You’d think striking it suddenly rich would be the ultimate ticket to freedom. Without money worries, the world would be your oyster. Perhaps you’d champion a worthy cause, or indulge a sporting passion, but work? Surely not. However, remaining gainfully employed after sudden wealth is more common than you’d think. After all, there are numerous high-profile billionaires who haven’t called it quits despite possessing the luxury to retire, including some of the world’s top chief executives, such as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.
But it turns out, the suddenly rich who aren’t running companies are also loathe to quit, even though they have plenty of money. That could be, in part, because the link between salary and job satisfaction is very weak.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday December 13 2016, @05:45PM
The reason open source works so well economically speaking is that while the cost of producing one copy of software is very very high, after that, the cost of producing any number of copies of the same software is almost zero. Other things that kind of behave that way are what are thoroughly misnamed "intellectual property": musical recordings, writing of all kinds, artwork, research and scholarship, and so forth. So with that in mind, one very ethical option for rich people is becoming, to use an antiquated phrase, "a gentleman and a scholar".
That, or your proposed foray into philanthropy, are absolutely worthwhile and fulfilling activities for rich people. Playing the game of who's highest on the Forbes list or who has the bigger ... yacht are not.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.