Kevin Kelly
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Well, a lot of zeros, and the more zeros you have, the more weight it is.
First of all, it's distorting for your kids and your families.
It's just an incredible burden for children.
And secondly, the weight of it just becomes something you always have to attend to.
If you're a responsible person, you're going to take it seriously.
And it just becomes something that you can never escape because you can't spend it.
It's almost impossible to give away by yourself.
So you're suddenly running an organization, it's a whole nother job, and it may not be the most authentic thing for you, right?
I mean, a lot of the billionaires I know, if you get them to be honest, it's a lot of luck.
Is it good luck or bad luck?
And so far, far more than you need to do, whatever it is, I like to ask young people, my kids' friends, do the exercise of, okay, I have my magic wand.
I'm going to give you a billion dollars, which is what your wish is, right?
And so what are you going to do with a billion dollars?
Tell me.
Just make the list.
And so they, well, you know, maybe I'll travel around the world or I'm going to
buy a boat or something, or a house or whatever.
You haven't spent any of that money yet.
Tomorrow, it's all going to come back.
You give a billion dollars, you cannot spend it.