These days you can’t throw a dwarf without hitting someone preaching than you should value experiences over things. It is continuously the case that a certain, but changing, personality type dominates the culture in terms of what should be desirable—I can’t wait until my preferences rises to the mainstream; some years ago, it was the [...]
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I choose the title, because oddly, these two often stand in opposition. One should think that the freedom to spend one’s time as one wishes would be admirable or at least a widely supported goal. However, it is very often the case that early retirement is a sin which is only “forgivable” if one is [...]
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