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I always admire and am inspired by people like this. One of the (many) thoughts I have after being impressed and jealous is what did he do before this. Before h
by jonah 13y ago
I always admire and am inspired by people like this. One of the (many) thoughts I have after being impressed and jealous is what did he do before this. Before he evolved to Homo Ludens was he Homo Sapiens like us? Did he have a middle-class career in engineering and saved/invested assiduously? Does he still work? Remotely? Did he have family money? Win the lottery?
I think it takes a particular trait to be able to acquire enough money to be able to stop all that and get away and play rather than a) not making enough to retire early or b) never being able to give up striving for more.
- javert 13y agoI'm also very curious about all of this. That said, it's probably pretty cheap to live in the wilderness in Chile. I bet building his roundhose cost nothing compared to what it would take to buy a house in the US.
- tanzam75 13y agoThe costs of a typical suburban house in the US can be broken down as: 50% land, 25% materials, 25% labor. By living in the wilderness rather than in a developed area, the 50% cost of land gets cut substantially. By using Chilean workers, the 25% cost of labor is also substantially reduced. Remember that Chile's GDP per capita -- while high for South America -- is only 2.5x that of China.
- jonah 13y agoEven if land, construction, and labor costs are considerably less, it's still something. Additionally, he's involved in quite a few hobbies which can be expensive. I'm not saying he has (or needs) tens of millions of dollars but has to have some.