| The advice is terrible. Most of it is a function of the luck and circumstances of his own life and requires you predict the future. 1. "Marry someone you'll never want to divorce." No shit. 2. "Plan your child rearing years around how long you expect to live." No idea how long I'll live. 3. "Choose a career that will remain lucrative and relevant." Most of our "careers" are going to be eaten by software. 4. "Get a pension plan that will never become insolvent." Good luck. 5. "Find a trustworthy and competent person in an area you have no expertise in, and hand your future to them." Impossible and irresponsible. 6. "Buy a house where there will be no real estate market crash." On average real estate prices track inflation, the last 30 years is an anomaly. 7. "Rule out any hobbies that will be expensive in 40 years." Getting into computers as a hobby 40 years ago would have seemed insanely expensive. Like robotics or 3d printing today. As you can tell unless you can predict the future most of the advice here is empty and hinges on the past being just like the future, and not anyone's past but this guy's past. |