• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Really? Because if I had even a fraction of their wealth, I would stop working and just enjoy my life because I already had far more money than I could ever need. I would fund passion projects, and give away money to causes that I believe are important.

    These are not normal people. It’s never enough for them.

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      All cynicism aside, so would I, probably. What good is immense wealth if you don’t use it as a means to gain happiness?
      As much as it pains me to say this as a decades-long passionate M$ hater, Bill Gates is doing something right there.

      But you’re right about one thing of course …

      These are not normal people. It’s never enough for them.

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        IMHO Melinda changed Gates’s view on the world. As much as her desktop idea was nightmare fuel, they did create a foundation, had some kids together, and that let Gates grow as a person away from Ballmer’s “Developers, Developers, Developers!” culture.