“Ok here we go, I’ll make you a billionaire but you’ll die at the age of 30”
Hmm is there an option where I stay alive for longer?
“Yeah you can die at the age of 70 but you’ll have an average income you’re whole life. That’s a boring option, don’t pick that one”
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“You can’t take it with you” that was the constant refrain of someone when talking about wealth and death.
But how do they know?
Maybe you are rewarded more in the after life for the wealth you accumulated on earth?
Whatever happens after death you still leave a vacuum behind with the living.
An absence that could be particularly traumatic for those you leave behind.
What’s more, you can’t spend any more time with them and that’s what it’s all about right?
That’s the more precious commodity.
“All the money in the world never bought a second of time”
Howard Stark
Thomas Duggan 