Were I a billionaire with aspirations to be an Iron Man-like superhero, wouldn’t it be rather “boring” to have to set up front companies to dig the tunnels to my secret underground lair?
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It's the "Ozymandias Effect". When you're effectively infinitely wealthy, the only thing left to accumulate is status, so you put your name on buildings, monuments, foundations, anything else that can survive you. It's not thinking about the future, more like peeing on history.
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Sure, Bill Gates has nothing left to do but "pee on history" by abolishing polio, and Soros "pees on history" by changing political landscapes. But Elon Musk specifically acquired his wealth as part of his attempts to save humanity, and Bezos did so by outthinking retailers.
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It is not - nor should it be - an activity that is the exclusive domain of billionaires.
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Agree. Sadly it seems that governments are unable to take these kind of exploring risks.
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