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Hunger is a pesky thing, however.

And I tend to agree with the conclusion of the article - what's the point in saving that money if one has to live on a shoestring budget to acquire it? Specifically the "work all your life, end with $8 million" case. FIRE is different, with the value being the option to stop working much much earlier than 65 years old.

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The analogy just popped before my eyes, that is all. They both claim to have 'really simple solutions to problems'.

Except it is not easy at all. It is very hard.

simplicity is orthogonal to difficulty. The solution is simple, but difficult.

It's really simple, which does not necessarily imply easy

Hard in the "lots of elbow grease" sense of the word. Maybe also in the "unlikely for you, personally, to have the perseverance for" sense, for a given person.

Not hard as in conceptually difficult to implement.

Security. Knowing you have the wealth to subside on if need be is really nice. Some people call it “fuck you money” which is freedom.

It’s funny they reference Taleb here but he also makes the point that can’t be “cancelled” and is “anti-fragile” precisely because he’s rich and depends on no one.

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