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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by Keyframe on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @07:05PM (#13991442)
Kudos to him, hopefully he will go all in on some crazy idea eventually. I still have this feeling amazon (as in online store) isn't all that big outside of US/english-speaking world.

I do have a question though. When you have that much net worth and you get plastered all over the press about how much you have... What do you do then? What's your life then like? Seems like a nightmare, especially if you have kids and family. Do you become a prisoner of your own wealth then, guarded by people - never be able to just roam about, take a random tourist tour with your spouse, a road trip or whatever? Money is nice to have, but there are things you definitely lose, it seems. Is it worth it to be at that level?

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by wging on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @10:25PM (#13992384)
At his stage he's got the ability to fund his ideas effectively and still stop well short of 'all in'. For example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by ricardo_piano on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:58PM (#13992760)
>hopefully he will go all in on some crazy idea eventually

Blue Origin? He does have his own space ship company.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by blueside on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @07:44PM (#13991669)
until the competition is completely annihilated, jeff is not content.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @08:02PM (#13991760)
You say that like it's a bad thing.[0] If you had a business (assuming you don't for the sake of argument), no competition would be amazing! People could ONLY come to you for your product or service.

[0] The truth is in the middle.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by ionised on Friday March 31, 2017 @05:15AM (#14002186)
Monopolies are only good fore the monopoly and bad for everyone else in society.

Monopolies mean no choice, no competition, low innovation and high prices

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