It's sillier than that and with a lot more solipsistic belief in wanting something and throwing money at that desire making it happen.

https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-1-the-wunderkind

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff