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Having $270 billion dollars and spending the bulk of your time trying to make more money is like weighing 900 pounds and thinking "ooh, I bet I can get to 1000". (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 6 days ago by future_quadrillionaire@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Imagine being that rich and spending the limited time you have on Earth actively trying to make more money. It's absolutely mental illness!

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[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Probably not. Since the point of money is to be able to buy more and better things, there will always be a desire to have more money, even if nobody else cares how much you have.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 9 points 6 days ago

There's no real difference between $213 billion and $270 billion when it comes to buying power. Both are effectively unlimited. Both could buy small countries if they wanted to. But there sure is a difference when it comes to ego, because when we talk about it, we're always treating it like a great thing to be the richest person in the world, instead of sociopathy.