ERIC KIM BLOG

  • MOVEment is happiness

    So some quick simple thoughts: 

    First, movement is god supreme.  anything that encourages movement for yourself your kids your family, your spouse is supremely good.

    Second, I believe that the movement should and must be physiological nature whether it be peddling your bike, walking or hiking, lifting weights, etc. I think the supreme problem about cars and automobiles is that, there is a disconnect between driving and your physiology, unless maybe if you’re driving stick shift? At least with stick shift I suppose you’re getting more blood flow by push pushing the clutch on the far left, and also shifting gears?

    good movement, bad movement?

    Concentration.

    Another thought, this is, that, perhaps also… Concentration is happiness.

    So Mihalay C calls it a “flow” state, in which your concentration is so focused in a virtuous way that, everything else fades away. It is the moment of maximum physiological concentration, and supreme joy. 

    Some people also call a meditation, but for myself, the reason why I perhaps do not like the notion of meditation so much is that, there’s maybe too much American cultural baggage behind it? Like for example, there’s always the vision of like, the Buddhist monk, sitting in a lotus pose, in which you have to just sit still and calm calm your mind whatever. But for myself, I’m actually the most focused and concentrated when I’m actually moving, lifting insanely heavyweights, mountain biking, and even hiking etc. Typically my general idea is, focus concentration requires also, some sort of physiological skin in the game. 

  • my hunger to move

    movement is happiness?

    MOVEment is happiness

    So some quick simple thoughts: 

    First, movement is god supreme.  anything that encourages movement for yourself your kids your family, your spouse is supremely good.

    Second, I believe that the movement should and must be physiological nature whether it be peddling your bike, walking or hiking, lifting weights, etc. I think the supreme problem about cars and automobiles is that, there is a disconnect between driving and your physiology, unless maybe if you’re driving stick shift? At least with stick shift I suppose you’re getting more blood flow by push pushing the clutch on the far left, and also shifting gears?

  • bitcoin is down, but MSTR is up?

    … wow… STRC “singularity” is here— ( Adam Livingston )

  • naked people are high visibility

    being shirtless or topless is the ultimate high visibility

  • how to get rid of distractions

    the only thing I hate in life are distractions?

  • focus is happiness?

    assuming that focus is happiness, then… Getting rid of anything that disrupts your focus is the best strategy

  • holy fucking shit!!!

    bitcoin !!!

  • how to be happier

    move around more?

    More air, airflow ?

  • INFINITE CAPITAL

    Buy Bitcoin & the Ricoh monochrome & chill.

    BITCOIN & THE RICOH GR MONOCHROME, two perfect products on the planet:

    Bitcoin & the new RICOH GR MONOCHROME,,, two perfect products on the planet

    Bitcoin is so beautiful I’m about to cry!

    So a lot of people are kind of confused on why I’m so into bitcoin, and how and why I got into the whole crypto game etc.

    So long story short, grew up super super poor, and then, I became self-employed, and the whole time during my journey and my philosophical endeavors… Has always been about money, life, everything in between.

    What’s kind of eerie is truth be told… bitcoin is starting to become like a pseudo religion to me. Michael Saylor is like the high priest, the St. Paul,,, once denouncing Jesus (Satoshi),,, and now, becoming one of the strongest and ardent advocates.

    I think, lotta people… Maybe like 99.9% of their issues in life is typically rooted about money finances economics etc. period much of the social illness society like poverty crime theft, gambling whatever… Or even the low birth rate, or the interest in dogs or children, this typically I think maybe primarily an economical financial issue. Like if you think that positive economic future, which is typically the feeling that Americans get…. of course, nobody is going to save money, have kids, set roots,,, etc.

    Bitcoin solves all of this. And it’s like as exciting as investing in Apple in the 1980s even as exciting as the advent of digital photography.

    What kind of interesting is many of my followers work in tech, are millennials like myself, I’m born in 1988 currently 38 years old ,,,, they get tech but they don’t get bitcoin? 

    It’s like, telling people as photographers, imagine if, you had to write a paper check every time you went to the grocery store, ordered something on Amazon, and then I could promise you a credit card or Apple Pay or visa instead ,,,, what would you choose? Of course the digital payment solution!

    Even if these world, one of my happiest new uncoveries is,,, DoorDash with meat from Costco and super King, meat delivered,,, on tap,,, beef ribs only $5.99 a pound? To me this is amazing. 

    It’s like the digital transformation of food!

    RICOH MONOCHROME REVIEW

    So in other random news, I think I’ve had a fair amount of time now to play with the new Ricoh GR monochrome, now will probably give it a perfect 10 out of 10, the perfect camera ever created, ever since I started digital photography at the age of 18.  so I guess 20 years in the game.

    The first, the size. That’s kind of shocking is… I think it actually may be smaller than my original Canon SD power shot 600 that I got as a high school graduation present when I was 18 years old.

    The reason why this matters is because… In some ways, it actually feels more portable and more lightweight and better balanced than even an iPhone Pro?

    Second, the monochrome only feature. It’s totally is the bees knees, .. and the red filter is actually insanely shocking on what’s different it does make. It’s almost like the new flash, because… It brightens human faces and even blooming yellow red and orange flowers, maybe even orange Lamborghinis ,,, which means, you don’t need a flash anymore, … this is kind of an insanely big deal.

    Also… You could literally shoot it out like 1 million ISO with practically normal noise, so there is not really ever going to be a situation in which it is too dark to take photos.

    Third, the macro feature. I’m shocked, it’s been so long since I’ve had the opportunity to shoot in macro mode, wow it’s amazing. Like 1 trillion more things more opened up to you.

    Fourth, a level of contrast you could get out of camera in JPEG high contrast monochrome mode blows my mind. And also what’s kind of surprising and shocking too is the new grainy monochrome feature really does look like Neopan 400 film pushed to 1600. In my eyes it looks like 99.99% film. So there’s literally zero reason anymore to shoot black-and-white film anymore. 

    Fifth, the photos just look amazing! So I suppose the moment where you can no longer complain or make excuses about your camera is a moment that you could truly thrive as a photographer because you know nothing is holding yourself back only yourself?

    the level of sharpness is insane

    People talk about Leica lenses being sharp blah blah blah, no… Ricoh GR monochrome photos without the anti-aliasing filter and now with the monochrome filter without a color array is like literally the new samurai sword on steroids.  the photos look like four times sharper than even my $3000 Leica M 35mm summicron f2 lens. Maybe even sharper than a Leica 50mm APO f2 lens,,, at like … 1/10th of the cost,,, … camera and sensor included.

    This is the camera that everyone wants but, perhaps doesn’t know yet?

    Kind of like the same thing with bitcoin. 

    I think the tricky thing is… There are certain things that everyone wants, but, they haven’t had exposure to it or tried it out or even though that it exists? Even like STRC which pays you 11.5% monthly dividend, tax deferred… It’s like a bank checking account on steroids.

    the most beautiful rendition of a photo humanly possible?

    And this is the big shocker, shooting photos of it of Seneca and humans and whatever… It literally delivers the most beautiful photos I have ever seen in my whole photographic life even more than any film camera anything possible.

    so why does this matter 

    Even the highlights, details everything textures, is so insanely effing beautiful…

    And the reason why this matters so much is because, as artists… isn’t maximizing the beauty of our artwork the desired outcome? Then if that is the case, you must get a Ricoh monochrome at any expense. It’s only like $2200… A few hundred bucks more than a Fujifilm X 100. And I think like 1 trillion times better. Also 1 billion times better than your Leica M, or Q…

    Just buy it on Amazon, try it out, try it out for like a few weeks and if you don’t like it you could just return it.

    so clear and so crisp

    photography becomes exciting again! 

    Why? Because you’re curious about how the photos will render in black-and-white, the first perfect monochrome only digital camera… The product we have all been waiting for!


    Infinite capital

    Kind of an unrelated thought, on my daily hike:

    So if you think about it, the reason why bitcoin makes so much sense, it is… Fiat currency issued by the US government is going up in scale forever, infinitely… Whereas, bitcoin’s hard cap of 21 million bitcoins forever is capped forever… And therefore if you think about the asymmetry, obviously… Bitcoin priced in US dollars will simply just go up forever. 

    Buy Bitcoin & the Ricoh monochrome & chill.

    ERIC


    START HERE, BOOKS, PRODUCTS, WORKSHOPS


  • Buy Bitcoin & the Ricoh monochrome & chill.

    BITCOIN & THE RICOH GR MONOCHROME, two perfect products on the planet:

    Bitcoin & the new RICOH GR MONOCHROME,,, two perfect products on the planet

    Bitcoin is so beautiful I’m about to cry!

    So a lot of people are kind of confused on why I’m so into bitcoin, and how and why I got into the whole crypto game etc.

    So long story short, grew up super super poor, and then, I became self-employed, and the whole time during my journey and my philosophical endeavors… Has always been about money, life, everything in between.

    What’s kind of eerie is truth be told… bitcoin is starting to become like a pseudo religion to me. Michael Saylor is like the high priest, the St. Paul,,, once denouncing Jesus (Satoshi),,, and now, becoming one of the strongest and ardent advocates.

    I think, lotta people… Maybe like 99.9% of their issues in life is typically rooted about money finances economics etc. period much of the social illness society like poverty crime theft, gambling whatever… Or even the low birth rate, or the interest in dogs or children, this typically I think maybe primarily an economical financial issue. Like if you think that positive economic future, which is typically the feeling that Americans get…. of course, nobody is going to save money, have kids, set roots,,, etc.

    Bitcoin solves all of this. And it’s like as exciting as investing in Apple in the 1980s even as exciting as the advent of digital photography.

    What kind of interesting is many of my followers work in tech, are millennials like myself, I’m born in 1988 currently 38 years old ,,,, they get tech but they don’t get bitcoin? 

    It’s like, telling people as photographers, imagine if, you had to write a paper check every time you went to the grocery store, ordered something on Amazon, and then I could promise you a credit card or Apple Pay or visa instead ,,,, what would you choose? Of course the digital payment solution!

    Even if these world, one of my happiest new uncoveries is,,, DoorDash with meat from Costco and super King, meat delivered,,, on tap,,, beef ribs only $5.99 a pound? To me this is amazing. 

    It’s like the digital transformation of food!

    RICOH MONOCHROME REVIEW

    So in other random news, I think I’ve had a fair amount of time now to play with the new Ricoh GR monochrome, now will probably give it a perfect 10 out of 10, the perfect camera ever created, ever since I started digital photography at the age of 18.  so I guess 20 years in the game.

    The first, the size. That’s kind of shocking is… I think it actually may be smaller than my original Canon SD power shot 600 that I got as a high school graduation present when I was 18 years old.

    The reason why this matters is because… In some ways, it actually feels more portable and more lightweight and better balanced than even an iPhone Pro?

    Second, the monochrome only feature. It’s totally is the bees knees, .. and the red filter is actually insanely shocking on what’s different it does make. It’s almost like the new flash, because… It brightens human faces and even blooming yellow red and orange flowers, maybe even orange Lamborghinis ,,, which means, you don’t need a flash anymore, … this is kind of an insanely big deal.

    Also… You could literally shoot it out like 1 million ISO with practically normal noise, so there is not really ever going to be a situation in which it is too dark to take photos.

    Third, the macro feature. I’m shocked, it’s been so long since I’ve had the opportunity to shoot in macro mode, wow it’s amazing. Like 1 trillion more things more opened up to you.

    Fourth, a level of contrast you could get out of camera in JPEG high contrast monochrome mode blows my mind. And also what’s kind of surprising and shocking too is the new grainy monochrome feature really does look like Neopan 400 film pushed to 1600. In my eyes it looks like 99.99% film. So there’s literally zero reason anymore to shoot black-and-white film anymore. 

    Fifth, the photos just look amazing! So I suppose the moment where you can no longer complain or make excuses about your camera is a moment that you could truly thrive as a photographer because you know nothing is holding yourself back only yourself?

    the level of sharpness is insane

    People talk about Leica lenses being sharp blah blah blah, no… Ricoh GR monochrome photos without the anti-aliasing filter and now with the monochrome filter without a color array is like literally the new samurai sword on steroids.  the photos look like four times sharper than even my $3000 Leica M 35mm summicron f2 lens. Maybe even sharper than a Leica 50mm APO f2 lens,,, at like … 1/10th of the cost,,, … camera and sensor included.

    This is the camera that everyone wants but, perhaps doesn’t know yet?

    Kind of like the same thing with bitcoin. 

    I think the tricky thing is… There are certain things that everyone wants, but, they haven’t had exposure to it or tried it out or even though that it exists? Even like STRC which pays you 11.5% monthly dividend, tax deferred… It’s like a bank checking account on steroids.

    the most beautiful rendition of a photo humanly possible?

    And this is the big shocker, shooting photos of it of Seneca and humans and whatever… It literally delivers the most beautiful photos I have ever seen in my whole photographic life even more than any film camera anything possible.

    so why does this matter 

    Even the highlights, details everything textures, is so insanely effing beautiful…

    And the reason why this matters so much is because, as artists… isn’t maximizing the beauty of our artwork the desired outcome? Then if that is the case, you must get a Ricoh monochrome at any expense. It’s only like $2200… A few hundred bucks more than a Fujifilm X 100. And I think like 1 trillion times better. Also 1 billion times better than your Leica M, or Q…

    Just buy it on Amazon, try it out, try it out for like a few weeks and if you don’t like it you could just return it.

    so clear and so crisp

    photography becomes exciting again! 

    Why? Because you’re curious about how the photos will render in black-and-white, the first perfect monochrome only digital camera… The product we have all been waiting for!


    Infinite capital

    Kind of an unrelated thought, on my daily hike:

    So if you think about it, the reason why bitcoin makes so much sense, it is… Fiat currency issued by the US government is going up in scale forever, infinitely… Whereas, bitcoin’s hard cap of 21 million bitcoins forever is capped forever… And therefore if you think about the asymmetry, obviously… Bitcoin priced in US dollars will simply just go up forever. 

    Buy Bitcoin & the Ricoh monochrome & chill.

    ERIC


    START HERE, BOOKS, PRODUCTS, WORKSHOPS


  • Friction free is the future !

    Everyone just lives a better life

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    Money is the best product in the world

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    Digital Money is the Future

    Digital money, digital photography?

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    The life of your children’s children’s children

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    Digital camera

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    Why would you want a car that doesn’t drive them?

    $250,000 a year private driver

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    $1000 times 1B

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    No stress

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    300T in credit, 100T equity investment , 40T of the market,,, 10%?

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    58B to make digital crypto reactor

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    Scale it 30-50% a year

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    Digital credit , digital money

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    Wow, devote your life to it!

    .

  • People need something to believe in, bitcoin as collateral

    Variable credit spread

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    When to increase vitality when to reduce volatility

    Asset backed credit

    Raw land

    Capital assets without cash flows.

    MSTR is a derivative of bitcoin

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    Remit the cash flows

    Hold 2 years of cash

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    High tolerance ,,,, 2x bitcoin, 4x bitcoin …. options more leverage

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    High tolerance for volatility

    MSTR is a better ,,, trading thing than the underlying bitcoin

    Margin debt

    Forever no obligation

    Equity

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    there is no liquidation ***

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    Doesn’t come due ever

    Risk free forever

    ..

    Pay it forever

    DETERMINE the future

    Never stop acquiring capital *

    Make a capital gain

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    Never stop investing in bitcoin ***

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    No reason to diversify ,,, … GLOBAL asset!

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    Hyper sensitive

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    9/10 Calvin Coolidge ,., alarmist marketing … not issue

    THE LUST FOR POWER

    The upside of being a millenial

    We believe in bitcoin not loser Ethereum (gen Z, “zillenial”), and also even worse,,, solana,,, which I suppose is post Gen Z?

    .

  • The upside of being a millenial

    We believe in bitcoin not loser Ethereum (gen Z, “zillenial”), and also even worse,,, solana,,, which I suppose is post Gen Z?