Ben Wilson

To me, there's this interesting tension of like, she comes along at the time, which is sort of turn of the 20th century and into World War I, where the old... You know, the aristocratic classes... really were driven by conquest. These were often descendants of the Norman invaders who'd come to England, taken it with the sword, and then said, we own the land now, and we get the money from it.

And that's where they got all their money. And there's still this attraction to it. She's still attracted to that world, even as she herself is supplanting it with this new commercial world. And... And so anyway, I just think that even as that world has been supplanted, we cannot really get over the allure and the attraction because the whole world is a series of games.

And that's where they got all their money. And there's still this attraction to it. She's still attracted to that world, even as she herself is supplanting it with this new commercial world. And... And so anyway, I just think that even as that world has been supplanted, we cannot really get over the allure and the attraction because the whole world is a series of games.

We all choose the games we play. And I think there's a certain attraction to yeah, but there's one game that's bigger than all the others. And Those people who really feel like they are world beaters, that they're the greatest, they always have an attraction to that game. They want to play that game. They want to play the Game of Kings. Yeah, they want to play the Game of Kings.

We all choose the games we play. And I think there's a certain attraction to yeah, but there's one game that's bigger than all the others. And Those people who really feel like they are world beaters, that they're the greatest, they always have an attraction to that game. They want to play that game. They want to play the Game of Kings. Yeah, they want to play the Game of Kings.

It's like that game isn't even being played anymore.

It's like that game isn't even being played anymore.

By what? By social strictures. Like, you know, his wife divorces him and takes half his money, and there's nothing he can do about it, right? Yeah, but he's already made all the money back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's got plenty of money, but it just shows that there is a very strong limit to the actual amount of control.

By what? By social strictures. Like, you know, his wife divorces him and takes half his money, and there's nothing he can do about it, right? Yeah, but he's already made all the money back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's got plenty of money, but it just shows that there is a very strong limit to the actual amount of control.

he has in the world you know he buys washington post and what does it do for like you say he has all this political influence what has he done with it then maybe maybe he just has no vision for the wider world and he doesn't really care about that but you know i do think like one petty king in 1350 had more power no actually has no no way yeah wait 100 100 zero percent zero percent

he has in the world you know he buys washington post and what does it do for like you say he has all this political influence what has he done with it then maybe maybe he just has no vision for the wider world and he doesn't really care about that but you know i do think like one petty king in 1350 had more power no actually has no no way yeah wait 100 100 zero percent zero percent

It reminds me of Caesar who, you know, he's going through some little Alpine village and his friends are making fun of this like little village in a Swiss mountainside. You know, they're scratching potatoes out of the country. They didn't have potatoes, but you get it. Scratching wheat out of the hillside. And they're like, this place is pathetic.

It reminds me of Caesar who, you know, he's going through some little Alpine village and his friends are making fun of this like little village in a Swiss mountainside. You know, they're scratching potatoes out of the country. They didn't have potatoes, but you get it. Scratching wheat out of the hillside. And they're like, this place is pathetic.

And Caesar goes, I'd rather be the first man in this village than the second man in Rome. And I think there's like something to that, that like, um, Bezos has all this money, but he, Bezos has built his own world. Like, no, no. If the, then why is he like, I'm telling you, they've built their own world. But just cause the point is, you know, you, you, we talked about ratio Nelson.

And Caesar goes, I'd rather be the first man in this village than the second man in Rome. And I think there's like something to that, that like, um, Bezos has all this money, but he, Bezos has built his own world. Like, no, no. If the, then why is he like, I'm telling you, they've built their own world. But just cause the point is, you know, you, you, we talked about ratio Nelson.

And he like, he basically know, you know, he says to his, one of his captains who, who tells him, you know, I expect to see you after the battle. with a great victory and in command of 20 prizes. And he says, goodbye, Blackwood. I'll never speak to you again. And, uh, and goes and gets shot at his moment of glory.

And he like, he basically know, you know, he says to his, one of his captains who, who tells him, you know, I expect to see you after the battle. with a great victory and in command of 20 prizes. And he says, goodbye, Blackwood. I'll never speak to you again. And, uh, and goes and gets shot at his moment of glory.

Um, and I just think that a life worth like that is I view the world essentially artistically. Okay. And a life like that is so much more worth living than a chicken finger dream.

Um, and I just think that a life worth like that is I view the world essentially artistically. Okay. And a life like that is so much more worth living than a chicken finger dream.

I have to say. I guess that's my point. It doesn't matter what he does with the money because... Living a beautiful life is the whole sum of all of it.