In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich

Re:In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich by rms on Saturday August 04, 2007 @06:56PM (#39409)

Well, that's slightly depressing... it's reflective of the fundamental existential angst of humanity, we're just not made to be happy.

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Re:In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich by pg on Saturday August 04, 2007 @07:33PM (#39418)

Hardly. More that rich is relative. There's no absolute standard for wealth. People compare themselves to their peers.

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Re:In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich by nreece on Saturday August 04, 2007 @07:59PM (#39424)

But, WE choose our peers. Then we compare and crib about it. We are fools enslaved by time and space.

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Re:In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich by steve on Saturday August 04, 2007 @09:21PM (#39455)

Rich, for me, is changing the world.

If you gave me 10M tomorrow, I would still work my ass off to someday become rich.

I would hate to be enslaved by my money because I'm supposed to be relaxing just because I have a certain amount of it.

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Re:In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich by ivankirigin on Sunday August 05, 2007 @12:19AM (#39505)

We don't choose our peers so much. I just read an article about people who make more than I do -- I've never met them. Peers is used here in a broad sense. It isn't your close group of friends, which you do choose (somewhat :P)

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Re:In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich by ivankirigin on Saturday August 04, 2007 @08:33PM (#39430)

indeed. Tiny fishing village in Thailand: lots of happy people. Same absolute level of wealth outside LA: lots of angry people.

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