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- Wed May 08, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: NYT article on fatFIRE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 664
Re: NYT article on fatFIRE
Is it possible for you to share those 5500 words? I would like to know more! The author/editor were already set on the fatFIRE angle, so it was mostly me pushing back on the idea that fatFIRE is not taking over the world, and there's more to FIRE than a bunch of tech-bros pretending to be frugal an...
- Wed May 08, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: The ERE Wheaton Scale
- Replies: 553
- Views: 149570
Re: The ERE Wheaton Scale
ETA2: I guess I don’t really know the difference between wanting to get a black belt because black belt and wanting to get better, improve, grow, become more authentically the best version of myself etc. Internally it feels like I pursue the latter, but I am always suspicious that I’m fooling mysel...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: The ERE Wheaton Scale
- Replies: 553
- Views: 149570
Re: The ERE Wheaton Scale
Speedrunning is more of an overall strategy/approach of attempting to progress through the WLs as rapidly as possible. Not necessarily bad, but frought with risk (skipping steps and tripping). The danger of trying to go fast is in not actually achieving unconscious competence at certain skills and ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: Physics experiments for 4-8 yo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 509
Re: Physics experiments for 4-8 yo
Fun tangent: I once visited a Little Free Library in NY which aside from the usual free books also had a box with various school-level math puzzles and science experiments. Kinda like how other LFLs sometimes offer small bags of seeds, postcards, bookmarks, ... except this was small bags of STEM ori...
- Tue May 07, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: 3 yrs to FI: ertyu's journal
- Replies: 710
- Views: 103839
Re: 3 yrs to FI: ertyu's journal
That sounds amazing - basically an UBI scheme for old people. I'm guessing most countries aren't as generous as Denmark though. It depends #TANSTAAFL If you're single w/o any savings, you should be able to haul in $2000/month AFTER tax. Average cost of living in Denmark is roughly the same as the a...
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: Physics experiments for 4-8 yo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 509
Re: Physics experiments for 4-8 yo
I have fond memories of my science teacher cutting up lumps of potassium and throwing them in water. But I fear the health and safety people will have a lot to say about that and it won't be favourable. Me too. I bet that the legal profession has had some boring impact on school science experiments...
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: NYT article on fatFIRE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 664
Re: NYT article on fatFIRE
Weird. That link worked for me. Perhaps it was only free for the first few hours.
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Actualization!- Level 7 towards level 8
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2182
Re: Actualization!- Level 7 towards level 8
@7wb5 - I may be using academic metaphors---because I have an academic background, although in this case I was using a cooking metaphor. What I'm pushing is essentially https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_of_hierarchical_complexity ... WL5 - MHC 11 (optimization is the peak of analytical thought) WL...
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: Physics experiments for 4-8 yo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 509
Re: Physics experiments for 4-8 yo
A Van de Graaff generator combined with someone's long hair was always a hit.
Also potato batteries. You can have them try with different fruits and vegetables. See who can make the light shine the brightest.
Also potato batteries. You can have them try with different fruits and vegetables. See who can make the light shine the brightest.
- Tue May 07, 2024 8:03 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Actualization!- Level 7 towards level 8
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2182
Re: Actualization!- Level 7 towards level 8
I've previously thought that what you are describing in WL9 here actually took place in the transition from WL6 to WL7. Possibly earlier at WL 3-5. @theanimal, @ego, and @C40 talk about this in the thread linked above, noting that some members have naturally focused on developing an integrated syst...
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:37 am
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: NYT article on fatFIRE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 664
NYT article on fatFIRE
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/magazine/retire-early-saving.html I wrote 5500 words in response to the interview question, which boiled down to about 50 words in the article. I never learn :-P Hopefully, though, it did help to steer the tone somewhat away from the "rich tech-bro" examp...
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: grundomatic's journal
- Replies: 201
- Views: 83327
Re: grundomatic's journal
Ah, if you can't tell the difference between the programming and yourself then you're going to have trouble finding purpose. Other way around. Once you can tell the difference, you may want to program your own purpose and that programming is much harder. But perhaps I'm just presuming that anyone w...
- Mon May 06, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Actualization!- Level 7 towards level 8
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2182
Re: Actualization!- Level 7 towards level 8
Hypothesis:
WL8 - Changing the system from within.
WL9 - Changing the system from without by connecting with other systems.
WL8 - Changing the system from within.
WL9 - Changing the system from without by connecting with other systems.
- Mon May 06, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
- Topic: Examples of ERE2 Lifestyles (or rather, holons?)
- Replies: 65
- Views: 338058
- Mon May 06, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Death and Dying
- Replies: 7
- Views: 667
Re: Death and Dying
What are you learning to deal with ill health in older age? I'm still just middle-aged. However, when I was younger, I had the benefit of having regular long conversations with a middle-aged athlete while commuting to weekend warrior activities. I'm only going to be repeating what you already see i...
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: The ERE Wheaton Scale
- Replies: 553
- Views: 149570
Re: The ERE Wheaton Scale
Ah yes, this is where we disagree. I think any novel solution is interesting regardless of repeatability... though I am thankful you keep discovering repeatable solutions! I agree that repeatable solutions are more interesting. I love taking other people's solutions and playing with them, so a non-...
- Mon May 06, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: 3 yrs to FI: ertyu's journal
- Replies: 710
- Views: 103839
Re: 3 yrs to FI: ertyu's journal
That seems quite generous! Over here 100,000 euros gets a 50 year old male 312 a month, or 3.7%, and there are no options that correct for inflation. If inflation halves the value of money in 20 years, at his 70th birthday the 50 year old male will have the purchasing power of 156 a month. Been a w...
- Mon May 06, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Actualization!- Level 7 towards level 8
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2182
Re: Actualization!- Level 7 towards level 8
I think it's possible and maybe even inevitable to work on all three WLs in a set simultaneously, as on is never truly one WL across all things anyway. I don't think I've acquired enough skills to get beyond WL6, but in terms of thinking I may be accessing WL7 and WL8? I dunno, it's not hugely impo...
- Mon May 06, 2024 11:09 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: The ERE Wheaton Scale
- Replies: 553
- Views: 149570
Re: The ERE Wheaton Scale
The trap of not following the FI plan is being "pre-conventional" and thinking you are "post-conventional." This is called the pre/trans-fallacy and it's worth some self-questioning. The fallacy comes about because "conventional" people or mindsets often can not see th...
- Mon May 06, 2024 9:44 am
- Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
- Topic: The camino
- Replies: 11
- Views: 731
Re: The camino
Worth mentioning is that going from an otherwise sedentary weekend warrior (5000 steps/day + 15-25,000/day on weekends) to a daily 25-30,000 steps/day for 5 weeks straight may be a rude awakening to your "walking work capacity". Or maybe not. If you already do 15-20,000/day then you'll be ...