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I heard it in a movie - What would you do if you had 1 million dollars....not with the money, but with your time? Most people have a good, solid answer - it var

I heard it in a movie - What would you do if you had 1 million dollars....not with the money, but with your time? Most people have a good, solid answer - it varies by person, but most people have something they'd rather be doing. I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working.

sliverstorm 14y ago
I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working. I'm in about that boat. Paycheck aside, I feel like contributing in a meaningful way through work has far more lasting value than indulging in hedonism or art. Armstrong would have had a heck of a time getting to the moon, if it were not for those who worked to put him there.
- mb_72 14y ago
  Art is one of the areas of human endeavour that has the greatest amount of 'lasting value' - you only need to look at the numerous existing works that are around, and how much pleasure people derive from them, to see that. Even if you are only an average artist yourself, and your own works will not be appreciated by many in the future, for many people they would like nothing more than being able to spend time creating art. Besides, software is half science, half art... Perhaps you didn't intend it, but putting art in the same boat as hedonism is giving the latter way, way more credit than is appropriate. :)
keithpeter 14y ago
Mark Shuttleworth springs to mind here, although with rather more than 1 million. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/22/internet.software http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/22/internet.so... Shuttleworth continues to fund Canonical (although I think they may be closer to breaking even). Whatever you think of Ubuntu, it has certainly made a difference.
eternauta3k 14y ago
I just thought about it and I'd do exactly what I'm doing right now. You just gave me some extra confidence in my choices.

sliverstorm 14y ago

I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working. I'm in about that boat. Paycheck aside, I feel like contributing in a meaningful way through work has far more lasting value than indulging in hedonism or art. Armstrong would have had a heck of a time getting to the moon, if it were not for those who worked to put him there.

mb_72 14y ago
Art is one of the areas of human endeavour that has the greatest amount of 'lasting value' - you only need to look at the numerous existing works that are around, and how much pleasure people derive from them, to see that. Even if you are only an average artist yourself, and your own works will not be appreciated by many in the future, for many people they would like nothing more than being able to spend time creating art. Besides, software is half science, half art... Perhaps you didn't intend it, but putting art in the same boat as hedonism is giving the latter way, way more credit than is appropriate. :)

keithpeter 14y ago

Mark Shuttleworth springs to mind here, although with rather more than 1 million. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/22/internet.software http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/22/internet.so... Shuttleworth continues to fund Canonical (although I think they may be closer to breaking even). Whatever you think of Ubuntu, it has certainly made a difference.

eternauta3k 14y ago

I just thought about it and I'd do exactly what I'm doing right now. You just gave me some extra confidence in my choices.