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Getting rid of books

Published in July 31st, 2023
Posted by in How to
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I have a problem with books. My problem is that I like to read books that are typically hard to get at your local library. I also like to occasionally be able to quickly reference something I read, because I usually remember where I read something (down to the location on the page), but I […]

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Why the unemployed don’t work

Published in July 26th, 2023
Posted by in Early Retirement, Strategy, Work
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As I understand it, there’s quite a bit of (unproductive) work involved with being unemployed such as filing papers, taking courses, and passing around papers between various agencies. In the Keynesian analogue, being an “Associate Unemployed” is like being a temp government worker that fills the holes that the people working inside the social transfer […]

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Recruitment strategies

Published in July 19th, 2023
Posted by in Strategy
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Lately I have been thinking in terms of recruitment strategies and how they affect the final composition of the recruited group. I think it is clear that each strategy has a different outcome. What makes life and business difficult is that often there is a desire to meet two conflicting goals: quantity and quality, for […]

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