I was wrong about the FIRE movement


Hey Reader,

We're heading off to Japan for Spring Break. If you have off-the-beaten path family recommendations (with 2 elementary school girls), HMU!

In the past, I've shared Kris Abdelmessih’s excellent Substack, Moontower and today I want to highlight his companion app: moontower.ai.

Kris is an options trader and someone who knows this stuff cold—with a special knack for explaining complex ideas very well.

The app uses volatility analytics to help you navigate the options market, and includes a smart Discord community and a deep library of educational content.

Whether you're actively trading or want to learn about options moontower.ai is a powerful app.


Here are this week's top reads:

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The Gen X career meltdown

10 minutes | NY Times

Gen X creatives arrived at midlife just as their industries got decimated by technological change. Their once-valuable skills now fetch pennies on the dollar, and this type of secular change is probably coming for all types of knowledge workers.

Read the article

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Here’s what it’s like to retire in America at age 55 or younger

8 minutes | Wall Street Journal

55 is not the "FIRE" retirement age but still on the earlier side. There are different ways to "skin the cat" and this article covers various income and asset profiles. One overarching theme - everyone is a homeowner.

Read the article

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How to raise high-agency kids

4 minutes | Rebecca Wang

What is "laissez-faire, higher-order parenting?" It has light structure, yet focuses on fostering long-term values to avoid raising "passive overachievers." (I'd note that this post is written from the perspective of a child, not a parent.)

Read the article


I was wrong about the FIRE movement

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Stories from my life

I did an AI teach-in for a private equity firm in NYC.

Here were some of their challenges with this new technology:

  • Confusion about the different models
  • Limited creativity in prompting
  • Lack of information management for projects
  • Struggling to visualize all the possibilities

Read How I Explained AI to Private Equity (and also, Can AI help you make $10,000 a month?)


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And finally, can you believe that Greg from White Lotus also played this iconic role?

With gratitude,

Khe

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