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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 ben_w »

> To push myself to be completely (and awkwardly) vulnerable to a blob of nameless strangers over the internet.

This tone speaks to me, even if I have no desire to present myself in such a way. :)

> The immediate 2 weeks after leaving an intense 10-year journey, I did what any healthy person does and met with over 70 investors and founders in robotics. I had been learning about robotics for quite some time and was positive I wanted to throw myself into giving computers arms and legs.

FWIW, I see this a lot from normal-money people when they leave companies, even with shorter journeys. I've been that person, in more ways than one.

I also don't know what I should do with myself, but have considered doing an extra physics degree. Unlike you, my financial situation is currently only on the border of FIRE (and I've always been a low spender) and therefore not secure enough to actually drop off the labour market and into the second degree on a whim.

Not being American, the combination of you cringing about Musk and also finding the DOGE mission to be important is… surprising.

Regardless, good luck figuring yourself out.

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

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Post by fuzztester »

Was there an occult(ation)-like timeshift that I missed hearing about, which somehow made today April 1st?

Or is this a test ChatGPT or other LLM post to see if HGI exists, considering the comments that seem to be taking the OP seriously?

H for Human. As in Human General Intelligence, as opposed to AGI.

Or is the OP just an Elon-level narcissist and/or a huge startup koolaid alcoholic?

Genuinely can't tell.

Emperor mumble clothes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes

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

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Post by selimthegrim »

xt00 wrote: post #21

His attention span won't be enough to stick with physics for longer than 4 weeks.. he should just apply his skills in building companies to hire a couple of people to work on cool stuff that he is excited about. A good approach is to find some smart grad students at a local university who are in electrical engineering probably since you have to know lots of physics to get there and say "hey i have some money, want to…

What if the local university killed its electrical engineering program after a hurricane?

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

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Post by RonaldDump »

I find it a little unsatisfying when people write these things without telling me roughly what they're worth. "Rich" can vary wildly depending who you ask.

edit: according to another's comment referencing a $56m payout, it now occurs to me that his confusing mention of a $60m figure may have been exactly that

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

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Post by [deleted] »

ipaddr wrote: post #36
smokedetector1 wrote: post #5

Therapy. Wealth and success is one of the most massive crutches there is. It can make it almost impossible to be truly in touch with your insecurities and pain because its simply too easy to hide in your victory. Your toughest challenge now is to, despite your wealth, find a way to contact the pain that drove you to your hunger for success. As the bible said, it's easier for a camel to get through the head of a needl…

"eye of the needle" refers to a small gate or passage in ancient city walls, used after the main gates were closed at night. A camel could only pass through this narrow opening if it was unloaded of its baggage and possibly crawled through on its knees. Not as hard or impossible as it first appears but still harder.

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

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Post by defrost »

Mike Cannon-Brookes is pursuing Suncable and other energy projects for the future, he's partnered for periods with non software billionaires from the hard resources world (eg: Andrew Forrest) ... there's no shortage of big projects that take big commitments .. even while ensuring you still "never need to work again" (ie. don't push all the chips in).
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