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Slaying the “enough” dragon

Published in October 3rd, 2022
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy
26 Comments

From the forums, landedgentry13 said: …I have often fallen victim to the “just one more…” virus. If I’m earning 40k in passive income, I tell myself that I’ll be content at 60k. If I have x number of investments, I’ll be content with y number of investments. If I can take a weekend trip to […]

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Stoicism vs (Zen) Buddhism — preliminary conclusions

Published in October 3rd, 2022
Posted by in Philosophy
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I am currently looking into both in more detail to derive fortitude in the face of the permeating growth/consumerism mentality. Stoicism and Zen Buddhism are very similar. They both try to deal with the problems of the ego. Conversely, consumerism is all about gratifying the ego. I don’t think I’m qualified to comment in detail–however… […]

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On elevating humanity

Published in October 2nd, 2022
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy, Work
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Work may be thought of as a form of self-expression. For instance, when I worked as a physicist, I considered the programs I wrote to simulate neutron stars and the papers I wrote about my understanding of the results a form of self-expression much in the same way a musician picks up a guitar. There’s […]

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