3 ms·

I met an almost billionaire once; I mentioned how a million dollars would cover me for the rest of my life and she followed with a 10 minute speech on how money

I met an almost billionaire once; I mentioned how a million dollars would cover me for the rest of my life and she followed with a 10 minute speech on how money is horrible and she can't sleep at night for their concern. I was moved but I confessed I'd still want that million dollars to fall out of the sky. It didn't feel like she "wanted more".

hotpotamus 4y ago
How did you meet her? Were you at a zen meditation retreat after retiring from remunerative employment? On a semi-related note, one of the most predictive factors of stress in any primate societies is inequality, but one of the more surprising factors is that stress increases for everyone, even those at the top of the heap.
- ThalesX 4y ago
  > How did you meet her? Were you at a zen meditation retreat after retiring from remunerative employment? I wish. It was through an investor and it was incidental.
tluyben2 4y ago
I used to ‘hang’ with a billionaire friend of the family and, maybe that might be dutch, he was incredibly frugal (drove a crappy old but not classic car, lived in a rather small house etc) and yea was obsessed with making more. He would ask me out for a coffee and ask to split the bill (or just pay his part and walk wait for me to pay my part) even though I usually just paid as I don’t like going dutch. He spent almost no money during his life. Guess that is all good for making fortunes.
- SoftTalker 4y ago
  Warren Buffett reputedly lives frugally and clips coupons.
  - shrubble 4y ago
    That is what his PR team wants you to believe. He recently sold a 7.5 million dollar Malibu second home (though he got a good deal on it in 1971 when he bought it)... https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-warren-buffett-laguna-beach-home-sold-7-5-million-20181012-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-...
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    He also darns his own socks and eats from glued together porcelain. Your money is safe with him!

hotpotamus 4y ago

How did you meet her? Were you at a zen meditation retreat after retiring from remunerative employment? On a semi-related note, one of the most predictive factors of stress in any primate societies is inequality, but one of the more surprising factors is that stress increases for everyone, even those at the top of the heap.

ThalesX 4y ago
> How did you meet her? Were you at a zen meditation retreat after retiring from remunerative employment? I wish. It was through an investor and it was incidental.

tluyben2 4y ago

I used to ‘hang’ with a billionaire friend of the family and, maybe that might be dutch, he was incredibly frugal (drove a crappy old but not classic car, lived in a rather small house etc) and yea was obsessed with making more. He would ask me out for a coffee and ask to split the bill (or just pay his part and walk wait for me to pay my part) even though I usually just paid as I don’t like going dutch. He spent almost no money during his life. Guess that is all good for making fortunes.

SoftTalker 4y ago
Warren Buffett reputedly lives frugally and clips coupons.
- shrubble 4y ago
  That is what his PR team wants you to believe. He recently sold a 7.5 million dollar Malibu second home (though he got a good deal on it in 1971 when he bought it)... https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-warren-buffett-laguna-beach-home-sold-7-5-million-20181012-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-...
- jacquesm 4y ago
  He also darns his own socks and eats from glued together porcelain. Your money is safe with him!