Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸23h ago

I don't know how much of Musk’s newly "approved" salary of $1 Trillion is stocks or compensation or what… I don't really care.

And I also don't want to hold up Steve Jobs as any kind of Saint. But he was different.

"I was worth about over $1 million when I was 23, and over $10 million when I was 24, and over $100 million when I was 25, and it wasn't that important,” Jobs revealed in a 1996 PBS documentary.”

#Wealth #Obscene #Rich #selfishness

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steve-jobs-worth-billions-said-230015767.html?guccounter=1

Steve Jobs Was Worth Billions But Said Money 'Wasn't That Important' – Famously Took $1 A Year Salary From Apple From 1997 Until 2011

Steve Jobs, the iconic co-founder of Apple, harbored a profound perspective on wealth that diverged significantly from conventional views. Despite his...

Yahoo Finance
ResearchBuzz: Firehose2d ago

PsyPost: Smarter AI models show more selfish behavior. “Researchers found that models with advanced reasoning abilities are less cooperative and can negatively influence group dynamics, a finding that has significant implications for how humans interact with AI.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/05/psypost-smarter-ai-models-show-more-selfish-behavior/

PsyPost: Smarter AI models show more selfish behavior | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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WIST QuotationsOct 29

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 10 “Is Happiness Still Possible?” (1930)

More info about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/800…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #dissatisfaction #happiness #perspective #selfcenteredness #selfinterest #selfishness

Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 10 "Is Happiness Still Possible?" (1930) - Russell, Bertrand | WIST Quotations

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

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RonSupportsYouOct 23

Considering all of the problems in this world, and the many responsibilities of the president of the United States, what is Pres. Trump's main priority?

Press Secretary Leavitt said: "At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority":
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/easYl1VjG4c
#values #Trump #selfishness #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Trump's "Main Priority"

YouTube
WIST QuotationsOct 16

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1937-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.

More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #fdr #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #avarice #capitalism #economics #greed #morality #policy #power #profit #prosperity #selfinterest #selfishness

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 12

“It boils down to this. The measure of mental health in a person is the degree of their interest in others. That could be their neighbours, or it could be social and political.”

#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 12

Zoe Williams surveys the landscape of self-help books right now, noting,

"If you yearn for an Ayn Randian existence of absolute self-reliance, there are plenty of bestsellers that can help. They may not make you happier though."

Contra the "Trumpy" philosophy of this literature, she cites psychotherapist Manu Bazzano, who observes,

#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/09/look-out-for-number-one-selfish-self-help-books-are-booming-but-will-they-improve-your-life

Look out for number one! Selfish self-help books are booming – but will they improve your life?

If you yearn for an Ayn Randian existence of absolute self-reliance, there are plenty of bestsellers that can help. They may not make you happier though

The Guardian
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 12

"They’re evangelizing a worldview where selfishness is wisdom and concern for others is performance.

This spreads through elite networks, through media that treats cynicism as insight, through algorithmic systems that reward sociopathic behavior with attention and profit."

#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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William Lindsey Oct 12

"When Marc Andreessen describes liberation as freedom from 'having to pretend to care about other people at dinner parties,' when venture capitalists celebrate 'disruption' that destroys communities while enriching investors, when tech platforms optimize for engagement regardless of democratic consequences—they’re not just acting selfishly."

~ Mike Brock

#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-birth-of-the-sociopath-why-smart

The Birth of the Sociopath: Why Smart People Choose to Stop Seeing Goodness

Understanding How People Choose to Become Worse Than They Could Be

Notes From The Circus
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 10

"And when Trump came along—a fellow oligarch, looking to use the power of the American presidency to enrich himself and his cronies as much as possible —these figures jumped at the chance to share in the spoils."

#EconomicDisparity #EconomicElites #SiliconValley #TechBros #Trump #Republicans #TaxCuts #authoritarianism #greed #selfishness
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