal PTSD as a kid? Or people who lack empathy emotional social skills– social cripples? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, I had the realization that in fact anyone who wears dark tinted sunglasses, all the time, even when they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 It is because they are extremely shy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really make sense for us to disdain people because they are shy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nBitcoin & emotions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Like most humans, I am very emotional, especially when it comes to numbers, money, finances, gains and losses. This is why I never look at prices, too much noise and emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think my strategy of via negativa never checking prices is wise — why? Essentially when I got to bitcoin at around $6000, $7000 a Bitcoin \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 around 2017, 2018\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I essentially \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Set it and forget it!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d After making my initial investment, I just switched my attention and focused to other random stuff like working out, weightlifting, one rep Max powerlifting, philosophy, etc. So hilariously enough when the whole FTX thing happened, Sam Bankman Fried\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I was actually oblivious to it all. The only reason I even found out about it because there was a random guy at the gym who told me about it\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The signal and the noise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I am definitely on the Michael Saylor camp, — trying to think about the next 100, 200, 300 years\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and also thinking about what NASSIM TALEB talks about signal and noise\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 99.9999% of things is just noise. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, if you think about bitcoin, which might be the ultimate volatile asset, maybe second after micro strategy stock\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc checking prices even on a daily basis is bad. And let us consider that most people are checking prices literally mid to minute, not good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead let us imagine checking the prices only every four years. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcWhen bitcoin first hit my radar, when I was in Vietnam in Saigon in 2017, I recall bitcoin being only about $300 a bitcoin, and people would comment that it would never hit 1000. Then fast forward a bit, bitcoin hitting $20,000 a bitcoin\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Big deal. Then it hitting $60,000 of bitcoin, $66,000 of bitcoin\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Big deal. Then crashing down to sub 10,000, then back up to over $70,000.. I think the all-time high thus far has been made around $77,000 a bitcoin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyways, assuming that the bitcoin having cycle is every four years, the truly empirical way to assess prices is to look at prices only every 4 years. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think my general ethos of quitting the news, never looking at any news, has been wise\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been able to dodge all this fake news about bitcoin being bad for the environment etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Which I think was essentially an insider lobbing scammed by Sam Bankman Fried and paying billions of dollars of promotion sponsorships and marketing to a bunch of random celebrities crypto influencers, green piece etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 To try to spew this propaganda that bitcoin was bad for environment, and that somehow, their \u00e2\u20ac\u0153green\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 token was much better \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 like Luna token, FTT token whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Which all essentially went to zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think one of the most clarifying things of having a child is that once you got a kid, your horizon expand. You no longer just think about your own personal short-lived existence\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 You start to intelligently think long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, the next 30 years. I am currently 36 years old, Seneca is three years, three months old\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 So in 30 years Seneca will be 33, almost in his prime. I suppose for men, I think we hit our prime in our 40s 50s 60s, maybe even 70s? I think physiologically things start to go downhill maybe when we hit our late 80s, but I suppose my great gratitude of being born a man is that as time goes on, my potency increases overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Day to day?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Some of their random thoughts: the wisdom of not thinking too far into the future:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, every single day you wake up, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to feel a little bit different, and also the things you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to care about is going to be different day to day. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I suppose what I am grateful about leaving the loser Bay area is that I am starting to slowly \u00e2\u20ac\u0153de-techify\u00e2\u20ac\u009d myself. Saying goodbye to loser Patagonia down jackets, insecure nerds with AirPods on, complaining about rent and property prices etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, I am 1 trillion times happier here in LA than I ever was anywhere anywhere else. Why? Certainly there is always a learning curve to moving to a new neighborhood or a new city or a new local, but LA, Culver City is perfect. Literally the only place I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever lived where I can walk\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 super well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, the currently sweet apartment that I got, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna hold onto that, forever. The ultimate squatter who actually pays his rent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWho skips leg day? Not Batman!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think a general shift, a general shift I want to see is for us to become more gay, more jolly, grander, bigger, happier, louder, more joyful! Just go to a wedding, soak up all the good endorphins, and hit the dance floor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget, it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t cost anything to smile!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nHow to judge a weightlifter or a bodybuilder or a power lifter \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Very simple\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 first look at the legs, then look at everything else! \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And also, if you really want to judge yourself according to any other man, ask them how much they could squat, deadlift, etc. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We real men glorify our legs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nClothes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Just a simple thought, let us assume that you could load up the squat rack at your local gym with 11 (45 pound) plates on each side.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc And as a simple challenge, all you had to do was lift it off the rack with your shoulders and your legs in your back for a centimeter. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcIf this were the case\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 physics don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lie. Could you do it or not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why rent control is good for us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A wise economic thought –rent control, rent control for us is a very good thing. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcWhy? I can hypothesize that we are going through a low-key hyper inflationary environment. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc for example, right before my very eyes, I saw the price of a single burger patty go from $1.49 all the way up to $2.50! \u00ef\u00bf\u00bcLiterally \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I saw the price of a single burger patty almost double, nearly an 80% increase in price overnight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$20 an hour to work at McDonald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyways, this upcoming election cycle would be good for bitcoin. Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, there seems to be about an 80% certainty that Donald Trump is going to win. And I think Donald Trump said he was actually pro bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The issues here is that first, nobody likes Joe Biden, not even the liberals or the Democrats, not even myself, and I voted for him because he was the non-Trump candidate. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even know who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s running against Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyways, in a world of uncertainty and chaos, bitcoin gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example it looks like the big trend here is that irregardless of whoever the presidential candidate is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Over along enough time span, I think the value of the US dollar will keep inflating. Already now I see a single-family homes in Culver City, super basic going for $2.1 million?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, the new iPad Pro. I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wise that apple increase the price of the iPad Pro to $999, instead of the customary $799.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And also, certainly whether we like it or not, the price is the iPhones also must keep going up. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure in the next five iPhone Pro cycles, we will see the iPhone pro being above $1000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So who will win?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ultimately I think the big winners here will be the people who maximally frugal, Spartan frugal, and direct almost all of their economic energy towards purchasing and gaining bitcoin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paying your taxes in Bitcoin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I wonder, if in the next 20 or 30 years, there will be an option that you could pay your US taxes with bitcoin? And this might be a good idea for the American government because she could start to store some of her wealth backed by bitcoin, not the typical gold standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhat next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Download the Coinbase app for your phone, link it with your traditional bank account, and start buying bitcoin! I think if you link it with the plaid integration to your JP Morgan Chase or Wells Fargo or whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 You could buy up to $50,000 a day Without any wire transfers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Once you bought the bitcoin, delete the Coinbase app from your phone. Refuse to look at any crypto news bitcoin news or whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And instead use that time to just watch Michael sailor interviews, and for literature, start to tap into the school of Austrian economics, Karl Manger. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Bitcoin standard\u00e2\u20ac\u009d book was also a good read.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Start to think more about peer to peer; for example, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m starting to think that now even with photos and sharing photos, instead just publicly posting it to Instagram or Facebook, better instead to directly message it to your friends or family members, for them to enjoy! This is peer to peer photo sharing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you exercise go to the gym or workout, make every day like day! There is 10x testosterone production in your legs than your upper body; so if you think about it, if you hit legs every single day, your upper body will also benefit. I recommend heavy one rep max \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rack pulls\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (partial deadlifts off the squat power rack) or just the atlas lift (Google and YouTube ERIC KIM 1,000 pound atlas lift).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- In terms of photography, still the best camera to have is a Ricoh GR III or a Ricoh GR IIIX, the new Ricoh GR 3 and 3XHDF is coming out soon, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably get one. My simple suggestion is if you have a growing kid, who likes to go rock climbing and play at the park etc., get the Ricoh GR III HDF (28mm equivalent), otherwise get the other one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
The future of media?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I just recently discovered that Apple podcasts automatically transcribes podcasts, and it is actually very very good! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m doing this when I am taking a nap with kind of car, and I could just read the transcripts of the podcast interviews with Michael Saylor, because I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to listen to the audio and wake up Seneca!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I still think that the future of media is still probably textbased. For example, the famous Lex Fridman Michael sailor interview which I think was three or four hours long, I just read the transcript of it, and therefore was able to download the information \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcto my brain at least 1000 times faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhat next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Travel! Some good places I recommend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Mexico City, stay in the Roma Norton neighborhood <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Bangkok, Thailand<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Phnom Penh Cambodia, Angkor wat \/ siem reap<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hanoi and Saigon in Vietnam<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Seoul South Korea, Gangnam and all the cute hipster neighborhoods — Hongdae, Itaewon, Garosgil<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto in Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- New Orleans<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Downtown LA, the fashion District<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- San Francisco Mission district, 24th street \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Dubai, London, Paris, Prague, all the big cities in Europe. Amsterdam etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Still\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Traveling is the best thing for the buck for your photography! \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nEK WORKSHOPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nWork your legs, your mind.,, your soul:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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- SF BAY AREA, MISSION DISTRICT<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- DOWNTOWN LA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- ANGKOR WAT, CAMBODIA<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
EK WORKSHOPS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nLeg exercise ideas?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Buy a 60 pound weight vest — Titan.fitness, and just walk around town with it every single morning? Or go on a hike and just hike with it on?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you have a gym membership, never do any exercises in which you are sitting, or lying on your back.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Think leverages; stop doing squats, rather do standing exercises. Atlas lift, atlas stand,,, rack pulls, partial deadlifts, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153block pulls\u00e2\u20ac\u009d etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- When optimizing your life, minimal sitting lifestyle — better to go on a walk, use your legs. This goes with yourself and your kids<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Anti bikes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think bicycles are seen as virtuous, but even bicycles have a downside that you have to sit? And often the issue with bicycles is that they are expensive, require a lot of maintenance, and dangerous if you live in a city. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even Seneca has been intelligence, he has a standing walking bike, the one without petals\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 But he has never once sat on it and wrote it like a bicycle; instead he uses it like a walker? He walks along side it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhat else?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
At the gym, everyone is trying to show off how strong they are. But it seems that the ultimate idea is maybe when it comes down to it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The ultimate display of strength is the yoke walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, let it say that you have the cold gym in Venice Beach or whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And my simple thought is just have a standing yoke, have a permanently bolted down with a 1000 pounds\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc and there would be two goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Could you lift it off the floor?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If so,,, how far could you walk it out in one go?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Then for competition ,,, have two guys, with the same yoke, and the goal is to see who could do 100 yard dash with the yokes quicker? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Competition fitness muscles without the steroids?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think out of all of the exercise fitness trends, maybe the most productive one is the strongman ones. But even though, it is essentially a bunch of fat guys on steroids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We got to make the yoke walk cool again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, there is this new scene in the Baywatch movie — \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc the one with the rock and Zac Efron, in which they are at the beach in Venice Beach I think, doing a yoke walk competition?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nThe best shoes for photographers, travelers and street photographers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Zero drop, barefoot\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Vibram 5 finger shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently the vibram five finger \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00e2\u20ac\u009dEL-X\u00e2\u20ac\u009d knit model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We photographers spend so much money on our cameras lenses etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but how come so little money on our shoes, which is actually the most important element?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nHow to improve your photography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I also believe that the best thing to optimize in terms of your clothing is your shorts. Currently I believe the best shorts for photographers and street photographers to be the \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc5\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 license to train black shorts — zippers in the front pockets. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, the simple ethos is that when you are out shooting, do you want to lighten your load to the minimum. RICOH GR III\/X camera still seems to be peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nNow what?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Sun is out! Hit the beach, go to a wedding, soak up the endorphins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As much as possible, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be in the loser indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let your kids watch movies, media, films, DVDs etc.; also you yourself unsubscribe and cancel your membership for Netflix HBO, Disney+ whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go on a walk, go on a hike!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lately I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been getting Seneca into climbing, baby rock climbing the center city one, sender city for kids; but even ultimately\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Even Seneca says he prefers to walk!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WALK ON!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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