Early Retirement Extreme

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

Dunbar, technological advances, and the failure of social structure

Published in January 25th, 2020
Posted by in Philosophy, Work
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To further add to the discussion that had led to the Occupy Wall Street movement but also a generic observation of a secular cultural movement, here are the problems with the current system. The biggest cause is the combination of scientific understanding and mass production. Imagine for a second that you would only be able […]

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Guest Post: Paul Wheaton on using cast iron skillets

Published in January 24th, 2020
Posted by in How to
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This is a guest post from Paul Wheaton from permies.com which is the home of the permaculture forums. (You may have noticed the links I put up on the right recently + in a couple of weeks there’ll be a podcast interview with me on Paul’s site.) Permaculture and ERE has a lot in common […]

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How to define work (and love)

Published in January 24th, 2020
Posted by in Work
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Defining what work is it very difficult. Tim Ferris of the 4 hour work week made a big name of himself (or maybe it was his publisher) by thinking of work as things he does not enjoy doing. Others would say that he is working 100 hours a week. On a similar vein you can […]

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