Probably making LLVM compile times not suck or something.
Ask HN: What would you spend your time working on if you didn't need money?
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#12There's two different ways of answering this question: What would I do if I didn't need money for myself, and what would I do if I didn't need money for myself but had money for others.
In the first, I would keep working and enjoy life. In the latter, I would use it to help others. Specifically investing in technologies, companies, and public policy that helps people with disabilities and make their lives easier; better jobs, housing, everyday life, etc.
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#13Trying to improve the drop in sex & reproduction. Or make Japanese style game shows in the US.
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#14Put more energy into this movement: `walk, talk, meditate`[0]
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#15Open source projects.
Gardening.
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#16As a CTO coach helping others having a better life, probably the same thing :-)
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#17I feel like my answer should be something reliable like "educating the next generation", but instead I think what I'd actually do is some kind of "shoot for the moon" / "hail mary" ultra ambitious project (hopefully with a bunch of similarly motivated and smart people).
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#18I'd focus on becoming more spiritual, spending more time in nature, reducing my waste footprint and disconnecting from the world. I don't believe that "making society more rational, healthy, and well-coordinated" is a contribution; this sounds like those who have private jets and go to global conventions to about saving the environment. It sounds to me like you are a narcissist as well, to think that you are more rat…
This is the most realistic answer provided in this post thus far, and I feel the downvotes are just proving the point. _Not needing money doesn't make you an expert on the world_, please repeat that to yourself and everyone else on that path.
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#19I'm a programmer. I've reached this stage. I still write code.
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#20Work on problems that interest me.