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May 27, 1999, on How to Become As Rich As Bill Gates:
It's been asked "What is bill going to do with all of his money, or how's he going to spend it?" Virtually everyone asking this question is coming from a perspective that still has room for material desire. BILL CAN BUY ANYTHING. Human beings are motivated by personal and material desire, obtaining the unobtainable, impressing our peers. bill's wealth is far beyond exotic cars and italian suits. (in fact, bill could purchase 352,422 1999 RollsRoyce Silver Seraphs at $227,000 apiece. What's the point? He doesn't want material goods. He wants power. Look at history. everyone has always wanted world domination. Like someone in this forum already mentioned, the scariest part about microsoft is the amount of power we are giving them through the move into the technological age. Your computer can be accessed as well as any information inside of it via the internet. The middle class is programming itself into serfdom.