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- Sat Dec 07, 2019 8:51 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: The KonMari method
- Replies: 89
- Views: 25104
Re: The KonMari method
Yes. From a low-cost-living point of view, KonMari is operating at the wrong end of the process. The decision point 'sparks joy' versus 'adds to clutter' should come before buying something, not afterwards. It should also be taken in the context of a longish timeframe, not just 5 seconds. But there ...
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:51 am
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: How to last another 3 yrs at my job? Advice?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 16090
Re-framing
I have a lot of sympathy with the OP. My framing of the issue is that you have taken a rational decision to work at an uncongenial job for the next three years in order to secure your ERE, but the irrational/ unconscious parts of your mind/body system are not fully aligned with your decision, and ar...
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:41 am
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: Looking for a new job
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5915
The other end of the telescope
I would suggest you think about this the other way round: What, in terms of your needs as a human (food, shelter, social contact, retirement-funds, skill-mastery, etc), is it that you are looking for a job to meet, rather than other facets of your life? In general, the more needs a job has to meet, ...
- Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:10 pm
- Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
- Topic: Coding for Kids
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4338
Re: Coding for Kids
I want to second the suggestion for "scratch", above. Scratch comes out of MIT and is well thought out, so it is easy to use, quite powerful, and does not plant bad habits.
- Sun Apr 28, 2019 2:13 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Poll: What kind of watch do you own?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 16252
Re: Poll: What kind of watch do you own?
I have three watches, a 'beater' which I wear whenever or wherever there is a risk of damage or loss - ski trips, rock concerts, the gym - and two nice Swiss watches. When my father became established in his profession, he bought himself a nice Swiss watch. I think part of the reason for this was th...
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:25 pm
- Forum: ERE Community
- Topic: Starting a Learning Tribe
- Replies: 54
- Views: 29875
Re: Starting a Learning Tribe
Just thinking out loud, it's much easier to take over an existing community and redirect it than to create a new one from scratch. You could maybe join your local Toastmasters with a few friends, and make all your speeches "How to"s for Renaissance Man skills, coach the existing membership...
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:14 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Dividends are psychologically more robust than buybacks
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3275
Re: Dividends are psychologically more robust than buybacks
There is an argument that a buyback shows that the management has no good ideas. In that case it is a 'sell' indicator.
- Tue Mar 26, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
- Topic: Random Relationship Derailment Thread
- Replies: 266
- Views: 66671
- Thu Mar 07, 2019 12:07 pm
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: Epsilon Theory
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2534
Re: Epsilon Theory
Thanks for posting this. Very interesting reading. I sometimes think that economics today - or at least run of the mill financial analysis - loses sight of the fact that its subject matter, unlike the elementary particles of physics, have minds of their own, and are quite capable of deviating from t...
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:20 pm
- Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
- Topic: My theory is better evidence than your lived reality
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18870
Re: My theory is better evidence than your lived reality
Yeah. I've had the snacktime inquisition at work. "Why aren't you eating the free cake? You're in good shape" Somehow the idea that not eating the free cake is a cause of being in good shape seems not to be relevant.
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:07 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: And the award for most anti-ERE family goes to...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6310
Re: And the award for most anti-ERE family goes to...
Would it be wrong to laugh at this? If the story is true, the bad thing is to borrow / take from grandma. Otherwise they have a big income and could clean themselves up with a few years of dialling back wasted spending. It's about the tension between 1) working like a dog and making lots of money, 2...
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:00 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: The Art of Not Being Governed
- Replies: 102
- Views: 23525
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:35 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Life Traps Analysis from WSP
- Replies: 148
- Views: 39972
Re: Life Traps Analysis from WSP
You can rephrase what I said with ....Assuming that anybody can read useful stuff for 1-2 hours a day without taking away from any other productive activity, which I would guess is a fairly sound assumption. I know plenty of people who would achieve more if they worked more, and sitting reading ins...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 7:10 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Safe withdrawl rate & lifespan
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4778
Re: Safe withdrawl rate & lifespan
The SWR for 5 years life-expectation, in order to be 'safe', has to be based on not running out of money even if actual life turns out to be significantly longer than the expected value, perhaps at two standards deviations above the mean, which would push the rate down.
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 6:58 am
- Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
- Topic: Preppers?
- Replies: 96
- Views: 24234
Re: Preppers?
I wouldn't put it past the PM to make a huge mess out of the situation. Yes. She seems to have quite the talent that way. And, as heyhey said later in this thread, "I'm sure there'll be panic buying" Often, it's not the threat that is the threat, it is the government and public response t...
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:26 am
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: Great Modern Thinkers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9709
Re: Great Modern Thinkers
Eli Goldratt Goldratt started off as a physics professor, and then got involved in business, in due course developing a set of thinking tools for business (known as 'Theory of Constraints' or TOC), which have turned out to be widely applicable, not just in business. For example, I use the 'Cloud' m...
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:20 am
- Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
- Topic: Civil War in France
- Replies: 46
- Views: 11466
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:23 am
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: What type of business should I start?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3360
Re: What type of business should I start?
I'm thinking of starting a part time business. I would suggest starting with a different question: "What are the possible ways I can I commercialise this specific knowledge / skill / passion / hobby / obsession of mine?" That will focus your search for ideas towards things you will be abl...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:11 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Diversification vs. concentration
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4966
Re: Diversification vs. concentration
Efficient is roughly the opposite of resilient, so to the extent that you trust that the market is efficient, you should also fear that it lacks resilience. Well, yes, no. If we're talking about the market being efficient in the 'efficient market hypothesis' sense we are saying that the market effi...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 4:00 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Gambling advertisement
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3286
Re: Gambling advertisement
Yes. For a country which is so concerned to discourage other forms of compulsive behaviour - bottles of wine can only be sold in state liquor stores during the permitted hours; tobacco cannot be advertised on TV - the deluge of advertising for online gambling seems out of place and disconcerting. Pe...