• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    Until the day someone becomes a billionaire off of an idea to truly better humanity, like a cure for cancer, aids

    If they were good then they would give it away and not become a billionaire

    Torvalds is probably the closest example we have to revolutionary betterment today and he’s not a billionaire

    • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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      8 days ago

      I’ve seen optimistic estimates that Linus makes ~$10 million per year from Red Hat stock. Even if that were true, it would take 100 years for him to be a billionaire. Can we focus on the actual billionaires before coming for him?