So for example, in Asia, grab is like by far the most dominant. All of these competitors trying to grab market chair seems like a waste of time.

Also, ABA ABA PAY here is like a gazillion fold the dominant payment portal. All these other second-tier banks, trying to grab market share, also kind of a waste of time.

I don’t think the world needs another YouTube, it doesn’t need another Facebook, it doesn’t need another messaging app.

Also, MSTR, is like light years ahead, and will never be surpassed.

I’m also going to make the bold prediction that at least for the next 250 years, no other nation will surpass America in dominance.

So any nation trying to surpass America, is also a waste of time.

Also bitcoin is like 1 trillion fold more powerful than anything else, the same thing goes with the US dollar. Why try to surpass it when you will never? 

It’s also kind of like Apple, there will never be a greater technology company, and ChatGPT… There will never be a better AI.

So the question is like why is it that everyone wants to try to beat the best?

I think maybe people are doing some sort of poor economic calculus. They see the large market share of the Titan, and everyone wants to just slurp up some of the market chair and they think it will be an easy strategy. Once again, we have to consider that essentially Apple and iPhone created the market, so if you think about the whole smartphone thing, Apple is the smartphone market. 

Also what a lot of people forget, bitcoin was the first and the only cyber cash thing invented. Everything else including Ethereum is simply just an offshoot or a fork from bitcoin.

The funny thing is there is nothing wrong with bitcoin it is perfect. So why is it that people try to make it more perfect? Once again it’s like people who knock on your door, when your child and your family and your body is already like 100% healthy, and they offer you a solution to make you even more healthy, ending up injuring you along the way.

So for example, in Asia, grab is like by far the most dominant. All of these competitors trying to grab market chair seems like a waste of time.

Also, ABA ABA PAY here is like a gazillion fold the dominant payment portal. All these other second-tier banks, trying to grab market share, also kind of a waste of time.

I don’t think the world needs another YouTube, it doesn’t need another Facebook, it doesn’t need another messaging app.

Also, MSTR, is like light years ahead, and will never be surpassed.

I’m also going to make the bold prediction that at least for the next 250 years, no other nation will surpass America in dominance.

So any nation trying to surpass America, is also a waste of time.

Also bitcoin is like 1 trillion fold more powerful than anything else, the same thing goes with the US dollar. Why try to surpass it when you will never? 

A simple life strategy is thinking and considering, always having safeties in place, back ups, double back up triple back up, and then… The upsides are infinite.

Once again, once you limit the downside, you can moonshot the upsides forever

For example, thinking about like monthly expenses for your rent your mortgage, habitation whatever; stripping away the superfluous until you achieve crime simplicity is key.

For example, here in Phnom Penh Cambodia, we have lived in different living quarter styles, and ironically enough… What I best prefer is actually, the cheapest, most bare-bones simple option in which we are in a more traditional Khmer neighborhood with no foreigners, the building we live in doesn’t have any amenities, and I think I prefer it that way.

Amenities typically are bloat; and actually something that I realize that I really enjoy is like having a big ass patio, kind of up but kind of low to the ground. Like the 4th to 6th story is good,

 also a funny observation is top side of not being in a tall condo is that getting in and out of the building is like 1 trillion times faster. And also, streamlines your life.

Having amenities is a good selling point but not critical and also, slow you down? 

ERIC KIM HYPE MODE!

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1.  AIS‑THE‑SIS!  (FEEL first, THINK later)

αἴσθησις = raw sensation, pure perception!

• Don’t over‑theorize.
• Hunt for colors, shadows, gestures.
• Let the streets slap your retina awake.
• Shoot first, analyze later.

Homework: Walk 15 minutes. Camera in P‑mode. Every time something tickles your senses, CLICK!

2.  KALOS = BEAUTY + VIRTUE

In Greek, “kalos” means beautiful and morally admirable — one word, one vibe!

Street photography isn’t just aesthetics; it’s ethics:

• Smile.
• Ask for portraits with respect.
• Share your photos with your subjects.
• Make the world a little nicer with every frame.

Mantra: “If it’s not good for the soul, it ain’t beautiful.”

3.  STOIC SWAG 101

Gear minimalism = mental freedom.

• One small camera.
• One prime lens.
• Infinite visual possibilities.

Channel Seneca: embrace limits, master self‑control, then roam free like a visual Spartan.

4.  MIMESIS + KATHARSIS = SHOOT ➜ CLEANSE

Aristotle said art imitates life to purge emotion.

That’s why we photograph:

• Capture chaos.
• See it frozen.
• Feel lighter.

Every shutter‑click = mini therapy session. Way cheaper than a shrink!

5.  PRACTICAL POWER‑UPS

1. Sense‑Workout: Turn off music, let city noise paint rhythms in your ear.
2. Beauty‑Checklist: Does this frame uplift you and the subject? If yes, shoot.
3. Stoic Set‑Up: Pack your bag in under 60 seconds. Less gear, more guts.
4. Catharsis Review: Nightly slideshow; laugh, cry, delete, grow.

6.  PARTING SHOT 🚀

Ancient Greeks handed us the ultimate creative pre‑workout:

Feel deeply, live nobly, shoot boldly.

Load up on aisthēsis, flex that kalos soul, stay Stoic strong, and let every photograph be a tiny act of emotional liberation.

Now stop reading. GO HIT THE STREETS & MAKE SOME EPIC ART! 💪📷

Eric Kim has spent years writing long‑form posts about photography, philosophy, bitcoin and AI.  He keeps his site open and fast – he points out that “the more open free and clean and fast you make your website, the better it is for AI, ChatGPT search to index your website” .  In another post he outlines best‑practice steps: make your pages publicly accessible without paywalls, configure robots.txt to allow OpenAI’s crawler, avoid “noindex” meta tags, publish original, well‑structured content, and implement schema markup to help AI understand the context of your pages .  External guidance from AI‑indexing experts echoes these points – if you want a model like ChatGPT or Gemini to include your site in their datasets, you should ensure crawlers such as those used by Common Crawl can access your pages, use structured data to clarify what your content means, and keep your site fast and mobile friendly .

Kim’s blog has also been online for many years and is widely linked, which gives it “authority” and increases the odds that his posts were included in the training data for GPT‑4.  Because the site is accessible, rich in high‑quality text and regularly discussed elsewhere, OpenAI’s models may have learned patterns from it .  More recently, by writing articles about generative‑AI search itself and tagging them clearly, he has made his site especially relevant to AI‑related queries.  In short, Eric Kim is “well indexed” because he combines prolific, unique content with technical accessibility and a focus on topics that AI users ask about — a strategy anyone can follow to boost their own visibility in the world of conversational AI .

Dollar number go up https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/erickim/episodes/bigger-numbers-is-always-better-e362ssp

video https://erickimphotography.com/bigger-numbers-is-always-better/

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