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I'd ask the same question, but with a sinister twist: What would you do if you don't worry about money AND law enforcement?
What would you do if you didn’t have to worry about money, or opposition, and the sky itself wasn’t even the limit.
I am convinced a better alternative to the execrable SQL would significantly raise developer productivity.
A depressing reality to this question is to just look at the current crop of billionaires. None of them need money, yet many of them spend their time pursuing more. I know all of us have these quaint answers about all the noble or fulfilling things we would do, but the data doesn't seem to support that.
If cash wasn't a thing, I'd be all in on creating a system that lets you transfer your memories and brainpower into another body or a robot. I'll let you laugh at this like others, but I'm serious.
I'd probably just own some kind of cycling adjacent coffee/bicycle shop where I barely do anything but nod towards my workers and talk with everyone who visits.
I'd open a bakery and make fresh sourdough bread, pizzas, focaccia and pasta every single day, and give it away for cost.
My lifestyle and past choices now afford me all my time as I made great sacrifices for many years saving prolifically while others accrued more and more debt chasing the Jones. Apparently this is called FIRE now but I was doing it long before the acronym.
I have been a problem solver my entire life and have both reverse engineered many things but more importantly I have built a vast variety of personal and professional solutions using mechanics, electronics, technology, automation, and more. I am now building and patenting an energy storage device of my own design given the problem that I personally have which one can likely deduce. I am in absolutely no hurry as all my time is mine to invest where I see fit and as such I am my own boss with ONLY the goal of solving my problem.
For those with the entrepreneurial mindset, exactly like my own, I’ll answer your implicit question from the above reading: "Yes". Once I have my device functioning and it performs as I designed it to the satisfaction of my requirements then a business opportunity unfolds. Given my past choices I am referred to professionally as a serial entrepreneur so I may as well apply my time to my interests and keep solving problems. The difference now however is that I have zero anxiety in my pursuit of my problem since the goal is the objective, not money.
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If cash wasn't a thing, I'd be all in on creating a system that lets you transfer your memories and brainpower into another body or a robot. I'll let you laugh at this like others, but I'm serious.
When this becomes possible, prisons will become very compact: a micro SD card to trap one's consciousness.