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I think he has given away a whole lot more than half a billion dollars when you think of the opportunity squandered to grow CL the way other unicorney companies

I think he has given away a whole lot more than half a billion dollars when you think of the opportunity squandered to grow CL the way other unicorney companies grew

Quarrelsome 4mo ago
it was an intentional choice to not go big. I can seriously respect that. I feel like all these "big tech leaders" like Zuck or Musk have some pretty blatant mental health issues, its a path with significant drawbacks because that level of absurd wealth causes issues.
- socalgal2 4mo ago
  If your goals require trillions then millions are not enough. Craig’s goal = have a modest comfortable life. Musk’s goal = Make humanity a multi-planet species Yes, now there will be arguments about if that’s really Musk’s goal. that’s beside the point. The point is some goals require money than others
  - ikrenji 4mo ago
    musk's goal = grift himself into the four comma club
  - Quarrelsome 4mo ago
    > Musk’s goal = Make humanity a multi-planet species I totally see how the acquisition of twitter and funding of probably the worst US government in recent decades is in keeping with that aim. OR perhaps he just wants people to think he's cool, so he invests in "cool" stuff. This is because he has some of those mental health issues lots of absurdly wealthy people do, that results in him feeling like he constantly has to prove himself.
- nunez 4mo ago
  Hoarding at scale, but with money instead of gnomes.
  - ndsipa_pomu 4mo ago
    Also, hoarding that actively hurts other people and makes them poorer
- b40d-48b2-979e 4mo ago
  As if casually having the ability to give away half a billion dollars is not absurd wealth?
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  - Quarrelsome 4mo ago
    the cure for hoardcurse is to give it away, yes.
rchaud 4mo ago
> to grow CL the way other unicorney companies grew By hiring McKinsey to tell them they need to start selling and and acquire their competitors? That is the only way the unicorns established their position.
insane_dreamer 4mo ago
> opportunity squandered to grow CL the way other unicorney companies grew squandered? how about: decided not to become an asshole billionaire like many of the other unicorn asshole billionaires, and help other people instead

I think he has given away a whole lot more than half a billion dollars when you think of the opportunity squandered to grow CL the way other unicorney companies grew

Quarrelsome 4mo ago

it was an intentional choice to not go big. I can seriously respect that. I feel like all these "big tech leaders" like Zuck or Musk have some pretty blatant mental health issues, its a path with significant drawbacks because that level of absurd wealth causes issues.

socalgal2 4mo ago
If your goals require trillions then millions are not enough. Craig’s goal = have a modest comfortable life. Musk’s goal = Make humanity a multi-planet species Yes, now there will be arguments about if that’s really Musk’s goal. that’s beside the point. The point is some goals require money than others
- ikrenji 4mo ago
  musk's goal = grift himself into the four comma club
- Quarrelsome 4mo ago
  > Musk’s goal = Make humanity a multi-planet species I totally see how the acquisition of twitter and funding of probably the worst US government in recent decades is in keeping with that aim. OR perhaps he just wants people to think he's cool, so he invests in "cool" stuff. This is because he has some of those mental health issues lots of absurdly wealthy people do, that results in him feeling like he constantly has to prove himself.
nunez 4mo ago
Hoarding at scale, but with money instead of gnomes.
- ndsipa_pomu 4mo ago
  Also, hoarding that actively hurts other people and makes them poorer
b40d-48b2-979e 4mo ago
As if casually having the ability to give away half a billion dollars is not absurd wealth?
- deleted 4mo ago
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- Quarrelsome 4mo ago
  the cure for hoardcurse is to give it away, yes.

rchaud 4mo ago

> to grow CL the way other unicorney companies grew By hiring McKinsey to tell them they need to start selling and and acquire their competitors? That is the only way the unicorns established their position.

insane_dreamer 4mo ago

> opportunity squandered to grow CL the way other unicorney companies grew squandered? how about: decided not to become an asshole billionaire like many of the other unicorn asshole billionaires, and help other people instead