Early Retirement Extreme

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

Swine flu and systemic responses

Published in July 1st, 2021
Posted by in Health, Strategy
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Whenever the swine flu (the pork industry would prefer if you refer to it as H1N1) or some other epidemic is spreading across the countryworld, it is a good opportunity to remark on a few strategies(*) the virus may take to survive. (*) If you think of humanity as a virus, it is also a […]

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Highlander and the lattice work of mental models

Published in June 30th, 2021
Posted by in Health, Strategy
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“You know at first, it may seem weird that there is this guy who mainly keeps to himself and wears a trench coat. But then you find out he carries around a concealed sword at all times because he is immortal and the only way he can die is if someone cuts his head off […]

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Endurance events

Published in June 20th, 2021
Posted by in Health
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One possible way of spending retirement is to enroll in marathons, ironmen (or is that ironmans?), ultracycling, etc. all over the country or planet depending on ambition. Last SundayA couple of years ago I completed my first century (actually it turned into 123 miles (197km) since I took a wrong turn at some point) which […]

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