can we taboo the word 'greedy'? Nearly every human being would like to have more material security than they currently have.
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Really? Once your material needs are met money becomes about games and status I'm not sure how you can make an argument that having a bigger jet than the next guy is about material need anxiety
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would you believe me if i said ~trauma~ (money gets tied up with status, prestige, assuaging insecurities, childhood fears of inadequacy, getting back at parents, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.)
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yeah you could think about it similar to how some people are pathological about wanting more followers “when number goes up I will finally be worthy/valid/good”
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p good vgr thread about this exact thing from a while back (super agree with qiaochu btw, I think actual greedy people have several layers of disconnect between wealth and security)https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1314983875546767362?s=19 …
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money is just a currency you can exchange for things turns out some of those things do nothing for material security one extreme is making money so that you can burn it and satisfy a power trip. most things are a derivative form of that
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You are already materially secure in every meaningful way an ordinary person could imagine. You still want more money.
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I think "nothing to do with" is too strong. But I super agree with Qiaochu that for some, material security isn't at all the main point. This also predicts that people "greedy" in this way will be more willing to risk it all to earn more, whereas normal people will hedge
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Buying a Rolex, Diamond plated phone, thousand dollar bags...
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Why does Jeff Bezos keep going? He has enough money to buy everything he could ever want a thousand times over. I'm sure he enjoys his job, but currently he only plays for high score
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