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by bonestamp2 332 days ago
After a certain point, more money isn't a motivator to everyone.
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According to reports, Meta is offering compensation that literally amounts to generational wealth. If you know you and none of your children and grandchildren will ever have to worry about money anymore, would you care which mindless tech tycoon you work for?
I think they are also offering compute time to actually do the things they want to do. The money is nice, but not fighting or having gpu's being pulled from you can also mean alot.
I mean, trading functional democracy for money is a interesting gamble.
It's not like that would be a surprising thing to happen in the US.