It's interesting to me how different the tone sounds if every time he said "users" you substituted "people" (or if that didn't make sense in context, substitute "customers"). I find the post positive and encouraging as written, but I've realized that "users" has become a tainted word in the mass public.
How to earn a billion dollars
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#992Impatiently waiting for the follow-up "Why Earn a Billion Dollars". I believe it is a few keystrokes from being finished. Any minute now...
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#994I miss the days when PG articles were actually worth reading, and not just spurious drivel from yet another person that hasn't been in touch with reality for decades.
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#995I do not want to earn a billion dollars. I want to earn a billion minutes to live longer.
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#996Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I've got kids, I want people creating start ups they can work in, the alternative is too grim. I also have kids. I want them to live in a just society where billionaires, whom Mr. Graham proudly grooms, according to his telling of the matter, don’t actively undermine the ability of ordinary citizens to earn a living wage, to have a say in self-governance, and to enjoy universal healthcare.
Or even better, a world where billionaires aren't able to exist. There needs to be a wealth maximum, afterwards you just get taxed 100%.
I agree with the sentiment, but taxation isn’t the answer. Govt is just as irresponsible as any corporation. Taxation winds up just being a way to manipulate interest rates.
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#997Buy a wish willow stick and break it in half
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#999For future readers of this thread, check out a related thread based on an article by the same author -
Billionaires Build
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25302527
520 points on Dec 4, 2020 916 comments
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#1000Disco Stu meme Paul is my favorite example of "brain gout." I learned what gout was as "a disease kings used to get by eating foods that were too rich." Paul's writing when he was closer to reality, in the early 2000's, was a lot more insightful, because he was closer to reality. But if you've spent 21 years never having a material concern, and increasingly interacting with other rich people (or young people who idol…
> Buy your own groceries. Cook your own meals What's the point of being rich if you're living like a chump!
> Cook your own meals ...
> > ... living like a chump!
I get your point, but... https://x.com/search?q=(from%3Apaulg)%20cooking%20&src=typed...