FIRE - Financial Independence, Retire Early

Topic 1: How?
Mr. Money Mustache (simple) https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-simple-math-behind-early-retirement/
LessWrong (detailed) https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ttXGrquvXgouawHEq/a-no-nonsense-guide-to-early-retirement

Questions:
What complexities are there in the math?
Historic returns
Health insurance
Tax optimization
How realistic is it to FIRE?
How do kids fit in?
How about AI timelines?
Is it worth moving to somewhere lower CoL to accelerate FIRE?

Topic 2: Why (or why not)?
Jared Dillian https://wggtb.substack.com/p/the-fire-movement Monevator https://monevator.com/why-are-we-surprised-when-would-be-early-retirees-have-second-thoughts/

Questions:
What would you do if you didn’t have to work?
Would it actually just get boring?
What does this tell us about UBI?

This meetup will be hosted by David Lerner.