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the quiet superpower of buying back your own time
means an abundance of money, valuable possessions, or resources — and by extension any rich plenty of a thing.
from From the Middle English 'welthe,' built on Old English 'wela' (well-being, prosperity) — the same root that gives us 'weal' and 'well.' So the word originally meant not 'lots of stuff' but simply 'being well,' shaped on the pattern of 'health.' Riches were just one flavor of doing well; over time the money meaning crowded out the rest.
- old root
- From Old English meaning well-being, not money
- top heavy
- Richest 1% own nearly half of global wealth
- hidden poor
- High income often hides near-zero net worth
- time test
- True measure is days you could survive jobless
- inheritance
- Most billionaire fortunes outlive their founders by generations
elon musk — net worth ~$240 billion as of 2024, primarily from tesla and spacex
bernard arnault — net worth ~$211 billion, lvmh luxury goods empire owner
saudi aramco — market cap ~$2.4 trillion, world's most valuable company by 2022
india's billionaire class — mukesh ambani and gautam adani each with net worth exceeding $100 billion