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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by echelon on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:28PM (#35730556)
Because no matter how many experiences you accrue or how much leisure you have, you're already dead on the geologic time scale.

With that perspective, the best thing to do is keep on pushing. Despite whatever pain and headache that might bring, it's one act our short lives can use to push against entropy and the dying universe.

If I ever come into such wealth, I'll spend it all solving as much as I can through my direct involvement.

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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by mden on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:41PM (#35730770)
Yeah.. but do you think most ultra-rich elite are pushing against entropy or contributing more to it or at best staying neutral while further growing their wealth?
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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by TRiG_Ireland on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:56PM (#35731058)
By actively working to make the world worse and increase the sum total of human suffering, à la Musk and Bezos?

If I ever came into such wealth, I think I'd spend my time going back to college to study linguistics. Maybe document some dying languages. Try to contribute to humanity a bit.

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