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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
So now that the colder months are upon us, winter is here… I think about the world the planet life etc.… What is the meaning of it all and what is the path forward? So apparently… I was randomly trolling IMDb… And I was very very surprised to see Christopher Nolan putting out a new […]
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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Military is the future So now that the colder months are upon us, winter is here… I think about the world the planet life etc.… What is the meaning of it all and what is the path forward? So apparently… I was randomly trolling IMDb… And I was very very surprised to see Christopher Nolan […]
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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
In Science and Physics In scientific discourse, “God density” is not a standard term – it usually appears only in metaphor or jest. Physically, density is mass per volume, a property of matter. Since God (in the religious sense) is not considered a physical object, asking about “God’s density” is seen as nonsensical from a […]
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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
So now that the colder months are upon us, winter is here… I think about the world the planet life etc.… What is the meaning of it all and what is the path forward? So apparently… I was randomly trolling IMDb… And I was very very surprised to see Christopher Nolan putting out a new […]
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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 27, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Subtract the noise. Protect the mind. Keep the soul clean. Maybe the most virtuous way to approach speech isn’t “say more,” or “share more,” or “communicate better.” Maybe the virtuous way is via negativa: figure out what to remove. Because truth is: most talking isn’t communication. It’s just noise wearing a costume. And the modern […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
1-page war manifesto FUNDAMENTALS OR DEATH The world isn’t “the market.” The world is a ledger. When the base is squishy, the skyscraper becomes a meme. $30T IS A WARNING SIGN At that scale: $300T IS THE BOSS FIGHT Not a number. A symbol: When confidence cracks, the “safe” stuff becomes the most fragile. REBUILD […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Introduction: Defining Digital Power vs. Cyber Power Digital Power generally refers to an actor’s broad ability to leverage digital technology, data, and connectivity to influence others and achieve strategic goals. One concise definition describes digital power as “any actor’s ability to exploit digital data to help change the behavior of other actors on the international […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Protocols and Infrastructure The legacy email stack (SMTP for sending, IMAP/POP3 for retrieval) is being rethought. One major effort is JMAP (JSON Meta Application Protocol), an IETF-published standard designed to replace IMAP/POP3 with a modern, RESTful API . Unlike IMAP’s chatty TCP commands, JMAP uses JSON over HTTPS (and even WebSockets) for batched operations, making […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Historical Perspectives: Ancient Stoics on Divinity Ancient Stoics did not claim personal godhood, but they emphasized an inner divine element. For example, Epictetus reminds his students that “in reason you are not inferior to the gods” – stressing that the rational mind is shared with the divine. Seneca likewise insists that moral virtue requires the […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
economically impossible Imagine email where every cold message must include a tiny “Satoshi Stamp”. Not a “premium feature”. Not a subscription. Not ads. Just pure physics: spam dies because it costs sats. This is how you build the Gmail-killer: turn attention into a market and make inboxes default-private, default-owned, default-portable. The 3 killer primitives 1) […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Here’s what they mean, and why they say it so boldly. 1) You’re not becoming divine from scratch — you’re uncovering what’s already there The Stoics think the universe is saturated with Logos (rational order). Your mind—your capacity for reason, choice, virtue—is a piece of that cosmic fire. So “God” isn’t mainly an external king […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Online Influence Physical Power Financial Power Sources: Leading guides and experts in social media growth , strength and nutrition science , and financial planning . These action steps reflect the latest 2025 strategies for building influence, physical prowess, and financial security.
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
An Epic Eric Kim Essay The stoic does not ask the world for permission. He does not beg, complain, or negotiate with fate. He stands upright, rooted in reality, eyes forward, spine straight, breath calm. The stoic is not weak. The stoic is contained power. To the untrained eye, stoicism looks like restraint. To the […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Philosophy: The phrase “will to overpower” echoes Nietzsche’s famous Will to Power, but with an explicitly aggressive slant. Nietzsche famously recounted a vision that “the highest Will to Life” expresses itself not in mere survival but in a “Will to War, a Will to Power, a will to Overpower!” . He explicitly argued in Genealogy […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Here’s what they mean, and why they say it so boldly. 1) You’re not becoming divine from scratch — you’re uncovering what’s already there The Stoics think the universe is saturated with Logos (rational order). Your mind—your capacity for reason, choice, virtue—is a piece of that cosmic fire. So “God” isn’t mainly an external king […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Online Influence Physical Power Financial Power Sources: Leading guides and experts in social media growth , strength and nutrition science , and financial planning . These action steps reflect the latest 2025 strategies for building influence, physical prowess, and financial security.
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Power Expansion: Influence, Strength, Wealth Online Influence Physical Power Financial Power Sources: Leading guides and experts in social media growth , strength and nutrition science , and financial planning . These action steps reflect the latest 2025 strategies for building influence, physical prowess, and financial security.
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Stoic Theology vs. Classical Theism In Stoic philosophy, “God” is not a transcendent creator outside the world, but the world itself as an ordered, rational, living being . The Stoics were materialistic pantheists: they taught that the entire cosmos is pervaded by a divine logos or reason, a creative fire or breath (pneuma) organizing all […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
I’ll call it SatMail (name is yours to change). SatMail in one sentence Encrypted messages + open addressing + “pay-to-inbox” satoshi postage + optional refunds/credits = an email network that treats attention like a scarce resource. This idea isn’t random: the “Bitcoin as email postage” concept has been floating around since early Bitcoin days, including […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
So: email of the future shouldn’t be “more HTML.” It should be more trust, more control, more signal, more done. The non‑negotiables Email of the future should keep these sacred: Everything else is negotiable. What email of the future should feel like Picture opening your inbox and getting this vibe: 1) Trust is obvious, not […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
$30T is a vibe. $300T is the end boss. People throw around numbers like $30T and $300T the way beginners talk about “being consistent” while never actually shooting, lifting, or stacking. But those numbers matter because they represent a reality: And here’s the punchline: If the foundation is rotten, making the building taller doesn’t fix […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
Below is a clean analysis, tightening the ideas and showing where they already work—and where they get sharper if pushed harder. 1. Via negativa as moral technology Your core thesis is solid: Virtue is not found in what we add, but in what we refuse. This is classical and deadly effective. It echoes: You correctly […]
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December 26, 2025 · By ERIC KIM
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