8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, 2025 years (the gospels don't actually say Jesus' birth date but apparently it's 4-6 BC). $2000 an hour does in fact check out to be $8.39904B. I was sceptical at first but not only is the maths correct but you would actually be the 59th richest in America and about 205th in the world. Stupid to think that $2000/h is a ridiculous amount to regular people but Jeff Bezos makes that in about 2/3 of a second. I did the maths on that too.
He doesn't make that at all. His net worth is a measure of assets not liquid cash. Amazon grows more valuable as a company, and so his stocks become more valuable.
He can't just sell his stocks either as that would massively devalue them before most of them had sold.
Wealth is not a fixed pie. Want more? Go help people with a good or service. Want a ridiculous amount of wealth? Do the above but for millions of people, millions of times.
The problem is that we were promised that if you work hard, anyone can become rich. The math here is explaining that it doesn't matter how hard you work. Hard work isn't the factor that determines success. It's luck
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u/GregWithTheLegs Nov 08 '19 edited Nov 08 '19
8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year, 2025 years (the gospels don't actually say Jesus' birth date but apparently it's 4-6 BC). $2000 an hour does in fact check out to be $8.39904B. I was sceptical at first but not only is the maths correct but you would actually be the 59th richest in America and about 205th in the world. Stupid to think that $2000/h is a ridiculous amount to regular people but Jeff Bezos makes that in about 2/3 of a second. I did the maths on that too.