Early Retirement Extreme

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Will we be repairing our iPods a hundred years from now?

Published in January 13th, 2025
Posted by in How to, Strategy, Work
19 Comments

Well, in a hundred years, I’ll probably be death (“Lost off the coast of … in a hurricane”), so this question is mainly relevant for our descendants [for those of you who have such]. In a recent post on the future, frugal bachelor commented: I doubt the IPOD will be repaired in any conventional sense, […]

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Big on methods, poor on fundamentals.

Published in January 11th, 2025
Posted by in Strategy
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There is an abundant swath of personal finance tools, 10 step programs, weight loss programs, etc. that are all intended to fix our problems. This country is HUGE on methods but poor on fundamentals. To beat obesity, you’ve got to consume less and burn more. There is no alternative. And to do that, you’ve got […]

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Entrenching

Published in January 7th, 2025
Posted by in Strategy
12 Comments

If it was not already clear, watching the Grammys showed that whoever is famous or the most popular is not necessarily the best or the most creative(*). Thus often it would seem that the only conclusive best metric of “the best” is that they have the best connections, that is, the best network either presently […]

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