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Minecraft Billionaire Markus Persson Hates Being a Billionaire

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Re: Minecraft Billionaire Markus Persson Hates Being a Billionaire

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Post by swang »

andrewstuart wrote: post #29
dang wrote: post #22

There have been numerous threads about this in the last few days, including https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10139734 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10144309 . The Schadenfreude in many of the comments is vicious. Those of you posting those ought to reflect on why you do that. Beyond that, it's wrong for us to be conducting message board threads about the happiness and mental health of a human being. It…

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Re: Minecraft Billionaire Markus Persson Hates Being a Billionaire

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Post by sosuke »

andrewstuart wrote: post #23
sosuke wrote: post #8

I vow that when I do become a billionaire I won't do that. Happiness is relative, yes I understand that logically, but you just won't be able to illicit empathy from others for the pain of having too much money. His last tweet has it right, the guilt will pass, just relax, go somewhere no one knows you and disconnect for a while. Hell, you're in the billionaire club, go ask Musk how he handled it. He handles it by ta…

>>when I do become a billionaire I like your confidence! Are you actually doing anything to make that happen?

Yes, but my goals are more modest for the near term. I have a better chance of pulling of a "life style business" in the 6-8 digit yearly revenue which is what I'm working on now. Small team, unsexy and reliable market.

The billions come into play after that, when I start investing into infrastructure and community services. I figure I could hit that mark in 30 years, well probably a lot less considering inflation, but then we'll all want to be trillionaires.

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