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autriyo@feddit.org 1 month agoTake the billions and start fixing problems? Or are you worried that it wouldn’t work out in the end, and instead make everything worse?
Comment on An impossible choice
autriyo@feddit.org 1 month agoTake the billions and start fixing problems? Or are you worried that it wouldn’t work out in the end, and instead make everything worse?
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I’ve actually thought about what I’d do with billions. Free high-speed internet for the entire populated world is one of my goals.
On one hand, I’m terrified that suddenly acquiring billions would poison my mind. Even though Bill Gates has done some good stuff with his foundation, he still has biases and because he’s that rich, they’re all amplified for all to see. (His gains are also still ill-gotten.) Bios on Elon Musk have observed he’s gotten progressively worse, and more unhinged over time.
On the other hand, Demonetized, a small sister project to How Money Works did a bit on why billionaires are so crazy (on YouTube), and he points out that we’re used to seeing the dicks out in the open, like Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk.