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He's Swedish. He didn't need to strike it rich to escape worries about a roof over his head and health care.

• gbog 12y ago
  Yes. Other commentators here assume he was starving and is now rich, which should be an improvement. But maybe he was not starving, maybe he already had a roof and some food, either from some previous work, or from goverment, or from his family. Maybe, probably, he was already able to hack things he liked without worrying too much about survival: he actually did I guess, when he started Minecraft. The problem is that he got an offer he could not refuse (as in The Godfather)...
• jules 12y ago
  You only get unemployment benefits it you are enrolled in a job seeking plan. So while you may not need to worry about becoming homeless, getting unemployment benefits is an entirely different predicament than what Notch is in now.