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26 sats \ 2 replies \ @gnilma 30 Mar \ on: Does Extreme Wealth Change People? AskSN
Reminds me of an old Chinese phrase from the Ming dynasty that I learned back in my early 20s and kept it to heart.
Roughly translates to:
At the same time, I wouldn't deny the advantages of being wealthy. Wealth gives you optionality and saves you time. If money is human time and energy in an abstracted form, then having more money allows you to command and utilize more human time and energy. As a result, saving yourself from having to spend your own time and energy on things you do not wish to do. I guess at the end of the day, it's not a bad thing to become wealthy; just don't turn into an asshole when it happens.
Wealth gives you optionality and saves you time. If money is human time and energy in an abstracted form, then having more money allows you to command and utilize more human time and energy.
Yeah, this I totally buy. Notice, though, how none of that is material things: it's doing/services with payback in experience/achievements/less worry.
Those things I value greatly and, I suspect, will/would value as wealthy
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I don't hold a grudge against the so called "material things". Value is subjective anyways, so these "material things" that don't mean much to you might mean the world to someone else.
I'm on the same boat as you though. I value experiences and acts of service much more over material things.
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