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- Losing a fortune primarily occurs through bad investments, not excessive spending.
- Spending on luxuries triggers self-indulgence alarms, while investments bypass these alarms.
- Fake work, like dealing with emails, can waste time without triggering the same guilt as leisure activities.
- The most dangerous way to lose time is engaging in activities that mimic real work but yield no results.
- Avoiding pleasure alone is insufficient to protect against modern traps that mimic virtuous behaviors.