How can he prove something doesn't exist? You'd have to show an example it does exist. Or they'd have to list every system and show why it's not positive.
One of the tenants of FIRE that I hear is "create the life you want to live, then save for it". Nobody is saying to not try writing novels in spare time during career!
The new home 2.0 and especially Dash are leaps and bounds above what home was like before I think. You do have to enable it (still beta) but I think it'll be really nice once it's finally released.
But fiat is generally trusted with a long track record and is backed by the word of the government, a powerful and trustworthy organization to a decent extent.
I've always heard (no proof) that artists make little off album and song sales but received a larger benefit from concerts/merch. -- If that's true, the shift to increased concert revenue benefits them.
My apartment complex has a contract with AT&T. I either have ATT or I don't have anyone. I can't be "gone". I just have to suck it up and pay unless I want to go to the library for basic internet then.
These numbers are as of March 2017, this summer has seen rapid growth (fuzzy memory but I saw numbers that indicated roughly double this) due to the major price cuts of the oculus rift (and also HTC vive to a lesser extent). Adoption appears to be quickly ramping up