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For all those surprised about what's going on with Musk - keep in mind, that he's very isolated, with no real friends, and only his brother & mother. The guy ha
by TheAlchemist 2y ago
For all those surprised about what's going on with Musk - keep in mind, that he's very isolated, with no real friends, and only his brother & mother. The guy has at least 14 kids with 4 different women, 2 of which recently tried to reach him via Twitter...
His Twitter addiction is there for a reason - he's actually looking for what he thinks are genuine interactions with people. And he tries to please them, maybe unconsciously.
He's become the 'miserable billionaire' that Warren Buffett was talking about. And that, he knows all too well.
Here is the Buffett quote:
"Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.
I know people who have a lot of money, and they get testimonial dinners and they get hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
That's the ultimate test of how you have lived your life. The trouble with love is that you can't buy it ... The only way to get love is to be lovable ... The more you give love away, the more you get."
And here is his another take:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yossi-farro-656486187_warren-buffett-tells-the-story-of-his-jewish-activity-7290341039410720768-nCMr https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yossi-farro-656486187_warren-...
- archagon 2y agoPathetic that such a rich and powerful man spends most of his social energy trying to please teenage edgelords and bots on social media.
- Finnucane 2y agoWho is surprised? He is a racist asshole.
- ndegruchy 2y agoYes, I'm sure he's miserable, but he's also a racist oligarch asshole _and_ miserable. Should I feel bad for him? No.
- cs702 2y agoI don't know if what you say about Musk is true, but I want to thank you for sharing that quote by and that video of Warren Buffett. I had seen that quote before, but not the video. Both are insightful. I found the video more powerful.
- TheAlchemist 2y agoHere is the full video: https://youtu.be/M-vQGxTFfPU?si=9dFG2LVh_qGkFNB6 https://youtu.be/M-vQGxTFfPU?si=9dFG2LVh_qGkFNB6 Most Buffett speeches are now onlines, and most are extremely good.
- Terr_ 2y ago> "Your birthday was the seventeenth of last month, in point of fact." > "I missed it anyway, then." He closed the bag and stuffed the uniform far back in his closet. "Not important." > "It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture." -- Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
- mrguyorama 2y agoI think we are finding that way way way more people than anyone expected are actually caught in filter bubbles of their own making, and falling down radicalization rabbit holes from algorithms paperclip-maximizing their way to optimum engagement. What's more engaged than someone who is so obsessed, so mentally broken, that they pay $44 billion to own the media company itself?
- krapp 2y agoUnfortunately he seems to be having the time of his life but that might just be the ketamine.