Gwern: uncertainty

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…It's still surprising to me that you can make rent, take care of your cat, deal with any emergencies, all of that on $12K a year. I'm lucky enough to be in excellent health and to have had no real emergencies to date. This can't last forever, and so it won't. I'm definitely not trying to claim that this is any kind of ideal lifestyle, or that anyone else could or should try to replicate my approach! I got lucky with Bitcoin and with being satisfied with living like a monk and with my health. Anyone who would like to take up a career as a writer or blogger should understand that this is not an example they can imitate. I’m not trying to be a role model. Every writer will have to figure it out a different way. Maybe it can be something like a Substack, or just writing on the side while slinging Javascript for a tech company. I don’t know. It seems like you’ve enjoyed this recent trip to San Francisco? What would it take to get you to move here?…

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