Who knows if this concept will work, but it's an intriguing idea. And I like it that in the middle of a supposed depression, the two top links on HN right now are offers of funding for new companies.
When I was in college, he returned an email of mine. I asked him if he was any happier now that he could have anything in the world. He told me that he was just as happy when he lived off of happy hour food and lived in a dumpy apartment with his best buds.