Early Retirement Extreme
by Jacob Lund Fisker
A physicist's philosophical and systems-theory case for living on a fraction of income, building a 'renaissance' skill set and retiring in five years. Dense, uncompromising and the intellectual root of the FIRE movement. Not a light read.
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you want the deep theory of extreme frugality and self-sufficiency.
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you want practical steps; this is a philosophy of life.
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Three things you will actually use
- Consumption is a system you can redesign.
- Skills replace spending.
- A high savings rate shortens everything.
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Read the chapters on the renaissance ideal and the web of goals.
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The intellectual root of FIRE.
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