Mr. Money Mustache
Pen name of the writer behind mrmoneymustache.com, a blog on frugality, early retirement and index-fund investing.
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A society's prosperity comes from its productivity, not from the financial system or stock market.
Their wordsour prosperity does not come from the financial system or the stock market, which are just some made-up numbers on some computers.
↗Will the AI Bubble Destroy our Retirement?mrmoneymustache.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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AI increases productivity by boosting efficiency, and greater productivity means greater prosperity.
Their wordsIt will boost our efficiency, which means our productivity, which means prosperity.
↗Will the AI Bubble Destroy our Retirement?mrmoneymustache.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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New productivity-boosting technologies tend to concentrate their rewards on the people who own them.
Their wordsone unfortunate side effect of these new inventions is that they tend to concentrate their rewards on the people who own them.
↗Will the AI Bubble Destroy our Retirement?mrmoneymustache.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 5 months earlier
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Their wordswhen it comes to deciding on how Social Security fits into your retirement strategy, it really boils down to only one number: The Net Present Value of your future lifetime stream of Social Security payments.
↗The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Social Securitymrmoneymustache.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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governmentAmericafiscal policy
Their wordsThe whole system is scaled progressively. It is designed to help and subsidize people who need it more, and it becomes less of a "good deal" the higher your income.
↗The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Social Securitymrmoneymustache.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
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Their wordsBut there's a lot of valid science behind TRT, if you're the right candidate and you take the right dosage.
↗My Unexpected Journey to Hormone Replacement (TRT)mrmoneymustache.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe point is that aging is normal, but in some cases there's a pretty easy way to make it slower
↗My Unexpected Journey to Hormone Replacement (TRT)mrmoneymustache.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsIf you're a man or especially a woman hoping to have children a bit later on, there is a strong case for banking your eggs and sperm NOW, because they are at the highest viability they will ever be - they decline with age.
↗My Unexpected Journey to Hormone Replacement (TRT)mrmoneymustache.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
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Their wordsIn my opinion, it's also good for cities because big-box stores and parking lots don't give us a better urban experience anyway.
↗How Unlimited Free Stuff from Amazon Almost Ruined My Retirementmrmoneymustache.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThere will always be LOTS of environmental destruction with any large commercial enterprise, but on a per-dollar basis Amazon is a pretty clean company - mainly again because of their efficiency.
↗How Unlimited Free Stuff from Amazon Almost Ruined My Retirementmrmoneymustache.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsAny time a company uses an algorithm to get customers to do more of something that isn't necessarily good to them (whether it's watching Tiktok videos or buying stuff that is not a genuinely useful tool for improving their lives), it's bad.
↗How Unlimited Free Stuff from Amazon Almost Ruined My Retirementmrmoneymustache.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 8 months earlier
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Their wordsMany people assume that they need to keep their jobs forever, because it is their source of health insurance. The good news is, this is usually not true.