Matt BlazeLong ago, Harlan Crow thought, "When I get really rich, I'm going to buy myself some really nice Hitler memorabilia and a Supreme Court justice. And maybe some dictator statues, for the garden."
Jeff Atwood@mattblaze the sad thing is, being rich means you can basically do whatever you want. As a very rich person I am sad to report that this is basically true. And it's deeply wrong.
@codinghorror I suppose there's an entire category of sociopathic disorders that can only be diagnosed in the ultra-rich, because they require vast wealth to manifest. I wonder how common whatever's wrong with him actually is.
@mattblaze being surrounded by no limits, getting literally anything you want any time you want it, and sycophantic yes-men will REALLY fuck you up. See: Elon Musk.
@codinghorror "Post-economic syndrome"
@mattblaze I would describe becoming this wealthy (and I'm nowhere near Musk) as something that will absolutely fuck you up. I mean, it beats the alternatives, but it is .. mentally not healthy
Jeff Craig@codinghorror @mattblaze I think the bigger problem is that the ultra-wealthy, especially guys like Harlan Crow who inherited their wealth directly, tend to self isolate from people of different socio-economic levels (outside of people they employ), which helps create detachment that amplifies the negative things that wealth generally does to people's brains.
@foxxtrot @mattblaze absolutely; I think this is generally true and the research supports it. If you aren't around diverse groups ever, you develop a lot of implicit biases