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Money isn't everything, according to Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson's "increasingly despondent" tweets:
Shortly after the sale of Minecraft's parent company, Mojang's co-founder Markus Persson had reportedly left the studio in order to pursue other projects. Naturally, before immediately moving on to another enterprise, the man more affectionately known in the gaming community as "Notch" has taken several beats to reap the benefits of his success, outbidding Beyoncé and Jay-Z on a $70 million home, and hosting lavish parties in his newly acquired mansion. However, he's also been afforded plenty of time to reflect on how far he's come, and not surprisingly, it's quite lonely at the top.
Recently, Notch took to his Twitter account to air his grievances with the current situation in which he finds himself. Although Persson's net worth currently rests at $1.33 billion as of writing, the famous game designer has confessed that such prosperity has essentially cursed him in the grand scheme of things, as he's "never felt more isolated". Apparently what John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote all those years ago is true, and it's that money can't buy love. Taking that into consideration, Notch's Tweets grow increasingly despondent, as seen below.
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The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
Hanging out in ibiza with a bunch of friends and partying with famous people, able to do whatever I want, and I've never felt more isolated.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
In sweden, I will sit around and wait for my friends with jobs and families to have time to do shit, watching my reflection in the monitor.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
When we sold the company, the biggest effort went into making sure the employees got taken care of, and they all hate me now.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
Found a great girl, but she's afraid of me and my life style and went with a normal person instead.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
I would Musk and try to save the world, but that just exposes me to the same type of assholes that made me sell minecraft again.— Markus Persson (@notch) August 29, 2015
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday September 01 2015, @01:23PM
I can empathize with the guy. Who would want to hang out with the super rich? The vast majority of them are not self-made. They have never created anything or done anything useful in their lives. They are churlish, petty, and cruel. Everyone else who is not one of the super rich (which is virtually everyone anymore) is being crushed under the clusterfuck that is crony capitalism in the 21st century; of course they're not gonna be much fun to hang around with, especially since it's easy for them to lump you in with the super rich who are ruining their lives.
Helping others is the right impulse, but against the afore-mentioned background that can be tough to do in a way that will make them happy, and you happy. It is really harder than most people think. Even the poorest people have their pride and resent having to rely on charity. Giving them handouts is more likely to make them resent and hate you and hate their own lives more, after the 5 milliseconds of relief have evaporated. Worse yet, you might find that the person you're trying to help takes you for a mark and tries to take advantage of your guilt. You quickly reach the point of anger, despising them, and sinking into a misanthropic spiral.
The best thing is to help anonymously, in such a way that seems miraculous and that gives everyone hope for the future. That's a very specific set of circumstances, and it's hard to come by.
Washington DC delenda est.