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A quarter to a half million USD a year? Wow, must be nice. Good on ya.
It's so interesting how many people with between above average up to immense intellectual capacity can imagine so little else to do with their intellect than think about money.

I think shallow intellectual pursuits like money maxing for people who are already wealthy and with their needs well beyond met are possibly a reaction to realizing ones own inevitable death and cosmic smallness, diving deep into one of the most shallow aspects of life in order to cognitively distance oneself as much as possible from contemplations that may lead one to ponder existentially disturbing thoughts with no clear answers.

Maybe it's no coincidence this is posted on a Sunday night.

Money is the abstract storing of labour that can be used for pleasure and for personal enrichment and for political influence. There is unfortunately no such thing as too much money because having more and more means that you can invest in political campaigns and pay salaries and purchase assets.

If you desire nothing in this world other than spiritual fulfilment then that is fine and healthy, but more often than not an earthly want is directly purchasable.

You want to be more attractive? Have more free time? Experience a fun hobby? Get your thrills from a race car or jumping out of a plane? All of these things have a price.

Certainly some things cannot be bought. But theres no sense in expecting them to come to be divined to you simply because your refuse to play the number game.