Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Wed Feb 26 23:02:55 CST 2014
> Ok that took care of the first $19B. Now what? Oh, that was yesterday. Now they’ve hired 1 or 2 more employees and acquired a few more thousand users, so their value has shot up to $99.9 billion. You’re not thinking big picture here, Arthur. BIG. PICTURE. WhatsApp sends text messages and pictures from one phone to another. Maybe even on the PC one day! This is ground breaking stuff here. If you ask me $99.9 billion dollars isn’t nearly what it’s truly worth. We’re helping people communicate here. Amazing stuff. Besides, they need a new owner because it turns out that Facebook stock is worth about as much as monopoly currency. - Hans On Feb 26, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote: > Rocky, > > You and I would appear to be on the same page: pay it forward. > > Hans, > Ok that took care of the first $19B. Now what? > > As for me, I think that I might devote a few $B to the asteroid-mining > adventures, and the remainder to micros-economic venture loans, and such > causes as creating opportunities for women's education in nations where > that is a problem. > > Arthur > > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen < > hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > >> >>> What would you do with $100B? >> >> I think I might buy WhatsApp. >> >> - Hans >> >> On Feb 26, 2014, at 12:46 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Just finished reading the articles at Wired and NYT about Egon's latest >>> adventures, and also the Shimizu plan to create an 11K solar strip on the >>> moon and broadcase said power back to Earth. >>> >>> Which raises the question... Suppose your app went viral and suddenly you >>> had a million users, with attendant revenues. What would you do with the >>> money? >>> >>> As an initial guess, I would factor in Number of Spouses (did you know >> that >>> the plural of Spouse is Spice?), number of college-ready children, >>> outstanding mortgage, car leases/loans, etc. >>> >>> But let us suppose that all these exigencies could be handled by the >> first >>> B of your $100B, denominated in US $. >>> >>> What would you do with the rest? Would you join Bill Gates's foundation >> and >>> donate 51% toward curing malaria and similar infectious diseases? Would >> you >>> put some loot into breast-cancer research? Send medicine + education to >>> Third World countries (e.g. this concerns some African beliefs that if >> you >>> sleep with a very young girl, you stave off HIV/AIDS)? Or, radically >>> alternative to the aforementioned proposals, would you choose to keep it >>> all and let the lawyers figure it out upon your demise? >>> >>> I know that it's an imaginary question, but nonetheless I shall be >>> interested in your responses. Even if we divide the amount by 100, it's >>> still more money than you could possibly spend in the rest of your life, >> no >>> matter how serious your habits; so what would you do with $1B? For >>> starters... and then what would you do with $100B? >>> >>> As for me, I would join the group of billionaires that the Gates's have >>> formed, that includes Warren Buffet and Sir Richard Branson and 120 >> others, >>> all of whom have decided to give a minimum of 51% away, towards such >> causes >>> as curing malaria and polio. As for me, I would go a lot further, and >> give >>> away about 90% not 51%, leaving me enough to go vacation in Mallorca and >>> Shanghai and Havana every year pending my demise. >>> >>> And you? What would you do? >>> >>> Arthur >>> >>> -- >>> Arthur >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > > > -- > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com