not totally true. i'm working on something that will make a big difference in the world.  if you see some random rich dude solved a 100 year old problem, that was me.  i wanted to do research as a child, but realized that if you just go the default route and get a phd, you don't get to choose your research topic. it gets chosen for you by the people paying for it. so my plan was make a bunch of money and then do research that i cared about. i finished part a of the plan, and now we'll see i can be successful at part b.
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