... any blog post that had a major impact on your life, workflow, career, understanding, etc. qualifies.
Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?
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#3'A Quick (Battle) Field Guide to the New Culture Wars'
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/03/06/a-quick-battle-field-g...
Less about the specifics of the battles being mentioned, but rather:
1. Battles can be real even if they don't involve actual physical fighting. If I, like the author of this post, am a pacifist, it's best if I try to stay disengaged or uninvolved.
2. Many people play a certain role in a battle, and it's helpful to understand what role a person is playing as you interact with them. That is, are they a soldier, a general, or a diplomat?
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#4On stress by Gwern.
We are collectively mentally ill
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#5On stress by Gwern. We are collectively mentally ill
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#6This is Water by David Foster Wallace
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#7https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-si...
MMM is life-changing in general!
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#8'A Quick (Battle) Field Guide to the New Culture Wars' https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/03/06/a-quick-battle-field-g... Less about the specifics of the battles being mentioned, but rather: 1. Battles can be real even if they don't involve actual physical fighting. If I, like the author of this post, am a pacifist, it's best if I try to stay disengaged or uninvolved. 2. Many people play a certain role in a battle, and…
I think at least some of the battlefronts talked about by this blog post were started by the ultra-wealthy in the US to draw the peasants attention away from Occupy Wall Street. That was the last "big thing" before identity politics took center stage. It pits us all against each other instead of pitting us against the rich.
China and Russia are likely responsible for some of these battlefronts, too.
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#10https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-si...
As someone who FIREd, his assumptions of 5% real returns and 4% SWR may not hold in the future.
He himself also retired with a free and clear home and a free and clear rental home, which meant he didn't have to tap into his capital, not to mention $400k annual blog revenue shortly after.
But generally I enjoyed his articles over the years and a high savings rate combined with investing is always a wise choice.