Another lucky idiot who thinks he's a genius.
I am rich and have no idea what to do
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#862I was going to comment on his insta photo's of wads (this morning, EU time) of cash and now there's none (evening)
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#863I don’t think his problem is money. I think his problem is his identity (founder of Loom) suddenly disappeared. Now he needs to develop a new identity. This is especially difficult for single founders without kids (in the sense that people with spouse/kids already derive much of their identity from those 2 things). Selling a company isn’t all that different from going through a divorce (in the sense that your identit…
Probably needs to develop a soul first. NPCs don’t actually exist outside of video games, those are real human beings. Not sure what to do with all that wealth? Try asking one of those NPCs… spend a day with each one of them, learn what being human actually is
The dude also dumped his long time girlfriend right after coming into a large chunk of money (and thinks she cares enough to read his blog!), and truly thinks he was going to "save our government". Also, the mountain climbing (IYKYK).
He sounds pretty full of himself and seems to struggle making personal connections with people. Being the founder of a startup gave people a reason to care about him, and now that he's lost that along everyone around him. He beat the game and now the characters in the story have nothing left to say to him.
The guy should put down the physics book and go learn to be a person that others enjoy being around. Go get a job waiting tables and hang out with coworkers after work, learn to surf, etc.
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#864You are lost and thought DOGE was a good idea? The entire org is ketamine-fueled techbro Elon wannabes; not the best life-valuing gurus.
Maybe take a Buddhist retreat for a year and see if doing quiet charity work feels better than trying to consolidate electrons.
Or just be lost while building affordable housing? Try focusing on others rather than you.
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#865What this guy definitely needs is a bicycle.
lol!
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#866Pathetic. This is a failed education, producing classic "dumb money" that in a planet in dire straights with dire problems left and right, this clueless dope can't figure out how to keep himself satisfied. Boo hoo. If I were physically in the presence of this individual, verbal if not physical slaps to the face as I explain what their education failed: empathy and a sense of duty to others. Down vote away!
I can't! I don't have enough 'cred'!! lol
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#867Why the hell does this crap have 940 comments, lmao? Why would anyone seriously spend any amount of time discussing this nonsensical crap of man-child?
Because you've just learned that THESE are the real people that are HN readers, and THIS is what is important to them. (sadly, IMO)
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#868I am new here, but can I ask a serious question? How does a question like this even get listed?? Or responded to? I really would like to know the system here.
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#869Just an essay in ego-bashing and showing off. While I don’t deny the author is self-made, highly successful for his age and ultra-rich, this essay is just an attempt to stroke his ego. It’s evident in the paragraph below where he said he’s leaving DOGE to “save our government”. The writer lacks clarity and coherence of thought. How exactly is he saving the government after his DOGE stint? >> So, after 4 intense and i…
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I honestly don’t understand how Loom sold for so much. It was just screen recording. What was different about it?
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#870I 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…
> No path out of this valley involves traveling alone In my opinion, this is the big take here When you have enough money to not work, it becomes very lonely fast All of a sudden you have tons of time, but no one to share it with. Everyone is busy, mostly with work (also, most people probably can’t afford the same things you can) If you could coordinate to stop working at the same time as your significant other, and…
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