What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by jujumilk3 » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 2:59 AM UTC

I have a question that I ask all my acquaintances: what would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

Some interesting answers I've heard include: 1. I would host Squid Game. 2. I would become a stone (somehow).

Common answers I've heard: 1. Travel the world with family 2. Go on a cruise with family

And other responses: 1. Create various foundations to help people 2. Establish a venture capital firm to invest in promising startups and contribute to the world

The point of me asking people this question is that most people are driven by the need to fill economic gaps, but I wanted to focus on what that person would do if all of that were resolved.

Anyway, I'm curious about other people's thoughts and wanted to collect and see them, so I created this. Thank you.

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Re: What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by _wire_ » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 3:30 AM UTC

Put a million aside to comfortably pay for my basic needs for the rest of my life and look for people to support in my community pursuing a culture of status for creative work near the ground.

Re: What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by rawgabbit » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 3:35 AM UTC

Fund an online high school like https://highschool.utexas.edu/

Re: What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by toomuchtodo » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 3:39 AM UTC

Endowments for public goods so they don’t have to constantly beg for funds. Propublica, AP News, Sesame Street Workshop, Tampa Bay Times, City Museum, Climate Town are some examples.

Re: What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by winnie112 » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 3:58 AM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

Endowments for public goods so they don’t have to constantly beg for funds. Propublica, AP News, Sesame Street Workshop, Tampa Bay Times, City Museum, Climate Town are some examples.

So nice of you.

Re: What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by toomuchtodo » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 4:46 AM UTC

winnie112 wrote: post #5

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

Endowments for public goods so they don’t have to constantly beg for funds. Propublica, AP News, Sesame Street Workshop, Tampa Bay Times, City Museum, Climate Town are some examples.

So nice of you.

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.” —- Greek proverb

Re: What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by dotcoma » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 5:00 AM UTC

invest in startups that solve real problems -- unlike companies that raised 30 billion (with a b) to create an app to call a fucking taxi, or billions spent in companies that will deliver pizza or fried Chinese food, or groceries...

Re: What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by fhxb456 » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 5:10 AM UTC

driven by capital greed can further develop god complex personality, especially if we think our self is the only saviors in the industry. and this one billion tickets is true breakout for self reflection in how greed we were, especially for us who has god complex, maybe not us but I.

but it also can be true altruism as for altering the systems for making the basic needs to function and better able navigate the true deadlock.

because capital is natural slection of an ideas, ideology and beyond.

Re: What would you do if you were given Half Billion Dollar?

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Post by OdehAhwal » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 8:41 AM UTC

I would give a lot! Money means nothing if you're living the best version of your life and people around you have miserable lives! I'll change some people's realities while enjoying life with my lovely wife.