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Wow, and I feel bad for going on one (usually short) flight per year on average...

If he truly cared about free speech, he would have criticized the CCP at least once. I did not say he has to criticize them everytime he mentions them.

On a related note, on the 100th anniversary of the CCP, Elon Musk had this to say:

>The economic prosperity that China has achieved is truly amazing, especially in infrastructure! I encourage people to visit and see for themselves.

Source: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1410413958805270533

And never, ever a word about freedom of speech issues in China. We all know why.

>That he's not highly motivated by money or luxury, at least at this stage in his life, is obvious for anyone to see.

Really? Are you aware of his gigantic compensation plan at Tesla? The crypto price manipulations? And his lifestyle is anything but ascetic.

So he only really became a billionaire because it was necessary in order to save the world? Is that what his fans actually believe?

George Soros is not a foreign billionaire. He's a US citizen as has worked and lived in the US for most of his life.

Even if that happened, it would only erase the gains of 2 years.

>I would have liked this as a 25-year-old

I'm at this age and I turned from super eager to jaded in just a few years.

Or inherit stock ;)

For employees this is certainly true.

This only works if you care enough about your future self unfortunately.

It will continue to change, as all things tend to do.

But curing aging / death would obviously make it so that you _can_ thrive at 90. Besides, most people I know who are in that age bracket are quite happy.

>People who worry about death due to old age in their future are always the type who live in such luxury or are at their apex

Not in my experience. I think people in general prefer existing over not existing, no matter what age.

I don't know, the Kim family of North Korea has been staying in power for quite a while now. And wealth is even easier to pass down.

Are you really saying no one has ever worried about death? I'm pretty sure everyone has, including you.

They should call it glassdoor.

Working remotely? That's 8 hours of digital world / metaverse experience right there. Most people have at least another 2 hours of screen time on top of that. I know I have days that are just screen time essentially.

I'm pretty sure that's why it's a favorite - you read a different account and can't really believe it, so you write a comment to make sure they actually do experience the same thing.

>I hear my own voice in my head

But you don't actually hear anything either, right? I mean, does it sound like a recording of you talking? Or is it you thinking in words / having an inner monologue (dialogue?)

>There’s a lack of this inner thought which is an actual condition people have

I find this so hard to believe. Are these people even conscious? I can solve math equations, think about my life, write code... all without any inner voice, especially when I'm in a flow state. When I do have an inner voice, I would describe it more like talking to myself without actually mouthing words. But never, ever did I have no "inner thought" at all. Like, I'm always aware of myself and that I'm thinking.

The “mind’s eye” stuff you described very well, I think.

I'm exactly the same as you. When I do have an inner voice it's essentially like talking to myself but without actually mouthing the words. But it's not present at all times, it's mostly there when I want it to. I can also create mental pictures in my head - but it's not like looking at actual pictures at all. I'm pretty convinced that it's possible that we actually all experience the same and just have difficulty explaining what our thinking experiences are like.

>despite the fact that I have a full time job and family

In another comment you wrote:

>I dropped to 24 hours/week and have a much better life quality now, working 3 days per week.

Still remarkable, so congrats, but full time normally is considered to be 40 hours / week, 5 days per week.

A CO2 monitor is quite helpful with keeping a room properly ventilated. The CO2 levels found in many indoor spaces are high enough to cause drowsiness, headaches and poor concentration. Of course all you need to do is open a window, but you'd be surprised how fast levels rise again after you close the window. It's particularly bad in small rooms and cars.

All of those have been very good days to buy.

Is this not a legal requirement?

There was a crash last year. The only reason it's not really acknowledged as such is that the recovery was unusually quick.

Crashes don't have to be big and the recovery doesn't have to take years or even decades.

>you only need to get to $10m

The problem is making just $100 is difficult for a lot of people.

I was in almost the same situation as you. I got $800 and I'm grateful, $0 would have been okay, too.

Of course I'm also a bit jealous.

It makes you a terrible investor - 10% was already a bad move - but holding them now that they are 35.5% of your net worth is insane. Yes it might work out again but so does playing the lottery.

1.57% is a lot compared to the ease of just leaving a couple grand in a high-yield savings account. Maybe it's just me but it feels wrong to take out a loan against my portfolio everytime I have to replace my MacBook.