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Re:Safe Retirement Spending Using TensorFlow by toomuchtodo on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @02:47PM (#12400511)
Negative interest rates, slowing growth, models based on historical returns we'll never see again.

Not comforting at all.

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Re:Safe Retirement Spending Using TensorFlow by mcguire on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @04:52PM (#12401380)
Got another option?
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Re:Safe Retirement Spending Using TensorFlow by toomuchtodo on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @05:13PM (#12401527)
I don't. That's why I'm worried. One of two things will happen:

1. Technology innovation velocity will increase, with the results distributed through society, driving down the cost of living (this is already happening with almost everything except real estate, healthcare, and education [1]). You won't need to invest, because it'll cost nothing to exist (let's call this "Star Trek Future").

2. Technology innovation velocity will increase, but it'll be locked up with copyright, patents, etc. Rent seeking will drive more of the population into serfdom. You will not have a pleasant life, nor will it be long (we'll call this "Elysium Future").

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/17/the-s...

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Re:Safe Retirement Spending Using TensorFlow by mcguire on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @05:34PM (#12401677)
I think I can tell you which of those is most likely.
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Re:Safe Retirement Spending Using TensorFlow by toomuchtodo on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @05:46PM (#12401744)
I've got a child, I have to push hard for option #1, by any means necessary.
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