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Is it possible to become wealthy like this AND value human life? Why does it turn out they every single billionaire is also some combination of narcissist, ped

Is it possible to become wealthy like this AND value human life? Why does it turn out they every single billionaire is also some combination of narcissist, pedophile, petty tyrant, or just utter freakazoid?

samename 8mo ago
Power corrupts the mind. They live in a different world
while_true_ 8mo ago
Top philanthropists include Jamsetji Tata (donated $102.4 billion), Bill and Melinda Gates ($75.8 billion), Warren Buffett (is pledging to donate 99% of his wealth). Andrew Carnegie gave away 85% of his wealth -- including construction of over 2,500 public libraries.
- grogenaut 8mo ago
  Carnegie did that to white wash his public opinion while he worked his workers non stop and to mutilation or death. When are you going to the library when you work 996 or more?
- nozzlegear 8mo ago
  Bill Gates is not a great example given the recent revelations surrounding him and the nature of his divorce in the latest batch of the Epstein files.
  - atomicnumber3 8mo ago
    Yes. Colors his philanthropy. While I hope Warren Buffet isn't cut from the same cloth, the odds are looking quite bad. It would be nice to know there are some out there who can just be smart, get rich, and then NOT damn your immortal soul. But it's looking grim.
    - lokar 8mo ago
      Experience would point to extreme wealth changing almost everyone who gains it, for the worse.
- WillAdams 8mo ago
  Gates took more than he gave, for example: https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html
- ossa-ma 8mo ago
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- saulpw 8mo ago
  Only one billionaire has ever given away enough money while he was alive to not be a billionaire. Ever. Pledges don't count. Also Warren Buffet giving away 99% of his wealth still keeps him a billionaire.
  - lokar 8mo ago
    Chouinard?
    - saulpw 8mo ago
      Chuck Feeney Also I stand corrected, Chouinard is the other instance.
      - lokar 8mo ago
        Still very rare
bombcar 8mo ago
Because most people who are not some combination of the above tap out somewhere around the $100m-$500m mark or earlier, because they don't have any reason to get more.

samename 8mo ago

Power corrupts the mind. They live in a different world

while_true_ 8mo ago

Top philanthropists include Jamsetji Tata (donated $102.4 billion), Bill and Melinda Gates ($75.8 billion), Warren Buffett (is pledging to donate 99% of his wealth). Andrew Carnegie gave away 85% of his wealth -- including construction of over 2,500 public libraries.

grogenaut 8mo ago
Carnegie did that to white wash his public opinion while he worked his workers non stop and to mutilation or death. When are you going to the library when you work 996 or more?
nozzlegear 8mo ago
Bill Gates is not a great example given the recent revelations surrounding him and the nature of his divorce in the latest batch of the Epstein files.
- atomicnumber3 8mo ago
  Yes. Colors his philanthropy. While I hope Warren Buffet isn't cut from the same cloth, the odds are looking quite bad. It would be nice to know there are some out there who can just be smart, get rich, and then NOT damn your immortal soul. But it's looking grim.
  - lokar 8mo ago
    Experience would point to extreme wealth changing almost everyone who gains it, for the worse.
WillAdams 8mo ago
Gates took more than he gave, for example: https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html
ossa-ma 8mo ago
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saulpw 8mo ago
Only one billionaire has ever given away enough money while he was alive to not be a billionaire. Ever. Pledges don't count. Also Warren Buffet giving away 99% of his wealth still keeps him a billionaire.
- lokar 8mo ago
  Chouinard?
  - saulpw 8mo ago
    Chuck Feeney Also I stand corrected, Chouinard is the other instance.
    - lokar 8mo ago
      Still very rare

bombcar 8mo ago

Because most people who are not some combination of the above tap out somewhere around the $100m-$500m mark or earlier, because they don't have any reason to get more.