Boomers, Retirement, and Lower Expectations
This week, while listening to an episode of the KunstlerCast, I discovered a very interesting blog by Charles Hugh Smith — Of Two Minds. If you enjoy blogs with short posts, bulletted lists of “how to (insert topic of the day here)”, and a general concern for the coolness of the blogger, you will not [...]
September 2, 2010
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Tags: Charles Hugh Smith, consumerism, financial crisis, Of Two Minds · Posted in: Economics and Money, Minimalism
Measuring what really matters
This TED talk really gets down to it. “It” being the fact that we (in our modern societies) tend to measure things that really don’t make us happy. Good stuff. Watch.
June 23, 2010
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Tags: consumerism, economics, TED talk · Posted in: Economics and Money, consumerism
Steps to avoid the Chaos Economy
Saw this story about our economy roaring back to life on the basis of increased consumer spending today. As a human being stuck existing within this economy, I have mixed feelings about this. I realize that people’s livelihoods are wrapped up in our consumer economy. That is simply the reality. When we stop wasting our [...]
April 30, 2010
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Tags: consumerism, economic stability, Minimalism, Personal finance · Posted in: consumerism
Consumerism and Minimalism
As noted in a previous post, for the last few weeks I’ve been reading the blog Far Beyond the Stars, which deals with adopting a very minimalist lifestyle. The author, Everett Bogue, leads a “location-independent lifestyle”, meaning that because he keeps less than 100 possessions (he can fit all his stuff into a backpack), he [...]
April 14, 2010
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Tags: consumerism, Everett Bogue, far beyond the stars, Minimalism · Posted in: Minimalism, consumerism
