[ExI] bar sinister gets more than you, was:... gets more than you do

[William Flynn Wallace]

Adrian wrote:  What do I do with my take?  Make life more awesome for many,
possibly most, people permanently (or as close to permanent as we get these
days).
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​Now this is a great topic.​  I sometimes daydream about having a billion
dollars, or ten billion or something, and plan what to do with it.  Surely
some of you have the same daydream.

So - just what *would you do *with some large amount of money  Let's say 10
billion.

​As Jesus said, the poor are always with us, so I will aim for some
elites.  (Although I have read a while back that one could supply clean
water to everyone in the world for 10 billion, which I have to sincerely
doubt.  If true, that's what I would do.)​

My money goes to establishing a college for musical and math (not
necessarily both) prodigies, age unlimited.  Free tuition.  Room and board
provided for the needy.  Highly paid profs.  Alums provide funding when
money runs out - hopefully.

Well, OK, a couple of million just for me and my toys.

How about you?  bill w


On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 5:19 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>
>> *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Adrian Tymes
>> *…*
>>
>> When I run it, I get a maximum of 333333333 pennies ($3,333,333.33) with
>> an average expected payout of 166666666.5 pennies ($1,666,666.665)…
>> Adrian
>>
>> To clean it up a bit, assume integer number of dollars and zero is not a
>> possibility.
>>
>
> Changes the answer to $3,333,333.34.
>
>
>> I also got your result from my sim: your optimal bid is 3,333,333 and
>> your expected winnings are 1,666,667 bucks and that greedy Mr. Potter’s
>> take is twice that, curse the bastard.
>>
>
> The best revenge is a life lived well.  What does he do with his take?
> Make a few peoples' lives miserable temporarily.  What do I do with my
> take?  Make life more awesome for many, possibly most, people permanently
> (or as close to permanent as we get these days).
>
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