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Why hasn’t the FIRE movement taken off? And what's the point of Best Of Lists? [25:45]

This week, Joey, Aaron, and special guest host Kelly talk about retiring early, time as a resource, healthy skepticism, total stock market funds, Beychella, and hispanic literature. They don't talk about Schrödinger's Yanni. Or is it Schrödinger's Laurel?

referencesThe Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) subreddit.We only scratched the surface of understanding the FIRE movement: the 1998 Trinity Study that kindled the craze, the 1994 Bengen article that inspired Trinity, and an essential primer on the 4% spending rule from VTSAX's own parent, Vanguard.Aaron's go-to budgeting tool, YNAB.A few best-of lists we like: the best innovations, the best photos, and the best of everything.