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Being frugal as an end in itself

Published in November 16th, 2024
Posted by in Philosophy
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I am what you could call extremely frugal, but my reasons for being so are not strictly monetary. In fact my investment income alone exceeds my spending by almost 50%100%150% and yet I see no reason to become less frugal and increase my spending. My long term goal is to reduce my spending even further. […]

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Ecological capitalism and consumer capitalism

Published in November 14th, 2024
Posted by in Philosophy
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The Master said: “Ci, do you regard me as someone who learns much and commits it all to memory?” Zi-gong replied: “Yes, are you not?” The Master said: “No, I use one string to tie it all together.” — from the Analects of Confusius Have you ever noticed that what used to be referred to […]

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The power of metaphors

Published in November 13th, 2024
Posted by in Philosophy, Strategy
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Snow has for some reason(*) become a popular metaphor for handling money. There’s snow flaking which involves finding money in odd places and odd jobs and using it to pay off debt. Paying off debt has been associated with snowballs and avalanches describing how it becomes easier and easier to pay off debt once the […]

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