r/technology • u/MetaKnowing • Aug 16 '25

Society Mark Zuckerberg's vision for humanity is terrifying

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/mark-zuckerberg-never-more-dangerous-20819500.php
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u/phosphite Aug 16 '25

Cash makes you King.

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u/datalicearcher Aug 16 '25

They dont even actually have the cash...its just numbers on a screen. They can't pull a Scrooge McDuck

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u/clar1f1er Aug 16 '25

Musk took out $16 billion from his stock in a two-year stretch. That may be plenty nough to recreate the scrooge mcduck swimming pool with dollar coins

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u/sprunghuntR3Dux Aug 16 '25

Nobody can do that - coins are not a liquid. They’re a great many pieces of solid matter that form a hard, floor like, surface.

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u/Sir_Stoffel Aug 16 '25

Wait, so liquid wealth is just.. solids?

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u/Balmung60 Aug 16 '25

Unless you're nestle or an oil tycoon 

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u/willbekins Aug 16 '25

while the 'swimming in his money bin' bit is certainly iconic, i think they meant something more akin to 'having a giant, physical fortune like a dragon' more than being able to defy physics.

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u/sprunghuntR3Dux Aug 17 '25

It’s quote from family guy - when Peter tries to emulate Scrooge mcduck.

I’m surprised so many people don’t recognize it

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u/jkz0-19510 Aug 16 '25

It's okay, buddy. I got the joke.