{"id":668565,"date":"2025-12-26T12:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=668565"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:03:16","slug":"via-negativa-speech-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/26\/via-negativa-speech-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Via negativa speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe a virtuous way we could approach speech is via negativa&#8211;&gt; Truth be told, most people are like insanely basic, the best course of action is just don\u2019t open your mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\/12\/Via-negativa-speech-4.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:450px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Via negativa speech 4.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-89c4fe38-9610-44aa-8f48-590153be9012\" href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Via-negativa-speech-4.pdf\">Via negativa speech 4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Via-negativa-speech-4.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-89c4fe38-9610-44aa-8f48-590153be9012\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ufffc a lot of people talk about open communication or whatever\u2026 But honestly, perhaps it is more virtuous to figure out what <strong>NOT<\/strong> to communicate. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, not to communicate pettiness, and actually even in terms of technology\u2026 The best technology is via negativa &#8211;&gt; the only worthwhile things to install on your phone is pop up and advertising blockers, and also with headphones or whatever\u2026 The only useful ones are the noise canceling ones. Actually a very underrated technology is the simple earplug, I like the purple ones on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So to prioritize peace quiet and tranquility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I suppose, the first thought is with communication or speech or talking with other people\u2026 Certainly there is certain banter you do when you\u2019re with men versus women versus mixed groups. \ufffc certainly there is a different way you will talk to your childhood friends versus your priest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">communicate less<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s funny\u2026 In today\u2019s world where everyone is like always on\u2026 Even those home security devices or whatever\u2026 People are always plugged in, communicating too much of everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think a virtuous way we could approach things it\u2019s first, maybe just communicate less. I think\u2026 One of the funny ideas is that we are often trained to think that somehow\u2026 To always be accessible to always communicate and over communicate is a virtue. But there is a bizarre asymmetry here; let us say you are very insanely famous person, and you get like 1000 text messages and emails a day. Yet the person who sends you the message is not famous. And that person only gets maybe one or two emails or text messages a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So certainly it does not literally feasible for you to respond to each individual thousand messages a day. Even if you had 18 hours a day you probably cannot do it. Even if you had all the AI assistants on the planet, you could not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a thought experiment\u2026 Imagine you\u2019re Elon Musk, does he have the time or the brain power or the whatever to respond to every single tweet that he gets on X, and actually another problem\u2026 In today\u2019s world it is impossible to know who is a bot vs who is real. I would actually probably say that on social media, close to 90% of people are bots. If I waved a magic wand and magically deleted all the bots from the Internet, you would probably see your Instagram following drop by 90%, same thing goes with YouTube subscribers, as well as Twitter X followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Being friendly?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s all these annoying fake virtues like being kind or whatever\u2026 I myself always try to make it a virtue to be friendly and sociable to all these antisocial people that I meet. This includes now\u2026 Adults parents, random people on the street at the market etc.<br>\ufffc<br>Honestly the only people were talking to are young children. And teenagers. And also maybe college kids. The point in which people start to lose their social edge is typically post college when people start to work for a living or start to take drugs and consume alcohol and start streaming nonsense from their phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Negativity, negative speech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certainly before you change the world, best you change yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I suppose the first thing you could do is just remove negative with speech. And also other big ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Don\u2019t talk about the news, politics, entertainment stuff, TV shows or anything that does not pertain to you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even local politics, refrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better to talk about yourself, how you feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, maybe my New Year\u2019s resolution is to be less friendly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Year\u2019s photo resolutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2026 is ahead of us. And as an interesting idea, perhaps\u2026 we can approach things from a carte blanche mentality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simple thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, take it back to the beginning. Don\u2019t think about or worry about your passport portfolio, rather than new goal is to create a new portfolio?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ufffc\ufffc\ufffc\ufffcprotect your mind, your mind soul space?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also a very critical thing is, come on guys, life is too short\u2026 Let us ruthlessly prune away negativity negative people negative thoughts from our mind and our soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">photo future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My honest thought is the future of media and photography is moving. It\u2019s probably not going to be cameras anymore\u2026 But rather\u2026 AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically, SORA, SORA 2,,, video generation tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sora.chatgpt.com\/profile\/erickimphoto\">@erickimphoto SORA<\/a> ,,, \ufffc\ufffc\ufffc ChatGPT $200 a month pro video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essentially <strong>moving pictures<\/strong> is the future. \ufffc and actually\u2026 If you think that $200 a month is a good idea\u2026 For ChatGPT pro, actually the killer feature is sora, The video generation tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example let us say that a new digital camera is like $1600. Actually\u2026 Assuming that our passion is to create and create new things\u2026 Having nine months of access to ChatGPT pro Sora,,, is far superior than just buying another digital camera that will collect dust in your shelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My simple suggestion, just try it out: \ufffc\ufffc\ufffchttp:\/\/sora.chatgpt.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ufffcSora.com, sign up for the $200 a month version\u2026 ChatGPT pro, and change the toggle to create Sora 2 generated videos, and see what you could create based on your imagination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/books\/\">BOOKS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/newsletter\/\">NEWS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/shop\/\">PRODUCTS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And always\u2026 If you need inspiration,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/\">ERIC KIM BLOG &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe a virtuous way we could approach speech is via negativa&#8211;&gt; Truth be told, most people are like insanely basic, the best course of action is just don\u2019t open your mouth. \ufffc a lot of people talk about open communication or whatever\u2026 But honestly, perhaps it is more virtuous to figure out what NOT to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668571,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668565\/revisions\/668571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}