Life

The mental prison of being poor Published on April 24th, 2025 Posted by Jacob Poor is spending 10% of your income on lottery tickets. Frugal… Read More »Being Poor vs Thinking Poor

https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Lives+of+Others The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck marking his feature film directorial debut.… Read More »America is now East Berlin

Originally published in 2017! Just after Trump’s re-election in November 2024, I wrote a column headlined ‘How to Survive the Broligarchy’ (reproduced below) and in… Read More »How to Survive the Broligarchy

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder – reviewThis article is more than 8 years old 8 YEARS AGO!The Yale historian’s… Read More »Do not obey in advance

E. B. White: We should strive not for balanced books but balanced libraries

Posted by Jacob – Early Retirement Extreme— a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, resilience, and applied capitalism I’m currently reading How to… Read More »How rich do you really need to be?

Dustin Moskovitz‬ ‪@moskov.goodventures.org‬ First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.Then they came for… Read More »(Silence)

To which I say: “Bah humbug!” Different strokes for different folks. According to my favorite theory in the world, the MBTI, a person’s highest values… Read More »“You should value experiences over stuff”

My wife shared a Reddit post that had a beautiful message – You’re not an image, you’re an experience. Here’s the note in full. “As… Read More »Not an image, an experience