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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @01:18PM
Saw that coming a mile away.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Hyperturtle on Monday August 31 2015, @04:02PM
Yes, his sequel he had in mind didn't work out. and it appears that he no longer has a controlling interest (or interest in the control he has) in his signature product.
Being aimless is a problem many have; but it is comforting to for a little person like me to know that wealth does not equal happiness in at least one clear example. It seems that the message is that if I work hard and make lots of money, the problems resolve themselves.
Of course, if work gives you meaning, the money is a nice benefit if one is rewarded well for the work in addition to the pleasure one gets out of the work. I'm hard pressed to think that he can't find something to do, a skill to learn, or a place to go. He has opportunities few others have. (Heck, I'd teach him networking for a modest fee and even play games on the VPN tunnel we'd set up as part of the training. Maybe something like Sacrifice?)
Too bad he has burned a few bridges on his road to riches. I am sure if he hadn't done so, other online communities may welcome him back. Maybe he can give back to some of them? He might not be able to buy love, but he may be able to reduce grudges.