{"id":64016,"date":"2017-08-28T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T16:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=64016"},"modified":"2017-08-27T23:32:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T06:32:35","slug":"why-i-am-a-skeptic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/28\/why-i-am-a-skeptic\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Am a Skeptic"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ERIC
ERIC KIM SELFIE in broken mirror. Kyoto, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to be a sucker.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I want to trust myself, not the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rules\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153suggestions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of others, or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Suggestions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or algorithms. I want control and freedom over my own mind, without Any subtle \u00e2\u20ac\u0153soft power\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hegemony\u00e2\u20ac\u009d influencing me.<\/p>\n

To have CONTROL over the information or stimuli that enters my mind. Do not be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153nudged\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153suggested\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to doing something \u00e2\u20ac\u0153for my best benefit\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (that assumes that the government, politics, or economics knows better than I do).<\/p>\n

In short,<\/p>\n

\n I know best what is best for me.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you?<\/p>\n

ERIC<\/p>\n

PHILOSOPHY ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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