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Seriously it’s embarrassing how leadership in many companies has ZERO vision for AI right now. Too focused on buying houses, drinking wine and riding horses. I

Seriously it’s embarrassing how leadership in many companies has ZERO vision for AI right now. Too focused on buying houses, drinking wine and riding horses. I think these people need to retire already.

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
Snark aside, this is something that's always kind of baffled me. If I built a company and eventually found myself in extremely high value (ie, 9 figures), I'd be looking to retire ASAP. That would be it. I won capitalism. Time to spend the rest of my life on Maui sipping Mai-Tais on the beach. Why anybody would want to continue to work when they already have enough wealth to live an extremely lavish lifestyle without working ever again is beyond me.
- ihatepython 3y ago
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- echelon 3y ago
  Because no matter how many experiences you accrue or how much leisure you have, you're already dead on the geologic time scale. With that perspective, the best thing to do is keep on pushing. Despite whatever pain and headache that might bring, it's one act our short lives can use to push against entropy and the dying universe. If I ever come into such wealth, I'll spend it all solving as much as I can through my direct involvement.
  - mden 3y ago
    Yeah.. but do you think most ultra-rich elite are pushing against entropy or contributing more to it or at best staying neutral while further growing their wealth?
  - TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
    By actively working to make the world worse and increase the sum total of human suffering, à la Musk and Bezos? If I ever came into such wealth, I think I'd spend my time going back to college to study linguistics. Maybe document some dying languages. Try to contribute to humanity a bit.
- RoyGBivCap 3y ago
  >That would be it. I won capitalism. Pet hypothesis: A lot of us say that, not being in the position to. But when you finally exit the working class and are no longer required to work, people tend to work on passion projects instead. Sitting on the beach gets boring after a while.
  - sarchertech 3y ago
    A passion project I completely understand. What I don’t understand is what the vast majority of wealthy CEOs are doing: let’s get 5% more people to view our ads, let’s get people to spend 10% more on cheap disposable crap etc…
- glofish 3y ago
  Re: extremely lavish Is probably extremely boring - I have never had more fun than when solving problems, life without working on something interesting sounds insufferable to me How long would I be able to sit on Maui sipping Mai-Tais? Getting massages, ... and more ... whatever I want, whenever I want it ... that is a curse actually. Surrounded by fake people everyone wanting a piece of the wealth trickle down to them. On a personal experience, I was a lot happier when I bought my first house, a rundown estate that was the cheapest on the street that then I had to work to improve upon it, ended up replacing most inside and out, some parts I learned to do myself - I ended up remodeling it piecemeal but so, so satisfying My second house is very respectable, newer, larger, technically incomparably better, it is not even the same ballpark ... yet my new house never provided me with the same joy. Be careful what you wish for.
  - KronisLV 3y ago
    > I have never had more fun than when solving problems, life without working on something interesting sounds insufferable to me. I'm fairly sure that there are many people like this out there, but for others that just... isn't a problem? Personally, I quit my last job because I felt like I need to learn some new technology, work on a few personal projects, write blog posts and so on. Since, I've done a little of the above (in addition to improving the security of my homelab and running my own CA), but also took a month off to just enjoy watching videos, reading articles, playing video games, as well as do physical labor around the farm. And frankly, everything feels enjoyable so far - both intellectually stimulating tasks, physically intensive labor like cutting trees and chopping firewood, as well as passively consuming content, or even zoning out a bit occasionally and having a slow day. Though I can't comment on how long each of those would be satisfying for, that also depends on the person. I can easily imagine someone enjoying a lavish and relaxed lifestyle and never getting tired of it, though.
- cipheredStones 3y ago
  Unfortunately I think the answer to "why keep working if you're already rich beyond the dreams of avarice" is "because it means you can keep being ultra-rich and powerful and famous". All your material desires will be met regardless, but you won't get to feel as important if you stop working.
- nsxwolf 3y ago
  This is what always frustrated me about people like Steve Jobs. Don't you like, ever enjoy stuff?
  - goodpoint 3y ago
    Oh he very much enjoyed pestering his employees.
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- dfadsadsf 3y ago
  > If I built a company and eventually found myself in extremely high value (ie, 9 figures), I'd be looking to retire ASAP. That would be it. I won capitalism. Time to spend the rest of my life on Maui sipping Mai-Tais on the beach. There is strong correlation between people who find themselves in 9 figures (outside of inheritance) and people who have completely opposite worldview from yours. If you make money to retire to Maui, you will take the first off ramp which allows you to do it which is way before you get into 9 figures.
- jimbokun 3y ago
  It’s just because you don’t here about all the wealthy people who already quietly did that.
- ZephyrBlu 3y ago
  Having an executive job confers high status. Being retired does not.
  - clnq 3y ago
    Wouldn't want to be Bill Gates, Larry Page, Steve Ballmer, Jack Welch, or Howard Schultz.

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

Snark aside, this is something that's always kind of baffled me. If I built a company and eventually found myself in extremely high value (ie, 9 figures), I'd be looking to retire ASAP. That would be it. I won capitalism. Time to spend the rest of my life on Maui sipping Mai-Tais on the beach. Why anybody would want to continue to work when they already have enough wealth to live an extremely lavish lifestyle without working ever again is beyond me.

ihatepython 3y ago
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echelon 3y ago
Because no matter how many experiences you accrue or how much leisure you have, you're already dead on the geologic time scale. With that perspective, the best thing to do is keep on pushing. Despite whatever pain and headache that might bring, it's one act our short lives can use to push against entropy and the dying universe. If I ever come into such wealth, I'll spend it all solving as much as I can through my direct involvement.
- mden 3y ago
  Yeah.. but do you think most ultra-rich elite are pushing against entropy or contributing more to it or at best staying neutral while further growing their wealth?
- TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
  By actively working to make the world worse and increase the sum total of human suffering, à la Musk and Bezos? If I ever came into such wealth, I think I'd spend my time going back to college to study linguistics. Maybe document some dying languages. Try to contribute to humanity a bit.
RoyGBivCap 3y ago
>That would be it. I won capitalism. Pet hypothesis: A lot of us say that, not being in the position to. But when you finally exit the working class and are no longer required to work, people tend to work on passion projects instead. Sitting on the beach gets boring after a while.
- sarchertech 3y ago
  A passion project I completely understand. What I don’t understand is what the vast majority of wealthy CEOs are doing: let’s get 5% more people to view our ads, let’s get people to spend 10% more on cheap disposable crap etc…
glofish 3y ago
Re: extremely lavish Is probably extremely boring - I have never had more fun than when solving problems, life without working on something interesting sounds insufferable to me How long would I be able to sit on Maui sipping Mai-Tais? Getting massages, ... and more ... whatever I want, whenever I want it ... that is a curse actually. Surrounded by fake people everyone wanting a piece of the wealth trickle down to them. On a personal experience, I was a lot happier when I bought my first house, a rundown estate that was the cheapest on the street that then I had to work to improve upon it, ended up replacing most inside and out, some parts I learned to do myself - I ended up remodeling it piecemeal but so, so satisfying My second house is very respectable, newer, larger, technically incomparably better, it is not even the same ballpark ... yet my new house never provided me with the same joy. Be careful what you wish for.
- KronisLV 3y ago
  > I have never had more fun than when solving problems, life without working on something interesting sounds insufferable to me. I'm fairly sure that there are many people like this out there, but for others that just... isn't a problem? Personally, I quit my last job because I felt like I need to learn some new technology, work on a few personal projects, write blog posts and so on. Since, I've done a little of the above (in addition to improving the security of my homelab and running my own CA), but also took a month off to just enjoy watching videos, reading articles, playing video games, as well as do physical labor around the farm. And frankly, everything feels enjoyable so far - both intellectually stimulating tasks, physically intensive labor like cutting trees and chopping firewood, as well as passively consuming content, or even zoning out a bit occasionally and having a slow day. Though I can't comment on how long each of those would be satisfying for, that also depends on the person. I can easily imagine someone enjoying a lavish and relaxed lifestyle and never getting tired of it, though.
cipheredStones 3y ago
Unfortunately I think the answer to "why keep working if you're already rich beyond the dreams of avarice" is "because it means you can keep being ultra-rich and powerful and famous". All your material desires will be met regardless, but you won't get to feel as important if you stop working.
nsxwolf 3y ago
This is what always frustrated me about people like Steve Jobs. Don't you like, ever enjoy stuff?
- goodpoint 3y ago
  Oh he very much enjoyed pestering his employees.
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dfadsadsf 3y ago
> If I built a company and eventually found myself in extremely high value (ie, 9 figures), I'd be looking to retire ASAP. That would be it. I won capitalism. Time to spend the rest of my life on Maui sipping Mai-Tais on the beach. There is strong correlation between people who find themselves in 9 figures (outside of inheritance) and people who have completely opposite worldview from yours. If you make money to retire to Maui, you will take the first off ramp which allows you to do it which is way before you get into 9 figures.
jimbokun 3y ago
It’s just because you don’t here about all the wealthy people who already quietly did that.
ZephyrBlu 3y ago
Having an executive job confers high status. Being retired does not.
- clnq 3y ago
  Wouldn't want to be Bill Gates, Larry Page, Steve Ballmer, Jack Welch, or Howard Schultz.