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.
Jeff Rivett@codinghorror @mattblaze I like to think of a future where being wealthy has huge stigma attached to it, because it's understood that you're a terrible person. A person with no compassion, or regard for others.
@jrivett @mattblaze I favor more of an absolute cap. You can be this rich, but no more, because it's bullshit. That money should be used to help people, to build things, to reduce poverty. Beyond that, money, like power, corrupts. It corrupts absolutely.
Greg Knauss
Helge Heß@gknauss @codinghorror @jrivett @mattblaze I always find it funny (and telling) why people don't go for "no more millionaires".
@helge @gknauss @jrivett @mattblaze well, I think there has to be a compromise position here somewhere. If you created something amazing, you do deserve an award. We have to incentivize creating amazing things.
Ron DeSantis's BDE@codinghorror @helge @gknauss @jrivett @mattblaze
Jeff, is your argument that $999 M isn't enough incentive to create amazing things? Really?
N.B. the actual, real human beings who create actual, real amazing things almost NEVER get $999M.
@DoesntExist @codinghorror @gknauss @jrivett @mattblaze No, he was suggesting that 999.999 might not be enough incentive. Which I disagree with 😬
@helge @codinghorror @gknauss @jrivett @mattblaze
Same. I'm giving him a chance to rethink that position, especially since $999M is not, empirically, the motivation for creating amazing things for 99.999% of the amazing things that have been created.
In fact, it's as irrational as saying "everyone who creates amazing things should get a poodle, b/c poodles are great and people need an incentive."
@DoesntExist @helge @gknauss @jrivett @mattblaze no. my argument is $30m or $50m should be more than enough to incentivize creating amazing things without corrupting people and the world