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Re:AMA: Bill Gates by i_cant_speel on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:16PM (#19248477)
What non-answers are you referring to? Most of the ones I read were responded with what the askers were wanting to know. They might get repetitive, but that's because people ask the same questions all the time.
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Re:AMA: Bill Gates by pastor_elm on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:21PM (#19248517)
He didn't really answer the billionaire happiness question.
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Re:AMA: Bill Gates by what_ever on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:54PM (#19248803)
He seems to have answered this one - https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/aunv58/im_bill_gates_...

Doesn't feel like a non-answer as well.

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Re:AMA: Bill Gates by pastor_elm on Monday February 25, 2019 @03:51PM (#19249344)
it's a non-answer because he doesn't describe the benefits of being a billionaire. Only the benefits of being above middle class.

It would have appeared crass of him to say, 'yeah i love living in a $200 million 66,000 sq ft mansion and having the world's biggest foundation named after me. Having a such a legacy produces genuine happiness.' But he played the false modesty card.

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Re:AMA: Bill Gates by solveit on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @03:44AM (#19252869)
I think his point was that a $200 million home doesn't actually buy you all that much more happiness than a $20 million home. Well, apart from the trampoline room that he seems very fond of.
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Re:AMA: Bill Gates by i_cant_speel on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:34PM (#19248634)
What do you mean? He said yes, then gave some reasoning. What more are you looking for?
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