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Perhaps he needs to meet up with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates for a nice lunch over which they can explain to him how to do good, mature things with his stagge

Perhaps he needs to meet up with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates for a nice lunch over which they can explain to him how to do good, mature things with his staggering wealth, rather than behaving like a baby.

striking 11y ago
Money is not happiness. You would do well to understand that we are all human. And I assume that's what he's trying to do, is find a mature way to spend his money. In a way that makes the world better.
- bshimmin 11y ago
  He's not doing a brilliantly good job of spending his money maturely so far. Unless spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in night clubs counts as mature.
  - Asbostos 11y ago
    That'd be about 0.01% of what he has. Can you honestly say you've never spent more than that fraction of your savings on short term entertainment?
    - bshimmin 11y ago
      Sure, he has lots of money, and so spending the amount some people spend on a house on a single night out makes relatively little difference to him (the equivalent of my buying a sandwich or something). But that doesn't mean it's a mature way to spend his money.
      - omonra 11y ago
        But then again you may spend the cost of a house in some african village when you have a dinner out with friends. Just like a car going at 60mph isn't breaking any speed records - but a human would. It's all relative :)
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago
  > Money is not happiness. You would do well to understand that we are all human. I thought that was bshimmin's point. Notch thought that Microsoft money would make him happy, and he hasn't yet figured out how to deal with the fact that it doesn't.
  - striking 11y ago
    As far as I can tell, everyone around him was pushing him to sell, because Minecraft's maintenance is a burden and because he could be set for the rest of his life. I don't think for a second he needed more money than he already had, or that he thought this would make him happier. And he and ez broke up even before he sold Minecraft anyway, he was never really happy. > bshimmin's point I thought he was being a little mean about it. Just my opinion.
    - bshimmin 11y ago
      I'll concede my final clause absolutely was a bit mean. In my defence, the tweet about the "great girl" who was afraid of his lifestyle rather annoyed me, but I do understand that money doesn't make for happiness - often quite the opposite - and that it can be hard to form new and trusting relationships when you have a lot in the bank.
Killswitch 11y ago
Yeah because having wealth means you can't be a normal person with normal feelings. Fuck notch, he's rich, right? Suck it up buddy! /s
- forloop 11y ago
  Probably because his problems are a subset which most people would consider trivial. So yes, fuck notch and his inability to maximise his personal utility.
  - Squarel 11y ago
    Most people would consider feeling isolated and alone trivial? Good to know.
    - forloop 11y ago
      He felt isolated in Ibiza. And once he felt dissatisfaction, has the option of going anywhere and be with nearly anyone! If something is that easy to solve, it's not a problem. In this instance, his problem was something like the inability to predict Ibiza's utility. He probably doesn't know himself well enough. Some people have the isolation, and then have no choice but to endure it constantly, unable to change their circumstances. Suffering in quite desperation. Notch wasn't isolated. He just picked the wrong destination in a large array of destinations.

striking 11y ago

Money is not happiness. You would do well to understand that we are all human. And I assume that's what he's trying to do, is find a mature way to spend his money. In a way that makes the world better.

bshimmin 11y ago
He's not doing a brilliantly good job of spending his money maturely so far. Unless spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in night clubs counts as mature.
- Asbostos 11y ago
  That'd be about 0.01% of what he has. Can you honestly say you've never spent more than that fraction of your savings on short term entertainment?
  - bshimmin 11y ago
    Sure, he has lots of money, and so spending the amount some people spend on a house on a single night out makes relatively little difference to him (the equivalent of my buying a sandwich or something). But that doesn't mean it's a mature way to spend his money.
    - omonra 11y ago
      But then again you may spend the cost of a house in some african village when you have a dinner out with friends. Just like a car going at 60mph isn't breaking any speed records - but a human would. It's all relative :)
PhasmaFelis 11y ago
> Money is not happiness. You would do well to understand that we are all human. I thought that was bshimmin's point. Notch thought that Microsoft money would make him happy, and he hasn't yet figured out how to deal with the fact that it doesn't.
- striking 11y ago
  As far as I can tell, everyone around him was pushing him to sell, because Minecraft's maintenance is a burden and because he could be set for the rest of his life. I don't think for a second he needed more money than he already had, or that he thought this would make him happier. And he and ez broke up even before he sold Minecraft anyway, he was never really happy. > bshimmin's point I thought he was being a little mean about it. Just my opinion.
  - bshimmin 11y ago
    I'll concede my final clause absolutely was a bit mean. In my defence, the tweet about the "great girl" who was afraid of his lifestyle rather annoyed me, but I do understand that money doesn't make for happiness - often quite the opposite - and that it can be hard to form new and trusting relationships when you have a lot in the bank.

Killswitch 11y ago

Yeah because having wealth means you can't be a normal person with normal feelings. Fuck notch, he's rich, right? Suck it up buddy! /s

forloop 11y ago
Probably because his problems are a subset which most people would consider trivial. So yes, fuck notch and his inability to maximise his personal utility.
- Squarel 11y ago
  Most people would consider feeling isolated and alone trivial? Good to know.
  - forloop 11y ago
    He felt isolated in Ibiza. And once he felt dissatisfaction, has the option of going anywhere and be with nearly anyone! If something is that easy to solve, it's not a problem. In this instance, his problem was something like the inability to predict Ibiza's utility. He probably doesn't know himself well enough. Some people have the isolation, and then have no choice but to endure it constantly, unable to change their circumstances. Suffering in quite desperation. Notch wasn't isolated. He just picked the wrong destination in a large array of destinations.