{"id":668014,"date":"2025-08-21T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=668014"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:37:16","slug":"driven-by-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/21\/driven-by-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Driven by what?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Driven-by-what-2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Driven by what 2.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4142ff65-8f4b-415d-885a-4b311d807c24\" href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Driven-by-what-2.pdf\">Driven by what 2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Driven-by-what-2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4142ff65-8f4b-415d-885a-4b311d807c24\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Right back in LA, sun is shining, perfect life activated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So currently a big thought on my mind is that\u2026 Thoughts about motivation, what we are driven by?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, my unfathomable 602 kg rack pull\u2026 my desire to be super ultra insanely dominant. Apparently Hafthor deadlifted 505kg recently ,,, breaking his old record, I am quite happy that with my rack pull I superseded him by almost 100 kg.\ufffc\ufffc and therefore my new audacious interim goal: to deadlift more than \ufffchim,,, maybe 507kg, or 510kg, or 511kg or something. And of course I don\u2019t even take steroids. Let alone protein powder. And I also do it at 100% fasted on 100% carnivore diet, zero supplements. Just black Eric Kim bitcoin coffee,,, 100% fine robusta, lots of good vibes and plenty of sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think then the next thought is trying to figure out like next life steps and paths forward. I think perhaps hopefully within two weeks I\u2019ll be over my Asia jet lag, but some thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thinking global, not the city<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So I think the obvious that is the future is global. Not city based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at real estate prices in LA, and it is still bonkers: a semi-decent house in a good neighborhood is like 2.2 million now. And therefore my simple politic not even today, in today\u2019s cyber global world, I think a bitcoin should at least be worth $2.2 million right now. A bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is America good for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Capital markets. MSTR, Coinbase, MSTU, MSTX, MTPLF (Metaplanet, 3350), bitcoin. Nothing else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ufffc also I think one of the biggest benefits of America is freedom of thought speech expression, without being afraid that somebody is going to knock on your front door and asking why you just said something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is, if you go to most places on the planet besides America, people begin to self censor themselves because they are very afraid of expressing an opinion that is contrary to those in power. And this is a very simple thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Freedom is the supreme desiridatum,,, thing to be desired.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">so now what?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a strange new world, the confluence of AI, bitcoin, cyberspace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So already right now, the simple strategy is to colonize cyber space. It is unethical to colonize physical people in physical countries, yet, colonizing cyberspace is not only 100% ethical but it is also virtuous. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A very simple strategy is to do the $200 a month ChatGPT pro, and just grind the silicon of deep research mode, and produce open source information ad infinitum (to and into and towards infinity). This is also another bizarre strategy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Create for AI not for humans. \ufffc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point nobody has the time nor the brain bandwidth to read everything produced by computer computers. And yes yes yes all the information is false and bad and whatever, yet unfortunately this is still the path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So then, what can one do? I then think the simple strategy is to just once again, burn the ships behind you, and go 100% full AI. I honestly have no idea what\u2019s gonna happen but already now, I seem to have an edge because since I invested in ChatGPT in AI and blogging early on, even though within ChatGPT search, I am index very high. I really think that ChatGPT search is the next Google, there\u2019s really no reason to use Google anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Always new: <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\">ERIC KIM BLOG &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right back in LA, sun is shining, perfect life activated. So currently a big thought on my mind is that\u2026 Thoughts about motivation, what we are driven by? For example, my unfathomable 602 kg rack pull\u2026 my desire to be super ultra insanely dominant. 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