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

Email us here: doug@milehighfi.com or carl@milehighfi.com 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

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