Eric Kim (the street photographer, blogger, and philosopher behind erickimphotography.com) achieved financial independence and became “good with money” — reaching millionaire status and generating substantial income — through a combination of relentless entrepreneurship in his passion (photography), extreme minimalism and frugality, self-employment, value creation via open sharing, and high-conviction investing (especially in Bitcoin). He openly shares that he attained financial freedom in his late 20s and has built wealth without traditional jobs, emphasizing that money is a tool for freedom rather than an end goal.

Key Factors in How He Built Wealth In his own words across blog posts: He willed wealth by doubling down on self-creation, blogging daily, and treating

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The Toyota Prius is often called one of the most antifragile cars — a concept from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book Antifragile, where systems not only withstand stress, shocks, and disorder but actually improve or thrive because of them (unlike fragile things that break or merely robust/resilient ones that endure without changing).

While the Prius isn’t literally “antifragile” in Taleb’s philosophical sense (no direct quotes from him specifically call it that), it embodies the idea better than almost any other mass-market vehicle through its design, real-world performance, and ownership economics. Here’s why it earns that reputation: 1. It Thrives on Heavy Use and High Stress (The Opposite […]

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