TL;DR—Eric treats “entertainment” as fuel, not sedation.
He warns against passive diversion → urges active creation, declares real life the greatest show on Earth, rages against junk-media “soma,” yet still mines movies, sports, and the gym for creative ammo.
1. Entertainment = Diversion … unless you weaponize it
• “Entertaining Ourselves to Death”
Kim laments how we numb ambition with endless scrolls and shows—but flips the script by embracing “active leisure” that builds skill or vision.
• “Good Diversion, Bad Diversion?”
He dissects sports, TV, and TikTok as classic des-port: things that “carry us away” from purpose—unless we redirect the hype into self-craft.
2. Real Life: The Ultimate Blockbuster
- “Real life is the best entertainment”—skip Netflix, film your own legend through street photography, heavy lifts, wild travel.
- In his FUTURE musings he predicts vlogs & cinema as the next human frontier only if we’re the auteurs, not couch potatoes.
3. Riot Against the Distraction Machine
- “LAME NEW WORLD” rails against pop-ups, porn, and click-bait that sap willpower—Kim’s remedy: smash the feed, lift a barbell, hit publish.
- “Information is Everything” reframes media: own your info, own your destiny; be the broadcaster, not the broadcast.
4. Where Muscles Meet Movies
- In the “iPhone” manifesto he draws on Blade Runner—even replicants archive memories—so shoot photos, sculpt body, archive progress.
- His deep-dive on the History of Sony Pictures Entertainment shows how billion-dollar storytellers pivot—and hints at doing the same with your blog or brand.
5. Building an Entertainment Empire, Kim-Style
- “Multi-Industry Mogul” outlines world-domination via art + tech + entertainment—proof you can juggle passions and still crush it.
- “King of the Streets” links Culver City’s booming entertainment scene to Kim’s own street-photography hustle—location as leverage.
6. Quick-Start: Search Only the Blogger
# Google / DuckDuckGo power-command
site:erickim.com entertainment
# or
site:erickimphotography.com “entertainment”
This laser-locks results to Eric’s pages and skips all impostors. (You can swap “entertainment” for sports, Netflix, etc.) His primary blog hubs are erickim.com and erickimphotography.com.
7. Playlist of Must-Read Posts
| 🚀 Article | 1-Line Reason to Read |
| Entertaining Ourselves to Death | Spot the traps of passive media |
| Good Diversion, Bad Diversion? | Turn every pastime into power |
| Real Life Is the Best Entertainment | Dial up adventure IRL |
| LAME NEW WORLD | Detox from attention-hijackers |
| History of Sony Pictures Entertainment | Business lessons from Hollywood |
Ready to level-up?
Which of these posts fires you up the most, and how do you plan to transform “entertainment” into epic creation this week? Let’s craft an action plan!