09.29.06
What’s the point of having more?
Here is a write-up on Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, on whether he will sell out after social networking site MySpace was valued at $15 billion by an analyst.
Here are a few quotes from the article
“If you’re living comfortably, what’s the point of having more?” Newmark said raising the money to subsequently give it away to good causes also did not interest him. “We both know some people who own more than a billion (dollars) and they’re not any the happier. They also need bodyguards,”
Nice statements! Why are we so busy at making money and building wealth? The fundamental question is whether more money will bring additional peace and happiness to life. I think we need to meet the baseline of our worth and living standard, but after that, are we just compete in vain? We bring nothing when we come into this world and we will take nothing when we leave. Accumulation of wealth is a strange notion yet so fundamental to human nature. In the end, won’t that be just another illusion? I have a lot of respect for Craig who states his value so well…
