The cringiest humblebrag of a blog post in some time. The only proper emotion in success is gratitude to the many people who helped you along the way. Have some bloody decorum.
Well said.
I am rich and have no idea what to do
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#122Why not map out suffering and ways people optimally can learn to solve it, using our collective intelligence? I mean, if you're looking for ideas. Hopefully someone gets around to that one.
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#123You know what I got from this story? DOGE already processed a lot of applications and set up the signal chats etc. This guy applied and right away heard back, because he has millions of dollars, good reputation for having a large exit, and he "reached out to some people and got in". I simply applied in the way they asked -- DMming them on Twitter -- the very next day, submitting a link to my resume, background and co…
Amazes me how naive people are about this whole billionaire worship stuff.
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#124sucks to get what you want, no? haha
always amazed how life is like that
we get more high from chasing something than achieving something
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#125You're about to discover political foundations on which this world runs. That leaving working class is a bad idea.
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#126Just realize that compared to Elon Musk you are a poor bastard.
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#127Just as a side note because you mentioned it in relation to DOGE: the US government cannot go bankrupt in its own currency. As long as prices are kept in check, there is no reason not to create more money. The fact that the US has to pay interest on it doesn't change that. If the government decides to spend more money than it takes in, the money is simply created by the central bank (through the detour of bonds). If you are interested, read up on Keynesian economics and Modern Monetary Theory.
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#128Points for realizing ego and musk complex is a problem.
Points deducted for still following through with musk complex
Big points deducted for
> NPC coworkers
I have no doubt that this guy is very intelligent and capable, but he's also a totally emotionally immature sucker. Guy's got a classic case of (Minecraft) Notch Syndrome.
He may yet find tranquility!
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#129Thats some top 1% shit
Yet his heroes make more per hour than this insanely rich person made in his entire career.
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#130Same situation, I truly empathise because it really does seem to take a lot of purpose out of everything. What I’ve found is that you need to replace money/salary/financial success optimisation (assuming you spent a lot of your life and energy to this point focused on these, much like I did) with something else totally unconnected with being measured in that way. For me, I am focused on proving myself as a guitarist…
This is my dream. Having enough money to be able to dedicate to things I like, trying to be good at something without worrying about money, or time, or being tired after work.
Open a bookshop, being a rare book dealer, open a small museum about an author, research on a particular topic and write books...
That would be the ultimate dream, though I am sure I won't ever be near to fulfill it.