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- Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
- Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
- Replies: 337
- Views: 128617
Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?
I would agree with you if I thought it was about money. My point is that it's not about the money for them, so first world/third world comparisons don't apply. They are lonely and disenfranchised, and support structures that might have helped were absent or collapsed altogether during the lockdowns....
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
- Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
- Replies: 337
- Views: 128617
Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?
Here is the original Business Insider article ... https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/gen-z-dave-ramsey-advice-doesnt-work-today-2024-2 I spoke to my sons' former guidance counselor over the weekend. She echoed the same sentiments. They feel dejected and depressed. They don't feel like ...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
- Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
- Replies: 337
- Views: 128617
Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?
Not sure if this article was posted upthread ... ‘I’d rather be caffeinated than depressed with $6’: Young Americans are rejecting Dave Ramsey’s financial advice — here’s why they say they’re ‘not willing to do anything to get out of debt' “Self-care is extremely important and if that means buying a...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
- Replies: 122
- Views: 5876
Re: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
@jp Seems like something one could research easily? Is Google your friend on this one? Maybe, maybe not. median = 5 months So not an inverted bell curve. Majority of stays are shorter than 6 months according to the NIH. A few unlucky patients are driving the average way up. I'd only buy the insuran...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
- Replies: 122
- Views: 5876
Re: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
Yeah, I want to know the median length of time spent in LTC. I bet it's an inverted bell curve.
@Chenda {{hugs}} I'll keep your family in my prayers.
@Chenda {{hugs}} I'll keep your family in my prayers.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:36 am
- Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
- Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
- Replies: 337
- Views: 128617
Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?
article on FIRE regret in the NYPost today ... https://nypost.com/2024/02/19/personal-finance/im-an-extreme-budgeter-who-saved-200k-in-5-years-this-was-the-downside-i-didnt-expect/ My kids and their friends don't seem that interested in escaping work or avoiding 'the man.' Honestly, most of them see...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: ERE Book/Blog/Forum
- Topic: ERE Blog post: Ecological capitalism and consumer capitalism
- Replies: 48
- Views: 8093
Re: ERE Blog post: Ecological capitalism and consumer capitalism
@J: I still struggle with that question. I would routinely swing wildly between feeling despondent that my actions don't even equate to a drop of water in the ocean and feeling despondent for my kids futures and wanting to do everything I can to inspire change. Then it occurred to me that both invol...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Buying a New Computer + A Sad Story
- Replies: 62
- Views: 11754
Re: Buying a New Computer + A Sad Story
I was amazed at how much battery life I'm getting out of a MacBook Air with the newer silicone chips from Apple. ~15 hours of web browsing and ~12 hours of video. At this rate, it will take 8-10 years to reach the maximum discharge cycles on the battery. SSD, low voltage CPU, no fans to speak of. I...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: You Don't Need Health Insurance
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2638
Re: You Don't Need Health Insurance
@Scott2- What I'm getting at, and what @Ego put more succinctly, is that what you described above is treatment. Not just treatment, but establishing baselines and developing relationships with providers. What you and Ego are advocating sounds totally reasonable for healthy people trying to avoid li...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Starting from scratch in the minimum wage system
- Replies: 67
- Views: 4590
Re: Starting from scratch in the minimum wage system
I had the pleasure of hearing Ehrenreich in person. It was before the book came out but she must have been writing it at the time because a lot of her talk was about traps. To give some context to help understand her perspective, she definitely viewed the issue of traps through a traditional feminis...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1857
Re: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis
I don't think any further convincing needs to be done. As was posted in another thread here recently, a recent study (idk how credible) from the UK showed that 80% of people there feel their lives are meaningless. But why? That was my point. Are they being convinced their lives are meaningless, eit...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1857
Re: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis
@7W5 -- I hadn't replied yet because I couldn't think of a tactful and cohesive way to express my thoughts, but you come pretty close. My not-so-tactful thoughts were basically that they (men like them) had engineered the meaning out of their lives and are now looking for contrived ways to put it ba...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1857
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
- Replies: 603
- Views: 168051
Re: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
Next on Maslow’s Hierarchy are “Aesthetic Needs.” Something about placing aesthetic needs separate from/above cognitive needs on the hierarchy doesn't sit right with me. Aren't they both cognitive needs, just viewed from different areas of the brain? I guess if you view it as cognitive=function and...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:21 am
- Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
- Topic: The Art of the Minimum Hotbed
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1595
Re: The Art of the Minimum Hotbed
If you're in a warm state, then you can prop open the sides of opposite ends during the day and drop them at night when nights might produce a solid frost. As far a wind, you are correct that plants do better with airflow and wind/handling to strengthen the structure. I've never seen brassicas that ...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
- Topic: The Art of the Minimum Hotbed
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1595
Re: The Art of the Minimum Hotbed
Why not keep the plastic on all the time? Sun + plastic cover = much higher base temps.
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
- Topic: The Art of the Minimum Hotbed
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1595
Re: The Art of the Minimum Hotbed
In the future, consider putting a fresh compost pile under the bed in the fall so the heat from the decomposition will help keep the bed warm during the winter. Other thoughts ... *You don't have to heat with water, I've used rocks kept near the fireplace during the daytime. Pots of water also work ...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 3:02 pm
- Forum: Mastermind Groups
- Topic: Ecology- MMG
- Replies: 177
- Views: 35523
Re: Ecology- MMG
I struggle during the winter but I'm trying to take inspiration from this thread and appreciate what winter has to offer. I've discovered I love winter sunsets. They're different, and brief, but they are magical for about 15 minutes. I also thoroughly enjoy stargazing during witching hour -- the ski...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Non-Plastic Food Storage?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1683
Re: Non-Plastic Food Storage?
Use eco-friendly parchment paper. If you're ok with stuff that says BPA-free etc, try laminated cotton.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:09 pm
- Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
- Topic: Tips for toddlers?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1919
Re: Tips for toddlers?
Here's good parent advice ... teach them how to use the potty, self-soothe, develop AM and PM routines, and keep track of their own stuff (get them a pack to carry their own stuff -- like pacifier, sippy cup, favorite toy, whatever -- and do it even in the house so you're not always the one looking ...