No, billionaires won’t “escape” to space while the world burns(salon.com)
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No, billionaires won’t “escape” to space while the world burns
https://www.salon.com/2021/07/07/no-billionaires-wont-escape-to-space-while-the-world-burns/
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Sure, but they would if they could.
And they will still escape in all kinds of exotic locations, expensive resorts outside of climate change's harm way, bunkers, and so on while the world burns - basically how many escaped covid lockdown - , which is not that different to escaping to space.
And they will still escape in all kinds of exotic locations, expensive resorts outside of climate change's harm way, bunkers, and so on while the world burns - basically how many escaped covid lockdown - , which is not that different to escaping to space.
My understanding is that several of them (including Peter Thiel) have bought property in New Zealand as a hedge against climate change, wildfires, and societal collapse in other countries.
Yes.
We have a small holiday place in Lake Wanaka right down the road from Peter Thiel’s block of bare land and his substantial but not ludicrous holiday home.
I suspect a fair few who planned on NZ as their international bolt hole are now a bit confused.
They likely planned on a terrible catastrophe with enough warning to get here.
Instead they received a minor catastrophe with air travel lock downs where even a private G650 is not permitted entry.
I’m of the opinion that all this doomsday prepping by the wealthy is simply an unconventional insurance policy for extreme/unlikely events.
Basic and moderate preparations for reasonable likelihood events makes great sense.
Extreme preparations don’t make financial sense, but I suspect are done for the same reasons some people of lesser means seem to dangerously over invest in disaster preparation, it’s the perception of control and order amidst a macro environment they feel they cannot influence, control, or predict.
We have a small holiday place in Lake Wanaka right down the road from Peter Thiel’s block of bare land and his substantial but not ludicrous holiday home.
I suspect a fair few who planned on NZ as their international bolt hole are now a bit confused.
They likely planned on a terrible catastrophe with enough warning to get here.
Instead they received a minor catastrophe with air travel lock downs where even a private G650 is not permitted entry.
I’m of the opinion that all this doomsday prepping by the wealthy is simply an unconventional insurance policy for extreme/unlikely events.
Basic and moderate preparations for reasonable likelihood events makes great sense.
Extreme preparations don’t make financial sense, but I suspect are done for the same reasons some people of lesser means seem to dangerously over invest in disaster preparation, it’s the perception of control and order amidst a macro environment they feel they cannot influence, control, or predict.
True, but then they have Plans through Z as it costs them next to nothing to be prepared for all scenarios. Money is worth nothing if you die.
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"Survival of the Richest"
> I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech ... to deliver some insight on the subject of “the future of technology” ... my audience ... five super-wealthy guys ... from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world. ... They had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology. They had come with questions of their own.
> [After a few innocent questions], the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system and asked, “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?”
> The Event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, unstoppable virus, or Mr. Robot hack that takes everything down.
> This single question occupied us for the rest of the hour. They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs. But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless? What would stop the guards from choosing their own leader? The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers - if that technology could be developed in time.