Mile High FI Podcast

What We Hate About The FIRE Movement | MHFI 155


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Doug and Carl talk about the bad parts of the FIRE movement.
  • Cheap people
  • Dogmatic approaches
  • How the mainstream media writes about FIRE
  • Lack of nuance (must we discuss the fv^%ing 4% Rule again?)
  • It’s OK to work
  • From the listeners
    • Living off $40,000/year isn’t realistic
    • Credit card hacking isn’t for everyone
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        1500 Days, Carl's Blog about Early Retirement

        0:00 Intro
        4:30 Mr. Mustache HQ - What's new?
        7:50 Doug's health updates 10:38
        How you can support us
        14:25 Carl's number one issue with FIRE
        22:31 Applying a dogmatic approach to FI
        28:00 Is having a job necessarily bad?
        36:20 Paying attention to details
        39:04 Portrayal of FIRE in the media
        43:20 The 4% rule (again)
        50:30 Annoying things FI people do
        53:43 Courses
        59:04 Can you live on 400k a year?
        1:01:09 Credit card rewards
        1:02:50 Teaching teenagers a FIRE mindset
        1:04:26 Shifting into decumulation
        1:07:26 The ''Spending is bad'' mindset
        ...more
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        Mile High FI PodcastBy Carl Jensen & Doug Cunnington

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