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Published: Aug. 18, 2024, 2:56 p.m.

Diversion? https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2024/08/18/sports-set-yourself-free/

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Audio: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SPORTS.m4a

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# NEVER SIT

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What is the weirdest and most bizarre thing in modern-day life? Enclosed spaces, sitting?

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## Achilles

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One visual I really like from the movie *Troy*, with Brad Pitt as Achilles, is when he\u2019s in his little hut, sleeping with his beautiful babes, and he\u2019s woken up by the kid who tells him that he needs to fight this really steroided-out barbarian fighter.

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The first thought\u2026 I think the reason why people love camping so much is that it is far more natural and naturalistic; essentially, all day, you\u2019re outside, and even in the evening, you\u2019re al fresco by the fire\u2026 hanging out!

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And this is the bizarre thing\u2026 what is modernity? The *preference* to be indoors, with weakening air conditioning, or the preference to sit, instead of the preference to be out and about, traversing the outdoor terrain?

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## Ideas

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I\u2019ll give you examples: the enclosed modern-day gymnasium. Now, about a year without a gym membership\u2026 I\u2019ve discovered how bizarre it is.

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First, if you think about the naturalistic gymnasium of the ancient Greeks, it was an open-air gymnasium. Pretty much like a huge massive plot of dirt or sand, and a bunch of naked dudes working out, doing bodily combat exercises, training, hanging out talking shop, etc.

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I think the problem in today\u2019s world is that we have commoditized everything. We\u2019ve even commoditized the human body, and we have applied both capitalistic and consumerist notions to the body.

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For example, weight. Weight, like calories, is the most insanely foolish idea.

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For example, let\u2019s say that you are 6 feet tall and 300 pounds. Now this is different if you are 80% body fat, a morbidly obese man, or if you are 5% body fat, and you look like a demigod. Imagine someone like Ronnie Coleman without the steroids.

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This is very pernicious with women; I think this is the bizarre contradiction: men are always trying to gain weight, while women are trying to lose weight.

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If we think about this from a modern-day capitalistic productivity perspective\u2026 with money, we are always trying to gain it, never lose it. But if we thought about money like weight, the analogy starts to change a bit.

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There is nobody on the planet who likes to lose money. Nobody. Also, almost universally\u2026 Everyone likes to gain money.

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Also... it seems that people also like to *spend* money.

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But the bizarre irony is that **the moment you spend money, you lose money**. Then the thought is, that is OK\u2026 I\u2019ll just keep working harder, in order to earn more money, in order to spend it more.

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## White people make money don\u2019t spend it

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I almost feel like Kanye West almost figured everything out. Of course, not everything, but a lot.

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This portion explores themes around modern society's norms and behaviors, particularly the contradictions in how we live, exercise, and manage our resources like money and health. There's a critique of indoor living and a comparison to more natural, outdoor activities, along with an analysis of the commodification of the body and the absurdities of modern economic behavior.

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