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If you're a director at Google you can probably afford a pretty damn nice dirt bike if that's your jam

It’s the lack of imagination that’s sad.

Regretting not being able to create more shareholder value on your deathbed.

So very sad.

Depends on the shareholder. At Sergey Brin's level, that shareholder value shapes the future of humanity, a legacy affecting many more people and will last far longer than spending time with single, or even double digit number of children.

I can't really tell what you're trying to say, do you really think the shareholder value of Google is positively aligned with the future of humanity? As in: If Google builds a really good AI and makes a lot of money from that, this will be a net positive for the world?

You’re shifting the goalpost to be positive influence or not. That’s not what they were saying though.

Their point is that the sheer allure for many people of that level of influence is powerful and makes other options likely less appealing.