| ▲ | khamidou 8 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> The privileged few among us (I am not one of them) don't struggle with avoiding these addictions. Counterpoint, the richest man in the world is clearly addicted to being on twitter and posts at all hours of the day. More generally I don't see why the richest wouldn't be addicted to social media like the rest of us – after all they have a lot more free time and disposable income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | everdrive 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Agreed, and I think Musk is an outlier. I think a bigger counterpoint for me would be "to what degree does wealth intersect with impulse control." I'd be shocked if there wee not a strong association, but it's also not going to be strictly linear. The might be diminishing returns at the poles, as well. The very low ends of impulse control look like "this guy blew grass clippings at my car so I shot him." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | stronglikedan 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> the richest man in the world is clearly addicted to being on twitter and posts at all hours of the day. I think that's more likely related to how little they actually sleep, and trying to fill their waking hours, more than it is related to an addiction. It seems to be a pattern with these people that only need 4-5 hours a day of sleep. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ta12653421 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
n=1 --> the exception of the rule :-D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | reaperducer 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A single data point doesn't change the bell curve. The richest people in SV send their children to schools that are deliberately devoid of, or carefully restrictive of, technology. This is do they can learn to think, not follow. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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