[teameat]

I think this just shows that for most of these guys, the dollars are a way of score keeping, they don't actually care about the trappings of wealth other than making rockets or whatever, which is just another score card, who gets to go in orbit first etc.

So, crazy idea here, what if we set up a way that they can actually give their money to people who actually need it while they get to keep their "dick measuring points".

In other words, here is the score card for each super rich guy, Bezos, Musk, Gates, etc. etc. you keep your points, so you have your bragging rights or whatever, but people who are in need of help get the actual dollars which you obviously can never spend, cannot possibly need etc. etc. You give it to people who need it but keep your dumbass "karma points" just like the dummies on Hacker News who care about that or whatever.

[anthonygd]

It sounds like you don't understand how wealth works and you're having some sort of emotional reaction towards "rich people".

I just did a quick search for the breakdown, but essential 81% of Elon's wealth is Tesla stock and 14% is SpaceX. The remaining 5% is a combination of assets. The important point is that 95%+ of his wealth is being actively used by other people for things like salaries, research and manufacturing. That's how investing works: you give your money to other people in exchange for some well defined privileges. We talk about those privileges as being worth a certain $x but that's not at all the same as having $x.

There is no Uncle Scrooge style vault with cash. Other people are using that money.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-net-worth-quintupl...

[nibsfive]

If money stopped being a measure of value, it would stop being a valuable measure.

[teameat]

are bit coins a measure of value ? are karma points a measure of anything ? what is money ? what is value ? what is a measure ? maybe points are points ?