NYT article on fatFIRE

[xmj]

Please don't forget the elephant in the room - S&P500, VT, BTC all took out the December 2021 all time highs. Next time we get a 20% retreat the "FIRE is dying!!11eleven" meme will reappear.

[Western Red Cedar]

I think the writer may have been basing her assessment of the FIRE movement on subscribers to various Reddit threads. Not sure if that is the best metric, or even a particularly useful one.