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LAB's avatar

Sam Altman had a quote today regarding Elon Musk saying how he didn’t think he was a very happy person and that he’s lived his whole life from a position of insecurity. Was timely as I’d just read your post.

Incidentally, Altman signed The Giving Pledge to give away most of his wealth.

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Colin Mustful's avatar

So brilliant...

I also took one too many humanities classes.

The studio apartment paragraph really struck me.

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Corona Vitae's avatar

The studio apartment part had me drooling

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Corona Vitae's avatar

Not being a billionaire is sexy

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Keyria The Lightwing's avatar

This gave me such glee to fantasize about throwing billionaires into “wealth detox” — WE NEED TO MAKE THIS A THING, WHY IS THIS NOT A THING. Everything you said about uber wealth being an illness absolutely tracks and I wish it would be outlined appropriately in the DSM-5.

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Corona Vitae's avatar

Vision board. Actually I’m sure they would love to go.

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Keyria The Lightwing's avatar

You think? Maybe as like a weird niche thing to re-experience to create a sense of desensitization, like their version of a float tank from their uber wealth reality

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Sky Fisher's avatar

All men yearn to bleed out in a European battlefield. As for the women…. Well, they’re few and far between

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Corona Vitae's avatar

Little boys with such poor behavior are crying out for boundaries on a deep level

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Keyria The Lightwing's avatar

Yes, from an evolved psychological standpoint I agree. This is also why so many men on Wall Street pay fortunes to mistress doms to “punish” them.

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Corona Vitae's avatar

And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that drive, on the contrary. I love Sky’s point about sessions on empathy and volunteering being integral to the rehab.

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Trang-Linh's avatar

OMG THIS WAS GOOOOOODDDD

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