March 3, 2024
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Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence
Fisker, Jacob Lund
“In real life, the prisoners of Plato's Cave are those who are prisoners or slaves to their wages and their culture. A wage slave is a wage earner who is entirely dependent on their wages. While the wage slave is free to leave the current job, he isn't free to leave the job market altogether and he can likely not imagine the possibility of doing so. He is still entirely focused on the wall.”
1:31 AM
工资是一种枷锁
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“Perhaps one reason for this complacency is the large quantity of material goods available to the chain gang. Material goods are often used as compensation. Frequently, when someone is depressed, the advice is "Go out and spend some money. Buy yourself something nice. Treat yourself. Try a little retail therapy."”
1:36 AM
物质成了精神补偿的手段。想起了在文明与其不满中，弗洛伊德提到人的异化，就是工作的意义不在工作本身，而在于另外的东西。因此，工作的价值就被剥夺了，人无法从工作中获得成就感，就只能从购物中获得补充。但是，心理学也告诉我们，强调外在奖励会进一步剥夺我们对事情本身的喜爱。所以，我觉得长久来说，必须要做自己喜欢的事情，不然就太煎熬了。
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“saving as much as other people are spending on wants, it's possible to retire and live on invested savings after just *five years of full-time work*”
1:59 AM
5年退休
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“playing the shadow game for five years provides a permanent way out of the cave”
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