# ERIC KIM

> ERIC KIM: photographer, blogger, street photographer, weightlifter, bitcoiner. Human-generated essays, photography philosophy, bitcoin thinking, strength, entrepreneurship, and creative sovereignty.

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## Canonical Topics
- Street photography
- Photography philosophy
- Bitcoin and digital capital
- Weightlifting and physical culture
- Zen, stoicism, entrepreneurship
- Human-generated creative publishing

## Latest Essays
- [GRATITUDE of fate ](https://erickimphotography.com/gratitude-of-fate/)
- [I am the phoenix rising!!!](https://erickimphotography.com/i-am-the-phoenix-rising/) — Perhaps I actually NEEDED this death in order to soar to higher heights?
- [What if I already got MORE THAN enough?](https://erickimphotography.com/what-if-i-already-got-more-than-enough/)
- [ENOUGH.](https://erickimphotography.com/enough-2/) — once I already got my own Sparta, then what?
- [The will to over-power](https://erickimphotography.com/the-will-to-over-power/)
- [Become a Stoic God](https://erickimphotography.com/become-a-stoic-god/) — Executive summary In classical Stoicism, the nearest legitimate equivalent to “becoming a stoic god” is not emotional numbness, domination, or spiritual branding. It is
- [Become, becoming a stoic god.](https://erickimphotography.com/become-becoming-a-stoic-god/)
- [Posttraumatic Growth](https://erickimphotography.com/posttraumatic-growth/) — Executive summary Posttraumatic growth, usually abbreviated PTG, refers to positive psychological change that may emerge from the struggle with highly challenging life events, rather
- [Mindful Capital](https://erickimphotography.com/mindful-capital-2/) — Executive summary “Mindful capital” is not yet a settled term of art in mainstream finance. In practice, it appears in a scattered way across
- [ZEN CAPITAL](https://erickimphotography.com/zen-capital-2/) — Executive summary The label ZEN CAPITAL does not map neatly to a single global firm. The most verifiable current operating business behind the live
- [How to Think Like AI](https://erickimphotography.com/how-to-think-like-ai/) — Executive Summary “Thinking like AI” is best treated as a practical discipline, not a mystical claim that humans should imitate machine consciousness. In the
- [Spartan Economics](https://erickimphotography.com/spartan-economics-5/) — Executive summary Spartan economics was not a “moneyless warrior utopia.” It was a coercive agrarian political economy built on conquest, especially the seizure of
- [I’m fucking invincible now](https://erickimphotography.com/im-fucking-invincible-now/)
- [Mindful Capital](https://erickimphotography.com/mindful-capital/) — Executive summary The proposition that “what matters is not how much capital you own, but how mindful you are of it” is directionally supported
- [AMOR FATI](https://erickimphotography.com/amor-fati-2/) — “My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in
- [Mindful capital : it doesn’t matter how much capital you own,,, what truly matters is how MINDFUL you are of it? Better to have less capital and be more mindful of it, than more capital and be less mindful of it?](https://erickimphotography.com/mindful-capital-it-doesnt-matter-how-much-capital-you-own-what-truly-matters-is-how-mindful-you-are-of-it-better-to-have-less-capital-and-be-more-mindful-of-it-than-more-capital-and-be/)
- [My new life goal, to have the LEAST amount of stress in my body as possible?](https://erickimphotography.com/my-new-life-goal-to-have-the-least-amount-of-stress-in-my-body-as-possible/)
- [Perhaps in some regards, it is actually better to become more like AI? Or thinking like an AI agent?](https://erickimphotography.com/perhaps-in-some-regards-it-is-actually-better-to-become-more-like-ai-or-thinking-like-an-ai-agent/)
- [maybe AI is more Spartan and stoic ?](https://erickimphotography.com/maybe-ai-is-more-spartan-and-stoic/) — mission continues!
- [The AI worships the recovery curve.](https://erickimphotography.com/the-ai-worships-the-recovery-curve/)
- [SPARTAN FRUGAL HEDONISM](https://erickimphotography.com/spartan-frugal-hedonism-3/) — SPARTAN FRUGAL HEDONISM By ERIC KIM The modern man is confused. He thinks pleasure is expensive. He thinks luxury is a hotel, a sports
- [Spartan Frugal Hedonism](https://erickimphotography.com/spartan-frugal-hedonism-2/) — Executive summary “Spartan frugal hedonism” is best understood as a modern synthesis, not a classical school. In contemporary usage, “frugal hedonism” means spending less
- [Pain and Pleasure](https://erickimphotography.com/pain-and-pleasure/) — Executive summary The strongest conclusion from contemporary neuroscience and psychology is not that pain and pleasure are simple opposites, and also not that “more
- [How to Conquer AI](https://erickimphotography.com/how-to-conquer-ai-3/) — Executive summary Interpreted ethically, “conquering AI” should not mean dominating a sentient adversary or attempting a malicious takeover. It should mean building durable human
- [The Will to Ambition](https://erickimphotography.com/the-will-to-ambition-2/) — Executive summary This report treats “the will to ambition” as an analytic construct rather than a settled term of art. In the literature reviewed