Early Retirement Extreme

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

How to succeed in school without really learning anything

Published in February 17th, 2020
Posted by in Education, Work
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I just finished reading this book and I would say that if you’re a student planning to go to college or a parent planning to fund your child’s college education, it would be worth reading at least the first and the last chapter. If you ever intend to become a college professor or a high […]

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The disappearance of the middle class

Published in January 30th, 2020
Posted by in Early Retirement, Education, Work
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Zev pointed me in the general direction of Huffington Post and their posts about the disappearance of the middle class and what they refer to as “Third World America” and what we need to do to save it. As I was reading more and more I felt more like grabbing someone and shaking themcompelled to […]

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The hedged nature of early retirement extreme

Published in December 24th, 2019
Posted by in Early Retirement, Education, Philosophy, Strategy
38 Comments

There’s one defining characteristic way about the way I plan: I may not win, but I never lose. (You may have picked up this sentiment from some of my discussions of strategy.) Hence I will focus my efforts disproportionally towards avoiding bad outcomes rather than seeking good outcomes. This leads to a modest but tranquil […]

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