Early Retirement Extreme

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

The hedged nature of early retirement extreme

Published in November 18th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Education, Philosophy, Strategy
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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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The disappearance of the middle class

Published in October 29th, 2021
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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Cash flow diagrams for the poor, the middle class, and the investor class

Published in October 15th, 2021
Posted by in Education, Philosophy
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Being poor or unable to get credit 100% of the expenses must be covered with wage income. Schematically the cash flow looks like this Thus you put your time into your work which gives you a wage income that is used to pay for stuff that goes back to you.People with a credit score can […]

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