Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness

Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by vkou on Friday August 15, 2025 @02:40AM (#44909264)

> But what is the "best outcome" when you have your house paid off and ample savings?

I don't know, you'd probably have to ask a billionaire that's ruining the lives of other people to earn their second (or tenth) billion.

Not all of them actively do that, but a large number very actively pursue that sort of thing.

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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by bboygravity on Friday August 15, 2025 @04:04AM (#44909747)

I highly doubt any self-made billionaire who keeps pushing for more is actually pushing for more money specifically. It seems to me that more money is a side-effect of whatever they're addicted to doing.

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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by woooooo on Friday August 15, 2025 @04:55AM (#44910072)

They've got home offices full of MBA/finance people. It runs itself.

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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by portaouflop on Friday August 15, 2025 @03:43AM (#44909632)

Humans like number go up

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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by jstanley on Friday August 15, 2025 @04:27AM (#44909872)

I'm not sure I buy it. You don't get to be a billionaire by being net harmful, you do it by selling goods and services that people want, at scale, and capturing a portion of the wealth you created.

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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,... by NegativeK on Friday August 15, 2025 @11:28AM (#44913596)

There are quite a few businesses that made a lot of money selling net harmful goods. Tobacco and Oxycontin come to mind.

But even selling things that help people doesn’t absolve or prevent someone from doing evil things before or after they hit some specific valuation.

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