On: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

[stcredzero]

There was an issue of Lone Wolf and Cub that mentioned a Japanese aphorism about this:

    One bowl of rice, two bowls of rice.  
    One mat, two mats.

What it means: No matter how rich you are, you're not going to be able to eat much more than two bowls of rice and you can't sleep on more than a few tatami mats at a time.

But I would love the ability to do whatever I wanted, live wherever I wanted, and have a foundation to save the world.

[stevejalim → stcredzero]

Very true, and I reckon the 'foundation to save the world' thing is a pretty commmon wish. (It's on my list, and on the list of a fair few people I know, but that could just be the circles I'm in). <naive> Perhaps we should all just club together (n% of profits from m successful startups) and give the Gates Foundation a run for its money... </naive>

[charltones → stcredzero]

...two bowls of rice,

three bowls of coke?

It mounts up when you're living that life.