Re:You are not 'behind'
by dvfjsdhgfv on Sunday September 03, 2017 @04:33PM
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I still think it's overrated. Let's take Trump for example - he has both money and power (arguably more than mainstream media since he won in spite of them). Do you think he's happy? He doesn't seem to be. Would even more money and power make him happier? I doubt it.
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I think Musk is a better example. Money is just a medium for him to change the world for the better. I'm sure being rich makes Musk happy, only because it enables him to make a difference.
Strange how if someone were to post here saying "I've made tons of money and accumulated enormous power, but some days I'm just not happy" they would be hit with a wave of empathetic responses.
But then those same empathetic people will speculate, "I can tell <famous person> is totally unhappy -- idiot!"
I think they're both pretty happy. Musk is doing what he wants to do. Trump is doing what he thought he wanted to do.
Re:You are not 'behind'
by tonyedgecombe on Monday September 04, 2017 @03:54AM
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Driven but I wouldn't call either of them happy.
Personally I think these types of people are abnormal and their "success" isn't something I aspire to.
Re:You are not 'behind'
by eli_gottlieb on Monday September 04, 2017 @01:43PM
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If Musk was trying to change the world for the better, he wouldn't have done that thing with the worker's childbirth leave.