Optimistic Fatalism

Super radical idea that all is terrible, tragic, and bad and evil but in spite of all of it,,, extracting the maximum upside from reality?

PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

IDEAS BY KIM

  1. YOUR RICHEST SELF IS YOUR BEST SELF
  2. EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS IT *SHOULD HAVE* HAPPENS
  3. *Beyond* Individualism
  4. MAN & WOMAN, LIGHT & DARK
  5. A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DISCOMFORT OR (LIMITED) SUFFERING IS NOT A LIFE WORTH LIVING?
  6. BIGGER IS WEAKER.
  7. How to Become a Philosopher
  8. Deep Vanity
  9. Time Will Tell
  10. What is Wisdom?
  11. LOOK *BEYOND*
  12. BECOMING MORE IMMORAL?
  13. ‘LUCK’ VS COURAGE
  14. ‘SKILL’ VS MERIT?
  15. Becoming Antifragile
  16. How to “Improve” Men
  17. The Art of Virtue
  18. How to Dominate
  19. JUST SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AND WISDOM WITH OTHERS.
  20. How to Get More Done in a Single Day – MEMENTO MORI PHILOSOPHY
  21. THINK FOR YOURSELF
  22. Cruel?
  23. GO DEMIGOD.
  24. How to Be Happy: Challenge and Danger Philosophy
  25. To Become Greater, You Must Become *LESS* Productive!
  26. Imperfect Beauty
  27. The Philosophy of Pleasure
  28. What Interests You?
  29. Anti Theory of Everything
  30. Become?
  31. STRONGER OR NOT?
  32. Carte Blanche Ideals
  33. CHOOSE JOY
  34. Don’t Judge Your Impulses
  35. On Becoming Less Human
  36. COWARDICE.
  37. The Philosophy of Futurism
  38. PHILOSOPHY IS VALUE-SETTING
  39. PHILOSOPHY IS NOT LIFESTYLE
  40. WHY STANDARDIZATION IS BAD.
  41. YOUR OWN TABLE OF VALUES.
  42. RETRO IS BAD.
  43. INSANELY LOFTY THOUGHTS.
  44. Strive to *Lose* Weight, Not *Gain* Weight
  45. DIABLO II ANALOGIES FOR REAL LIFE.
  46. If You Know Your *WHY* You Can Discover Any *HOW*
  47. Life is Too Short to Be Miserable
  48. What Consumption Takes Skill?
  49. OFF THE GRID.
  50. REALITY IS CRUEL.
  51. Pain is Information
  52. WHY REMOVE VULGARITY AND DISORDER FROM OUR EYES?
  53. AUTOTELIC.
  54. UNPLUG.
  55. How to Become a Philosopher
  56. SUBOPTIMAL IS OPTIMAL
  57. THE LUST FOR MORE.
  58. TO DO IS TO BECOME.
  59. IN PRAISE OF AGGRESSIVE.
  60. THE PHILOSOPHY OF OPTIMISM
  61. OUR PHILOSOPHICAL WILL TO EXISTENCE
  62. Is Hope a Vice?
  63. MOVE MEAN
  64. Carte Blanche Ideals
  65. One Interesting Thought
  66. What Lasts? What Doesn’t Last?
  67. A WOUND STIMULATES THE RECUPERATIVE POWERS
  68. Children & Purpose
  69. Thoughts on Becoming a Parent
  70. Where Does Our Desire to Upgrade Come From?
  71. WE ALWAYS NEED SOMETHING FURTHER TO ASPIRE TO.
  72. Self-Task Yourself an Awesome Mission in Life
  73. Differentiation vs Equalization
  74. My Passion to *Become* Something More
  75. No Aesthetic or Ethos is Forever
  76. What is Your Higher Purpose in Life?
  77. IT WILL NEVER SATISFY YOU.
  78. How to Decide
  79. Things You *Want* to Do vs Things You *MUST* Do
  80. Towards a More Beautiful Mode of Existence and Future
  81. EXTREME GRATITUDE.
  82. AMAP (As Much as Possible) or None.
  83. Why or How Does it Matter?
  84. The Philosophy of Time and Events
  85. How *Not* to Resent
  86. FORWARD LOOKING
  87. DOMAIN FLEXIBILITY.
  88. The Miracle of Human Growth
  89. EXTREME ADAPTATION.
  90. Why Plan?
  91. You Don’t Need to Justify Yourself
  92. The Philosophy of Ego
  93. True vs False Passions
  94. How to Achieve Tranquility
  95. On Making Your Own Philosophy
  96. The Purpose of Life is to Create New Life
  97. Think On!
  98. The Wisdom of Doing Nothing
  99. Congruency
  100. My Thoughts on Meditation
  101. The Philosophy of Purpose
  102. Emulate Yourself
  103. Good Fear, Bad Fear
  104. For the Betterment of Humanity or Just Yourself?
  105. What you *really* believe in and care for is manifested through your actions (or non-actions)
  106. Why Culture is Your Enemy
  107. YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE KING.
  108. LIFE IS INHERENTLY GOOD.
  109. Artistic, Physical, and Philosophical Muscles
  110. All New Experiences are Good Experiences
  111. What is the Purpose of X?
  112. UTILITY.
  113. Philosophy is a Luxury
  114. The Attempt is More Interesting than the Result
  115. Joyfulness vs “Happiness”
  116. Effectiveness Over Happiness
  117. Self Actualization
  118. MAXIMAL ENGAGEMENT
  119. Life & Pain
  120. On Living Every Day with No Regret
  121. Learn as if you’re going to live forever, live as if you’re going to die tomorrow
  122. Live Every Day Like it Were the Last Day of Your Life
  123. Self-Determination
  124. FALSE GRATITUDE vs REAL GRATITUDE
  125. HOW TO LIVE MORE
  126. THE UPSIDE OF TRAGEDY
  127. Satisfaction is a Sucker’s Game
  128. Supreme Repose
  129. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? According to ERIC KIM
  130. STUBBORN, FLEXIBLE
  131. EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS IT *SHOULD* HAVE HAD HAPPENED
  132. Good Addiction, Bad Addiction?
  133. What is the Best Life?
  134. The Philosophy of Thinking
  135. The Philosophy of Conspiracies
  136. Conspiracies
  137. Growth
  138. Skepticism.
  139. What Do You Really Want Out of Life?
  140. Seem or Be?
  141. Learn Through Pain
  142. Respect Yourself
  143. In Praise of Elitism
  144. Why Independent Thinking?
  145. I Will Never Die
  146. Bitter is Better
  147. The Genesis of Nihilism and Existential Dread
  148. The Ethics of Personal Enrichment
  149. Good vs Not Good
  150. Punished by Privilege
  151. Abstinence Over Moderation
  152. Just Leave Others Alone
  153. You Can Only Critique that Which You Truly Understand and Love
  154. ERIC KIM Critique of Metaphysics
  155. Only Trust Philosophers Who Deadlift
  156. Heuristic: If Someone Talks Shit About Others Behind Their Back, Most Likely They’re Also Talking Shit About You Behind Your Back
  157. Virtue is a Privilege
  158. What Are Your Life Goals?
  159. Honesty
  160. Why I’m Anti Moderation
  161. No Spite, No Malice.
  162. Ascending Life or Descending Life?
  163. Double Edged Sword
  164. Ignorance.
  165. Why I Don’t Trust “Nice Guys”
  166. Why You Must Share Your Opinion
  167. Selfish Isn’t Evil
  168. Wisdom is the Goal
  169. YOU ARE KING.
  170. MASTER YOURSELF
  171. What is “Good” for You is Often what is Bad for You
  172. Care.
  173. BITTERSWEET
  174. ONE REP MAX
  175. Morality and Ethics is the Snare
  176. BY HELPING YOURSELF, YOU BEST HELP OTHERS
  177. Insanity is Good.
  178. Think Deep.
  179. PHILOSOPHY IS THE FUTURE.
  180. Open Mind vs Closed Mind
  181. ENTHUSIASM IS GENIUS
  182. Towards a More Critical and Rigorous Line of Thinking
  183. How to Encourage and a Foster Independent and Free Thinking
  184. What is the Purpose of Life?
  185. WHY PHILOSOPHY IS SUPREME.
  186. Elitism.
  187. I Cannot Form an Opinion About Somebody Until I’ve Met Them in the Flesh
  188. ALL GENETICS ARE GOOD GENETICS.
  189. Happiness vs Freedom
  190. The Birth of a Hater
  191. My Way Isn’t the Right Way
  192. Walking as an Existential Thing
  193. Why I’m So Tolerant
  194. Mortal Gods
  195. THE HUMAN SPECIES
  196. Why I’m So Skeptical
  197. Just Follow the Money
  198. Why Selfish?
  199. WHY WE CANNOT BLAME OTHERS
  200. Why Are We So Anti Elitism?
  201. What Actually Interests You?
  202. How to Become Yourself
  203. SELF HATE
  204. Optimistic Fatalism
  205. Death is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
  206. FLUX.
  207. How to Think for Yourself
  208. FLESH
  209. How to Live the Best Life
  210. Why Live a Life Without Regrets?
  211. Why Plato Ruined Art and Aesthetics for Us
  212. Self Respect
  213. Hypocrite vs Contradict
  214. Ideals vs Reality
  215. Spaceship Philosophy
  216. What is Your Ideal Life?
  217. MY EXTREME GRATITUDE TOWARDS LIFE AND BEING ALIVE!
  218. Critique of Utilitarianism
  219. Don’t Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated
  220. The Eternal Recurrence of Tragedy and Joy in Life
  221. Elite Asceticism
  222. Why I Don’t Like Numbers
  223. Action and Reaction, Cause and Effect
  224. The Antidote to Nihilism: The Philosophy of Nothingness
  225. ERIC KIM Notes on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  226. EXPLOIT CHAOS.
  227. WHY I DON’T BELIEVE IN GENETICS
  228. Self-Wisdom
  229. The Future Belongs to the Fearless
  230. INDIVIDUALISM
  231. Why Live Forever?
  232. THIS TOO WILL PASS.
  233. Why Education?
  234. How to Become Yourself
  235. Things Shouldn’t Go Back to the Way They Used to Be
  236. Why Am I So Cruel?
  237. The Great Joy of Existence
  238. Virtue for the Sake of Virtue
  239. NO DISDAIN.
  240. INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE
  241. A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DIFFICULTY OR TRAGEDY ISN’T A LIFE WORTH LIVING
  242. BITTER IS BETTER.
  243. EXPLOIT THE BEST FROM TRAGEDY AND LIFE 
  244. DISREGARD FOR SELF-PRESERVATION
  245. PAIN.
  246. WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT?
  247. Tomorrow is Never
  248. Life is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
  249. EMBODIED REALITY
  250. BLACK SWAN
  251. THINGS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE
  252. What are you *really* afraid of?
  253. HAPPINESS ISN’T THE GOAL
  254. Philosophy is King
  255. Why is Selfish Evil?
  256. YOU’RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF BECOMING
  257. ENTITLEMENT A SIN?
  258. NARCISSISM
  259. BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF
  260. WHY FREE WILL?
  261. OBEY YOUR OPINION
  262. EGO IS GOOD.
  263. WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE INTO YOURSELF
  264. Seek the Good Pain
  265. Anti-Perfection in Photography, Art, and Life
  266. Can You Become an End into Yourself?
  267. WHY I LIVE
  268. Why I Hate Decline
  269. Why I Eat
  270. Why am I So Positive and Optimistic?
  271. EFFORT IS ENJOYMENT
  272. Never Stop Gaining
  273. TRUST YOURSELF
  274. A Life of Maximal Personal Independence
  275. What Do You Desire to Become?
  276. What Do I Want from Technology?
  277. Stratified Society
  278. Do You Love or Hate Reality?
  279. On the Brian, Body and Mind
  280. I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?
  281. Care over Fame
  282. ACTIVE NIHILISM
  283. Never Stop Subtracting
  284. How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life
  285. A Risker Life is a Better Life
  286. Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity
  287. How to Maximize Your Happiness
  288. Influence
  289. The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring
  290. Meditations on Meaning in Life
  291. There is Nothing More Interesting than Human Beings
  292. Is Hope a Vice?
  293. EGO
  294. Why Be Unique?
  295. Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength
  296. You’re the Hero
  297. Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?
  298. Why Do We Prize the Rare?
  299. The Joy of Uncertainty
  300. How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?
  301. A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living
  302. Free or Unfree?
  303. What Do You Really Care For in Life?
  304. Anti-Satisfaction in Life
  305. Why Think?
  306. The Eternal Return
  307. Only Do What is Best for You!
  308. Truthiness
  309. Why Be Happy?
  310. Permissionless Living
  311. In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom
  312. Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World
  313. Happiness
  314. Beyond Freedom
  315. Idolize People, Not Stuff
  316. What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?
  317. Why Hate?
  318. The Secret of Happiness
  319. You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming
  320. Life is about Choices, Not Obligations
  321. Anti-Nihilism
  322. First, Do What is Best for You.
  323. Live Dynamic
  324. How to Prosper
  325. Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?
  326. SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.
  327. How to Become more Idealistic
  328. Thrivival 101
  329. Create Yourself
  330. Non-Small
  331. Inspiration
  332. How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!
  333. Human Augmentation
  334. Prune
  335. Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)
  336. Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life
  337. Modern Slavery
  338. Kill the Leeches
  339. Wisdom Augmentation
  340. Why We Need Friction in Life
  341. Straight Line Philosophy
  342. What’s Your End-Game in Life?
  343. Create Your Own Happiness Today
  344. Desire Both Pain and Pleasure in Life
  345. Try the Impossible
  346. SELF-RESPECT
  347. Anti-Social Extrovert
  348. Never Blame Anybody But Yourself
  349. Human Flourishing
  350. Simpler, Not Better.
  351. How to be Free
  352. Embrace the Extremes
  353. Cultivate Your Own Culture
  354. COURAGE.
  355. Thrivival
  356. Inner Power
  357. How to Live a Purposeful Life
  358. My Definition of Happiness
  359. Why Change is Good
  360. Why Work?
  361. How to Live the Happiest Possible Life
  362. The Two-Pronged Approach to Maximize Joy in Your Life
  363. You Always Have Another Option!
  364. INFINITISM
  365. Never Stop!
  366. What is Your Self-Directed Purpose in Life?
  367. Live Today Like it Were Your Last
  368. Do You Photograph to Live, or Live to Photograph?
  369. ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER
  370. Live Life to the Fullest!
  371. In Praise of Selfishness
  372. Why You Must Be a YAY-SAYER to Succeed in Entrepreneurship and Life
  373. Why I Love Walking
  374. Live Life Like a Video Game!
  375. Simple Luxuries in Life
  376. Treat Your Life Like a Fun Experiment!
  377. Only Prove it to Yourself
  378. You Don’t Always Need to Feel Joyful to Live a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life
  379. Life is Too Short to Be Bored!
  380. Money Cannot Destroy Boredom
  381. How to Find Inspiration in Life
  382. Why You Must Ignore Haters to Succeed and Win in Life
  383. An Active Life is a Happy Life
  384. My Simple Joys in Life
  385. Never Stop Striving
  386. How to Motivate Yourself in Life
  387. How to Be Optimistic in Life
  388. How to Dictate Your Purpose in Life
  389. In Praise of a Dynamic Life
  390. PURPOSE.
  391. How to Enjoy Life
  392. Photography Therapy
  393. How to Conquer Regret
  394. Take Your Play Very Seriously.
  395. How to Prosper
  396. Memento Vivere
  397. Destroy in Order to CREATE
  398. Trust Your Body More Than Your Mind
  399. Make Photos to Make Meaning in Your Life
  400. Seek Knowledge, Not Information
  401. The Purpose of Human Life
  402. How to Overcome Impedence
  403. Why I Love Death
  404. How to Be Centered in the Eternal Now
  405. How to Be Happy
  406. Why Do You Care What Others Think of You?
  407. Why I’m Happy
  408. Why?
  409. Why I’m So Prolific
  410. How to Reduce LAG in Life

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