>It can also be a residual flow of payments for SaaS or royalties or dividends. None of those are guaranteed - especially compared to a lump sum. >I've said F

>It can also be a residual flow of payments for SaaS or royalties or dividends. None of those are guaranteed - especially compared to a lump sum. >I've said FU to the man lots of times They're saying it to him permanently. Almost all of your examples are temporary. >Even with lots of money in the bank, you get bored. You end up wanting to go back into the system, to be part of a team, to do something productive. No one said they would do nothing. The whole point is they can do whatever they want without worrying about it being monetizable.