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There are worse things incredibly rich people could do to have fun. Why not just build a metaverse?



There is another billionaire building a giant dorm complex with windowless rooms, if there's another deadly variant wave those kids will need the metaverse to see the sun.


right? or why can’t he just build some space stuff like the rest of the billionaires lol


Personally I’m wondering why a billionaire hasn’t undertaken projects to explore the deepest depths of the oceans, and perhaps start ambitious projects like underwater habitats for small communities.


We commented the same thing at the same time lol

No wonder Buffett was doing new deals all the time, probably his way of coping with it.


One smart thing with Buffett is he likes the day job and doesn't need to go off and build rockets or similar.

""" I can do anything in the world I want to do but what I want to do is run Berkshire Hathaway. Now why do I want to run it that way? There's a couple of things:

A) I get to paint my own painting. I go down there every day and I feel like Michelangelo working on the Sistine Chapel or something. [...]

And the second thing I like, frankly, is I like applause. I like appreciation. So I like having shareholders who feel good about what I've done.... Everybody in our family has got all of their money in Berkshire, and so those people are counting on me. And that's kind of fun to have something where you can actually deliver for other people and change their lives in positive ways.

"""


Buying up mobile home lots in order to double the rent is hardly art.


Yeah everyone loved it when Bezos did that...


Or build a rocket and go to space? Oh wait.




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