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@jean yes the kids speak German (and they can translate for me haha) - so yeah that sounds great - I'm sure they will have fun with the neighbour's kids - and wow I did not know there was a kid there - fantastic!

re. swimming attire - does nude count as attire? (just kidding... barely).

Hey everyone - I am considering coming - I met up with bos who happens to live 100m from my workplace and he is active with the meetups and inspired me to make it happen.

One question - is anyone bringing any kids?

I'm thinking to maybe just bring my oldest son (aged 10) - the other 4 kids would ...

I can meet any time in Berlin or near there.

I would say rather than "health > wealth", it's more about "health + wealth" (... + a lot of other things like friends/family, self-fulfilment, wisdom/knowledge, low stress etc.)

jacob wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:10 am

The main question here is ... what will happen to the underlying economy...

Short answer:
To the underlying economy, not much will happen.
To the financial markets - a lot more volatility.

What could specifically happen is that more than one major breadbasket fails in the same year.


Jacob - I would be interested to hear your thoughts on global food supply-chain risks at the moment with the Russia-Ukraine war seemingly not ending any time soon, and the massive amount of calories ...

Please comment. I'd be interested to hear this community's thoughts. How can I recover? What to do?


One mistake that I don't believe you listed was this:
- investing in 'exotic' investment products

When people get rich, or retire, it's easy to get bored (or greedy) and start dabbling in more ...

What works now will probably not work 10 years from now.


What about a 'World' ETF? (e.g. one that holds the top 100 or top 1,000 companies in the world)

Hasn't something like that (averaged out, and with a holding period of many decades) had strong returns in the last century, and isn't it ...

Yes you're probably right, I was just in a judgemental mood I think ;)


:lol: Yeah don't worry you're not the only one. Sometimes I start thinking/talking the same way, and then I remember that life is short, all 'morals' are made up, and the only thing each of us has to do is live and enjoy ...

...there's lot of stink eye directed at those who remain unemployed for longer than absolutely necessary.


I would agree with this (it's similar in all of the northern European/Scandinavian wealthy countries). Generally, "working" or "contributing" is seen as part of the requirement of being ...

I know that the Danish system for EU migrants is set up to prevent this.


Yes precisely - the Danes only pay a progressively increasing % of benefits to families with children until you've been there around 5 years. So "coming for the welfare" doesn't really work as you will only be getting a ...

I don't think though it's quite as cushy as you imagine, and anyway, you shouldnt be trying to milk welfare systems without paying your way.


Why not?

If there is a policy of allowing people who are living in Finland legally to receive certain social benefits, why shouldn't one receive those ...

I've always been impressed by the resiliency of the Finns.

I also noticed that in Finland, and in northern Europe in general, a much greater willingness to use things longer (years longer) and then repurpose them or sell/give away the items after many years of use. It's much less common in northern ...

Excuse the broken English + non-perfect YouTube auto-generated transcript, but I'm getting serious ERE vibes from Jon Jandai in this video.

"...In the near future, if we keep developing in this way, and in the same time for people when we use money but don't use physical body we will have less ...

I haven't listened to the podcasts yet - but have subscribed. Based on the blog posts which I read several of just now - I know I'll enjoy the podcast episodes.

I'd encourage everyone to check out the blog as well.

Has anyone exploited online casino bonuses or done matched betting for a bit of extra money? This seems like an easy side hustle that you can do whenever you feel like it. Obviously in some countries this is not legal. In the UK, not only is it legal, it is tax free.


Yes. Got to around $15k ...

I feel like the Unabomber is not the guy we should be looking to regarding identifying societal problems and executing solutions thereto.


On the "identification" part, I think you'll find most people who read his writing agree with most of what he identifies. On the "solutions" part, I agree ...

I have a very similar system to @oldbeyond, and I think many on the forum probably do as well, even if they don't realize it.

I have a literal spreadsheet called 'Solved Problems' that has problems I consider effectively 'solved'... at least for me personally. These are aspects of life that I've ...

If you take out the crazy, and leave just the self-sufficiency:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library ... -kaczynski

Retirement at 40? Do without today, enjoy later.
https://youtu.be/_CtR6a-sd1E

Can turn on auto-translated subtitles for any language - they do a half-decent job...