The author is Philip Greenspun. His outlook on life is really dark. He made some money in the 90's and since then seems to have spent a lot of time thinking ab

The author is Philip Greenspun. His outlook on life is really dark. He made some money in the 90's and since then seems to have spent a lot of time thinking about the problems of the rich. I once saw a talk he gave at Google, the upshot of which was that once you're rich there's almost nothing worth doing.