JBly@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoElon Musk is now worth more than the 2nd richest man (Jeff Bezos) and the third richest man (Mark Zuckerberg) combined!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1219arrow-down1imageElon Musk is now worth more than the 2nd richest man (Jeff Bezos) and the third richest man (Mark Zuckerberg) combined!lemmy.worldJBly@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareuebquauntbez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoSo if I own a single dollar and tell everyone it’s a trillion worth … does that make me rich or am I a fool?
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoNo, it has to be something more imaginary than a dollar, and someone else has to actually give you a dollar for it while you claim it’s only one trillionth of the amount of imaginary things you could sell to people. Note a while ago a youtuber did a stunt to illustrate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8SYIksrZeu4
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 hours agoA fool unless you can convince an entire market that it’s a trillion dollars worth.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 hours agoa fool, until someone believes you.
minus-squarePlexSheep@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoLook up unlimited money limited. It was a real company
So if I own a single dollar and tell everyone it’s a trillion worth … does that make me rich or am I a fool?
No, it has to be something more imaginary than a dollar, and someone else has to actually give you a dollar for it while you claim it’s only one trillionth of the amount of imaginary things you could sell to people.
Note a while ago a youtuber did a stunt to illustrate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8SYIksrZeu4
A fool unless you can convince an entire market that it’s a trillion dollars worth.
a fool, until someone believes you.
Look up unlimited money limited. It was a real company