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I am rich and have no idea what to do

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Re: I am rich and have no idea what to do

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Post by johngossman »

VogonPoetry wrote: post #104

Three suggestions - pick anything you don't know the answer to, try to find the answer (can also be personal, like how you behave in certain ways) - pick something physical you do not have, instead of buying it, make it yourself - pick some skill you don't have or would like to have, get proficient in it

Excellent advice. I'd add, read a bunch of books. Not physics: history and biography. Learn about how other people live rather thsn how electrons behave. Nothing wrong with physics but unlikely to provide life guidance

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Post by neilk »

I know that people like me do not belong on HN anymore, but:

Calling people "NPCs" is vile.

And, the entire ideology that makes it okay to say that one's fellow earthling is just an NPC? That is probably a major component of this person's problems.

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Post by EGreg »

chgs wrote: post #123
EGreg wrote: post #74

You 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.

I am definitely naive about the good faith of a lot of market participants.

But my motivations for applying have never been about "worshipping billionaires". If you have read anything I've ever written, I criticize concentrations of power, especially in the hands of billionaires, including Elon.

I am not even a fan of MAGA Republicans. However, I do think it would be great to make government more efficient. And my whole pitch was: we need to start using public blockchains for transparency, extending the legacy of Obama's data.gov which helped with transparency. By gradually moving budgets and payouts to blockchains and smart contracts, it would be much harder to sustain off-the-books excess and ineffiencies.

In fact, anyone who is for blockchain is for decentralization, not so much in favor of billionaire owners of centralized platforms. But anyway I digress, I don't think "blockchain" will find many fans on HN as it is...

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

makeitshine wrote: post #174

As someone who isn't rich, but has taken extensive time off work, I love not working. The last 18 month break I took may have been the happiest I've ever been. I'll never be rich, because I'm not motivated by money, but I've never been bored or rudderless.

I've done this and it's great, especially for travel, but I've notice that each time I do it, employers are more and more uncomfortable with the employment gap regardless of skills.

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Post by rtpg »

coldtea wrote: post #77
gigatexal wrote: post #35

Seems like the author could do well to spend some of their millions on a therapist?

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If you believe that there are "good" mindsets and "bad" mindsets (relative to what you want in life), and that it's possible to change one's mindset, it follows that having guidance can help there.

Maybe you don't believe that a professional therapist can offer that guidance, of course.

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Post by workflowsauce »

madrox wrote: post #106

I don't think you have to have Fuck You Money to get to this point. Most people eventually become disillusioned with work enough that they reevaluate what matters to them. Getting a very profitable exit is just one way to trigger that experience. In my experience, a lot of people who get into this state start self-sabotaging hard as a way of rejecting what feels, ironically, like losing control. Sudden freedom can fe…

> Something I did not read in this essay is how he grew closer to anyone (in fact, I read the opposite). No path out of this valley involves traveling alone.

I think he needs to get closer to himself. I think he's on the right track.

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