Another month, another rationality quotes thread. The rules are:
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Investment dude is just working so he can buy booze, yeah? If booze in this metaphor is pleasure anyway. He's saved up a bunch of stuff, but its not like he gets bonus points when he croaks for how much is in his bank account. Ultimately, the most efficient life only does as much of what you have to as necessary to do what you want to, yeah? Anything beyond that is a fail.
"its not like he gets bonus points when he croaks for how much is in his bank account." is a valuable quote in its own right