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by lukas099 858 days ago
Number of millions matters when donating to your favorite charity or political lobby, too.
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I'm sure that's important to some people, but I'd be very surprised if that's why most millionaires are still going to work every day.
dunno. after you get enough to meet all needs forever, the question then becomes "what can I build?" and how to steer civilization into something you want -- dictate the shape of things to come.

way more motivating than trying to squeeze out an extra 30k per annum to get a slightly nicer condo

True.