Early Retirement Extreme

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Perspectives on human performance

Published in August 20th, 2019
Posted by in Philosophy
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One of my informal theories is that a great deal of human performance metrics span about an order of magnitude. A very strong person is about 10 times stronger than a very weak person. A very fast person is about 10 times faster than a very slow person. In particular There are some for whom […]

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Pareto barriers

Published in August 17th, 2019
Posted by in Philosophy, Strategy
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Only 20% has the mental capacity (perhaps due to lack of successful schooling) to envision a life different from what the society provides via laws, culture, and expectations. One may argue whether the number is exactly 20% but suffice to say, I can just change the definition of “different” so that the statement is true […]

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Guest post: ERE explained! – Part 1

Published in August 16th, 2019
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy
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Following the HUGE forum discussion of the ethics of extreme early retirement which resulted in 133 (and counting) responses. Sawbones Surio wrote a very useful thread summary on the forums. Since more people still read the blog compared to the forum, I asked him if he would be willing to turn it into a summary […]

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