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"she doesn't need the money, she is one of the richest women in the world." Never underestimate what the rich and super rich will do to get more money. Does W
by gnosis 13y ago
"she doesn't need the money, she is one of the richest women in the world."
Never underestimate what the rich and super rich will do to get more money.
Does Warran Buffet need more money? Yet he's still trying to make himself richer.
Do all the top CEO's, VCs, and board members in the world "need" more millions and billions? Maybe not. But it hasn't stopped them from trying to further enrich themselves.
Besides, there could be other motivations for this stunt, such as fame or wanting to be talked about or thought of as a certain type of author.
- wololo 13y agoThis is what she is about (Harvard commencement speech): https://youtube.com/watch?v=wHGqp8lz36c https://youtube.com/watch?v=wHGqp8lz36c
- Surio 13y agoTotally true! I liked what you said there. This view is not cynicism (as some might say), but this is realism :) Good one!
- snowfox 13y agoThat is true. But why would her lawyer be willing to risk his reputation to help Rowling to make more money? Just trying to solve this puzzle.
- nicholassmith 13y agoRowling actively rid herself of cash and fell out of the top 100 richest last year, I think money isn't that important to her.
- evilduck 13y agohttp://givingpledge.org/pdf/letters/Buffett_Letter.pdf http://givingpledge.org/pdf/letters/Buffett_Letter.pdf
- chaostheory 13y agoI feel that you're confusing Rowling with her publisher and maybe even her agent.
- mehwoot 13y agoDoes Warran Buffet need more money? Yet he's still trying to make himself richer. "I don't have a problem with guilt about money. The way I see it is that my money represents an enormous number of claim checks on society. It is like I have these little pieces of paper that I can turn into consumption. If I wanted to, I could hire 10,000 people to do nothing but paint my picture every day for the rest of my life. And the GNP would go up. But the utility of the product would be zilch, and I would be keeping those 10,000 people from doing AIDS research, or teaching, or nursing. I don't do that though. I don't use very many of those claim checks. There's nothing material I want very much. And I'm going to give virtually all of those claim checks to charity when my wife and I die."