alt Hacker NewsHow exactly are the superrich today living like gods? They use the same phones, have access to the same entertainment, same internet, same information. Most spend a lot more time stressed out and working. The poor today live better (or, at the very least more "preferenced") lives than ever in human history.
Big houses, yachts, nice cars I guess?
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fireflash38 • yesterday at 7:34 PM
Hey guys, we don't have ebola or malaria ok, shut up and go back to work.
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> How exactly are the superrich today living like gods?
A lot of us are, not just the super-rich.
"We are close to gods, and on the far side", as Banks put it. Or, as I wrote a while ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40874779
I really ought to turn this into a youtube video.