Golden Week is Coming Edition
Well, Golden Week starts this week. Please stay home and stamp the reproduction number into the floor. I wish the government would act more competently than it seems to be, but in the absence of that, we can all do our part.
I’ll be spending time playing board games with my granddaughter, having a barbecue with my in-laws, doing my stretches/exercises, and maybe doing some writing. Bliss!
The forum
The forum is looking good this week. I learned a lot from the ‘So who’s actually retired in Japan?’ discussion.
This week’s links
- Inconceivable! Turns Out, Spock Is Kinda Bad at Logic
- Jeff Bezos’ last shareholder letter: 2020 Letter to Shareholders
- Very sensible advice: Financial Independence Happens Faster Than You Think
- Good answers to vague questions: How Much Should You Have Saved in Your 30s?
- Very interesting (the video starts off great too) post about education rather than money. I partially agree. Raises more questions than it answers, but ties in to many educational ideas like flipped learning, Mitra’s concepts of self-organising learning environments, etc. The Self-Educating Child
- Great interview with Teddy Okuyama (of the small cap newsletter): Big Ideas for Japanese Small Caps
- Tim Ferriss on smartphones: How to use your phone so that it doesn’t use you
- I have two: time and not needing much… Do you have an investing edge?
- Not sure I would do this: Getting Sick for the Sake of Advancing Medical Research
- This article about magic and technology was a good read: Embrace the Grind
- This came up on the forum. I had no idea this was a thing, and now I am slightly worried about it: ‘Reverting’ to your mother tongue as dementia progresses
What do you think? Short and sweet this week. I enjoyed #10 and #11 gave me a new thing to worry about.