On the first level, you can retire, buy health insurance and not have any worries. A million would be enough. I would live on a diving boat cruising over coral reefs and code games between dives. (I'd also hire my gf to cook.)
>>And that doesn't even touch the reasons people want to be rich - like private jets and angel investing and art collecting and space tourism, etc.
On the second level, you can get what is high status among the really cool and rich nerds -- your own space program. (-: Well, some people without taste waste that opportunity on curing diseases that kill millions a year, sigh. :-)
On the first level, you can retire, buy health insurance and not have any worries. A million would be enough. I would live on a diving boat cruising over coral reefs and code games between dives. (I'd also hire my gf to cook.)
This also contradicts the claim that someone wanting a million dollars is wanting "an usual amount of money". With a million dollars you can either:
A. Not work and live on pitance but in the location of your choosing.
B. Add your labor to the money and make whatever income your business skill allows you to make.
These both might be fine activities but neither is activity beyond one's wildest dreams.
One 10million, one can live an upper-middle class America lifestyle anyplace in the world. That would indeed be great but it pretty close to "merely" moving to the next income bracket if one raised median income in the US.
My attempted point was that my dreams are small. :-)
I'd still write code, but with better weather that allows some othet hobbies -- and no stress. Maybe I would hire a few people and start a business. Not a big difference, really.
To get real change in what I do, I'd need a bilion so I could emulate Musk. I doubt I'd be good at it.
On the first level, you can retire, buy health insurance and not have any worries. A million would be enough. I would live on a diving boat cruising over coral reefs and code games between dives. (I'd also hire my gf to cook.)
>>And that doesn't even touch the reasons people want to be rich - like private jets and angel investing and art collecting and space tourism, etc.
On the second level, you can get what is high status among the really cool and rich nerds -- your own space program. (-: Well, some people without taste waste that opportunity on curing diseases that kill millions a year, sigh. :-)