ERIC KIM

ERIC KIM

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ERIC KIM episodes

  • Why Seneca

    Seneca -- the ultimate doer-and philosopher. https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/25/why-seneca/

    6 min
  • The Anti-Meat Conspiracy

    The Anti Meat Conspiracy Read Here

    I am convinced --

    One of the worst ills in modern society is this vehement anti-meat bias.

    For example, ask yourself:

    If you are an intellectual, are you allowed to go to a dinner party and tell everyone outloud that "I love to eat meat!"

    No. You would be seen as a monster, someone who is killing the planet, etc. The more 'virtuous' thing is to be either vegetarian, vegan, or perhaps someone who only eats 'pasture-raised grass-fed humanely slaughtered' meat, preferably from Whole Foods or a farm, "once a while". Even more virtuous to "give up red meat"-- because it is 'bad for the planet', 'bad for your health' and 'inhumane to animals', etc.

    Why do I care about this?

    Now if you have a Netflix subscription you've probably seen one of the anti-meat propaganda films. I am not going to argue the ethics of meat eating in terms of environmental reasons (yet), but I desire to explore the contours of our strange new society which is profoundly dog-and-pet friendly, but anti-human?

    Are animal lives EQUIVALENT to human lives?

    First question. I say easily:

    No.

    No matter what, a human life will ALWAYS be infinitely superior to an animal life of any kind. If I had a choice of saving a stranger's baby's life or the life of my (beloved) dog, I would always choose the life of the human being ... even if it weren't my own kid.

    10 min
  • Just Say What is On Your Mind

    The best life:

    Maximal freedom of speech, activity and thought.

    What should we atone for most?

    Self-censoring ourselves … lacking the courage to say what is *really* on our mind:

    More: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/25/just-say-what-is-on-your-mind/

    10 min
  • WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT OUT OF LIFE?

    We are being distracted to death which prevents us from asking the simple (yet essential) question:

    What do I really want out of life?

    More: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/25/what-do-you-really-want-out-of-life-2/

    9 min
  • The Philosophy of Conspiracies

    Why do some people soooo badly want the conspiracy theories to be true? Because it gives them some sort of comfort knowing that they can scapegoat someone else (Peter Thiel, Rene Girard) for their own suffering, pain, and existential dread: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/25/the-philosophy-of-conspiracies/

    9 min
  • Bodily Eumorphia

    You must first love your body before you begin to love yourself.

    Also —

    Your body *IS* YOU!

    Also:

    No matter how rich or powerful you are, you can never transform your body to be anything else but what it is.

    Also:

    I have never met any person who loves their body, face, or look.

    More: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/24/bodily-eumorphia/

    21 min
  • Ethics.

    The sad reality:

    Nobody cares for ethics because it doesn’t make money and isn’t lucrative.

    But just because it ain’t lucrative doesn’t mean that it is not important or illegitimate!

    More: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/23/ethics/

    4 min
  • Money Moves You

    Money:

    Codified human-metabolism-movement power.

    If money can be used as a tool to motivate people to do x, y, z for you … it is good.

    It is true that money makes the world go round

    Or better said:

    Money moves people.

    More: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/23/money-moves-2/

    8 min
  • Balance isn’t the Goal

    If we were perfectly balanced, technically we are stuck in a state of stasis. Progression movement and growth only works if we are unbalanced … leaning towards a certain way!

    An anti-hippy, zen-Buddhist-Taoist modernistic notion of “enlightenment”.

    https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/23/balance-isnt-the-goal/

    6 min

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