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by ajtaylor 5856 days ago
5 billion. 22 billion. Who cares what number comes in front of all those zeroes! It's the zeroes that matter. Once you start getting up in to the tens of millions I can't even imagine how to spend it all.
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See, I understand if you meant "how to spend it all on my desires for luxuries."

But if you truly meant "how to spend it all," I disagree with you. Every day, I think of a new company that would make the world a slightly better place. Every day, I wish I had 50 billion dollars so I could call my manager up, tell him "you have 3 million, find someone who can solve this problem," and have it done.

Hey, just building a worldwide cellphone network with enough bandwidth to not suck and decent international rates could take up more money than I could ever possibly earn.

Dream big.

Well, doing good in the world with charities can get expensive. Or building space vehicles... I got plenty of ideas if I ever get that kind of money.
You start investing in things. You'd be amazed how fast the money can go.