I like to put it like this, because this is one of the things that helped radicalize me: If you gave the earliest ancestor of homo sapiens (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FUCKING THOUSAND YEARS AGO) the median American salary according to census.gov (68,000~) and they did NOT ever spend a cent, they would still fall short a fair chunk of Bezos accumulated wealth. If I'm figuring this right (given an average lifespan of 70ish years) in less than a few decades Bezos has accumulated more wealth than someone in over 3500 lifetimes could do if they did EVERYTHING perfectly.
I like to put it like this, because this is one of the things that helped radicalize me: If you gave the earliest ancestor of homo sapiens (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FUCKING THOUSAND YEARS AGO) the median American salary according to census.gov (68,000~) and they did NOT ever spend a cent, they would still fall short a fair chunk of Bezos accumulated wealth. If I'm figuring this right (given an average lifespan of 70ish years) in less than a few decades Bezos has accumulated more wealth than someone in over 3500 lifetimes could do if they did EVERYTHING perfectly.
It's fucking craaay-zeee