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Seems like the case of wealth that cannot be hidden from one's circles (and the outside world) due to him being so well known as a person in tech at the time of

Seems like the case of wealth that cannot be hidden from one's circles (and the outside world) due to him being so well known as a person in tech at the time of Doom's cultural zenith and being in the news cycle so often. I wonder if most often the smart move is to make sure that one's sudden acquisition of wealth (say the sale of a startup-now-a-successful-scaleup) is hidden from one's even closest circles to avoid the curse of the lottery winner as well described in the famous reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vo34/comment/chb4v05/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vo34/comment/c... But I also wonder if trying to hide one's wealth that much comes at the price of social isolation, where you have to reduce your contacts with the outside world to avoid flashing the new possibilities that your wealth opened to you. Or you make sure your lifestyle doesn't change at all, but then you cannot take advantage of your wealth either.

loeg 4y ago
You can also just say "no." Presumably Carmack has learned that lesson now.
- hbn 4y ago
  The vibe I got from Carmack after reading Masters of Doom recently is that he's never had a big focus on money. When they struck it rich he certainly divulged himself in a few luxuries - going a bit more extravagant on his nerdy hobbies, decking out a Ferrari, building rockets. But he still seemed to mostly just want to do his programming work, and that seems to be what he's continued to do after all these years. So it doesn't entirely surprise me he was willing to be generous with his money like that.
jahlove 4y ago
[–]BlakeClass ... 8 years ago > you might consider picking another G7 or otherwise mainstream country other than the U.S. according to where you want to live if the United States dissolves into anarchy or Britney Spears is elected to the United States Senate. Things can (and did) get much worse with our national politics than Britney being elected to the Senate. > You know you will be getting $638,400 per year unless the capital building is burning Or even IF the capital building is burning.

loeg 4y ago

You can also just say "no." Presumably Carmack has learned that lesson now.

hbn 4y ago
The vibe I got from Carmack after reading Masters of Doom recently is that he's never had a big focus on money. When they struck it rich he certainly divulged himself in a few luxuries - going a bit more extravagant on his nerdy hobbies, decking out a Ferrari, building rockets. But he still seemed to mostly just want to do his programming work, and that seems to be what he's continued to do after all these years. So it doesn't entirely surprise me he was willing to be generous with his money like that.

jahlove 4y ago

[–]BlakeClass ... 8 years ago > you might consider picking another G7 or otherwise mainstream country other than the U.S. according to where you want to live if the United States dissolves into anarchy or Britney Spears is elected to the United States Senate. Things can (and did) get much worse with our national politics than Britney being elected to the Senate. > You know you will be getting $638,400 per year unless the capital building is burning Or even IF the capital building is burning.