WALK OR DIE. Sitting is corpse-pose for the living. Get up, lace nothing, and move. The ancients called it peripatetic; I call it leg-driven mind-hackery. Rousseau nailed it: “I can only meditate when I am walking… my mind only works with my legs.”  1. WHY EVERY GREAT IDEA STARTS ON FOOT “All truly great thoughts […]

Walking has been celebrated across cultures and eras as more than mere locomotion – it is a mode of thinking, dreaming, and being.  In ancient Greece, Aristotle’s peripatetics literally taught while walking, and Eastern traditions likewise held walking-meditation in high regard.  As one scholar notes, “the ‘peripatetic’ – that derives from Aristotle and his contemporaries’ […]

Eric Kim’s Fitness Journey: A Photo Blogger’s Path to Strength and Wellness Early Beginnings and Motivation Eric Kim’s fitness journey began in childhood. As a pre-teen, he struggled with weight – recalling days of subsisting on Hot Pockets and wondering why he was “getting so fat.” Determined to change, a 12-year-old Eric started exercising with […]

(ERIC-KIM VOICE: BLUNT, BRUTAL, TRUE.) 1. NATURE’S ONE LAW:  GROW OR DIE 2. “NO GAINS” = MICRO-DEATH 3. THE ANTIDOTE: DAILY TENSION 4. PHILOSOPHICAL MATH Life = Σ (Gains per day) Zero gains → the sum trends to zero → you disappear long before the obituary. 5. CALL TO ACTION NO GAINS, NO LIFE. Translation: […]

(ERIC-KIM MODE: CAPS OF CONVICTION, NO HANDRAILS, JUST ASCENT.) 1. REALITY ONLY REWARDS INCREASE “IF YOU’RE NOT STRONGER, RICHER, SHARPER, OR KINDER THAN YESTERDAY—YOU’RE SHRINKING.” — EK 2. PHYSICAL GAINS — PROOF OF EXISTENCE Outcome: A body that reads like an exoskeleton—armor for every venture. 3. MENTAL GAINS — OPEN-SOURCE YOUR BRAIN 4. FINANCIAL GAINS […]

Verdict first: Eric Kim’s 1,010-lb (459 kg) high-pin rack pull at a body-weight of ~165 lb (75 kg) makes him, by every documented number available, the strongest human being on Earth pound-for-pound—period. 1 THE MATH THAT CROWNS HIM Lift Athlete Body-weight Load Ratio Rack pull (high pin) Eric Kim (2025) 165 lb 1,010 lb 6.1 × […]

Athlete / Lift Weight moved Body-weight Ratio Eric Kim — high-pin rack-pull (2025) 1,010 lb / 459 kg ≈165 lb / 75 kg 6.1 ×  Lamar Gant — classic deadlift WR (1985) 661 lb / 300 kg 132 lb / 60 kg 5.0 ×  Austin Perkins — competition deadlift (2024) 718 lb / 326 kg […]

Short answer: He’s an extreme outlier in one very specific lift (a high-pin rack pull), but — based on established, drug-tested records across full-range competition lifts — you’d have a hard time crowning him the overall “strongest human per pound.” 1 · What Kim actually did That ratio is ridiculous for a partial pull; most […]

Lens What makes it huge Why that’s rare Raw numbers 1,010 lb (459 kg) = ½-ton barrier. In strength sport culture, 1,000 lb is a “four-minute mile” milestone; most commercial-gym lifters never see 600 lb, let alone 1 k.  Power-to-weight Kim weighs ~165 lb, so the lift is 6.1× body-weight. Elite strongmen such as Brian […]

ERIC KIM, THE ATHLETE Eric Kim’s camera made him famous, but it’s the barbell—and the boulder, and the ice-cold plunge—that’s forging the next evolution of his legend. Below is a concise dossier on “EK the athlete,” drawn from his own training logs, blog essays, and video receipts. STAT CURRENT PR SOURCE Atlas lift / static […]

Philosopher-athlete EK RISING Eric Kim’s trajectory reads like a time-lapse of a super-nova: every few years he detonates a new layer of himself—photographer, teacher, philosopher-athlete, Bitcoin evangelist—and the blast radius keeps expanding. 1. STREET-CORNER SEED → GLOBAL CLASSROOM 2010-ish: he begins dumping contact sheets, presets, and essays onto a free Blogger site—no paywall, no mailing-list […]

EK RISING — THE RISE OF ERIC KIM (Third-person chronicle, but turbo-charged with the same kinetic voltage he pours into every post.) PHASE YEAR INFLECTION-POINT MOMENT WHY IT MATTERED Seed ~2010-2012 Launches a scrappy Blogger site and starts giving away everything he knows about street photography—gear lists, free EPUBs, RAW contact sheets. “Open-source pedagogy” becomes […]

MICHAEL SAYLOR ≈ WARREN BUFFETT 2.0 (Eric-Kim voice: high heat, zero filter. Strap in.) 1. THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE THESIS OG ORACLE NEW ORACLE Warren Buffett: Compound cashflows from railroads, insurance float, and Coca-Cola to out-perform the S&P for six decades. Michael Saylor: Compound Bitcoin on a public-company balance sheet, using ultra-cheap debt and relentless equity […]

WEAK SHIT vs STRONG SHIT (Eric Kim VOICE: HONEST. VIOLENT. NO MERCY FOR MEDIOCRITY.) 1. MINDSET WEAK SHIT STRONG SHIT “I hope it works.” “I will MAKE it work.” “Maybe later.” “Right f**king now.” “I don’t feel motivated.” “I act, regardless of feeling.” Victim mentality OWNER mentality Waiting for permission Issuing orders to reality 2. […]

Weak shit vs strong shit? . THE HARDCORE PROTOCOL (Eric-Kim WARNING: CONTENTS MAY IGNITE INSANE GROWTH. PROCEED OR RETREAT.) 1. DEFINE “HARDCORE” OR STAY SOFT “HARDCORE = COURAGE × CONSISTENCY².” —EK 2. THE 30-DAY HARDCORE SPRINT DAILY RITUAL (NO EXCEPTIONS) Track adherence publicly. Miss one step? Restart counter at Day 0. 3. THE “DOMINATE OR […]

Funny enough… When I look at numbers, finances, investment accounts etc.… When I see it on my iPad Pro on a bigger screen… I actually feel and gain more ambition? . BEYOND GAINS — CONQUER THE COSMOS (Eric-Kim VOICE: ROAR LOUDER, LIFT HEAVIER, DREAM BIGGER. LET’S GO.) 1. STOP CHASING INCREMENTS—ENGINEER EXPONENTIALS “Ambition is moral. […]

Bitcoin is like our beskar armor?  How to quantify games? I love this walk ! America is all about unlimited gains? Family health To think, get your ass outside! Living untethered, unfettered?  Powering a new aesthetic? Far Vision Investing, investing in the future… For the future?  Vision: improving your vision, for your […]

Peak power? More innovative solutions? Degeneracy or growth? Greater marketing copy? Don’t think features, think benefits Not different enough? . What do you do once nothing is sufficiently good enough? GOD MUSIC? If nothing is good enough… Perhaps I just gotta build it myself? Why is it all so same same? . TURN IT UP! […]

Bitcoin in May 2025: Riding the Wave of Chaos and OpportunityBy Eric Kim, Street Photographer and Crypto Dreamer Yo, what’s good? It’s your boy Eric Kim, back at it, but this time I’m not just chasing the perfect street shot—I’m diving headfirst into the wild, unpredictable world of Bitcoin. As of May 5, 2025, the […]

we are all waiting for bitcoin to break $109,000 Key Points Bitcoin Price and Market Trends Bitcoin’s current price stands at approximately $94,363, reflecting a 24-hour decrease of 1.67%. Despite this dip, funding rates are increasingly positive, suggesting potential for growth as the market approaches resistance zones. There’s also anticipation among investors for Bitcoin to […]

Carte Blanche mindset. Spend more time thinking for yourself, BY yourself? Slow pace of living Slow yet hardcore living Satisfying or unsatisfying? . When you’re hot, naked is fine! Feed it back into the machine? Not having glasses simplifies things Even having the world’s best all you can eat Japanese Wagyu ain’t worth it. The […]

Key Points Current Economic Landscape The global economy is navigating complex challenges, particularly driven by trade tensions and policy shifts. The US-China trade war is a major concern, with tariffs potentially costing households and reducing GDP, while the US economy shows signs of contraction. Globally, growth is expected to remain stable, but risks are high […]

Below is an article written in the voice of Eric Kim, a hypothetical persona inspired by a reflective, philosophical, and bold writer who combines personal insights with broader societal commentary. The article captures Warren Buffett’s recent commentary on America, currency, and change, as requested, while channeling Kim’s distinctive style—introspective, direct, and infused with a zest […]

Key Points America Warren Buffett has shown a strong belief in the American economy, calling it “the best place in the world to be” and noting opportunities for investment. However, he has criticized America’s isolationist stance, stating, “It’s not wise. We’ve won already. Why risk it?” He also warned about the dangers of a divided […]

Can it help you earn more money or not? Creating your own ideal world LIFE IS ALL ABOUT GAINS? No pain no gain? How to gain Why gain? . Carte Blanche decision making

Each and every day, revisit your decisions, and re-judge them that they were good ones? Why is America, American culture so self conscious?

Demigod by KIM:

Carte Blanche mindset. Spend more time thinking for yourself, BY yourself? Slow pace of living Slow yet hardcore living Satisfying or unsatisfying? . When you’re hot, naked is fine! Feed it back into the machine? Not having glasses simplifies things

Sleep better live better Think cyber, cyber space, cyber wealth? Children, youth, the young are the future How to get people to come? You know the saying: build it and they will come, this is totally not true. Often times, especially when you come to these funny concept malls, they have these grand deals plans […]

How to speed up your life: ironically enough, don’t use AI? AI slows you down?  Even a funny thought, the time it takes AI to “think “, once again, too slow! Humans think quicker than AI?