Early Retirement Extreme

— a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, resilience, and applied capitalism

The climate science debate

Published in October 25th, 2023
Posted by in Philosophy
64 Comments

I just watched this debate on climate change (thanks to T_ from pointing it out) … and now I feel a rant is coming on. I’m happy that some are still willing to debate. Then again, maybe I’m not. I think it’s sad when science is being “debated” in a “fair and balanced” manner. It […]

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The rise and decline of the American middle class

Published in October 16th, 2023
Posted by in Work
21 Comments

The article, The Coming Fury of an Angry America (via @mymoneyshrugged), explains the predicament of the middle class very well. This further strengthens my resolve not to join the middle class. In my opinion, the middle class has as its fundamental core problem the issue of willingly becoming a single cog in a machine it […]

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The blender, the spice grinder

Published in October 8th, 2023
Posted by in How to
23 Comments

As it turns out, our $25 blender can grind spices to a flour like powder on the ice crushing setting. I did not know that! Knowing that could have saved a lot of hours with the mortar and pestle, and it could also have saved the 15 bucks spent to get it a few years […]

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