It's the dream of many a startup founder: Make something people love and wind up wildly rich, selling the company for billions.
But after you do that, what comes next? It could be a sense of hopeless isolation.
So says Minecraft founder Markus Persson (aka "Notch") in a strangely revealing series of tweets.
Microsoft bought Minecraft for $2.5 billion almost a year ago, and the founder did not join Microsoft after the sale.
Persson certainly looked like he was having a blast, living the big life. He bought a $70 million mansion, complete with a massive wall of candy, and has been hosting wild parties ever since.
But he's really bored and deeply lonely, he revealed in a series of tweets.
"The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance," he tweeted.
"Hanging out in ibiza with a bunch of friends and partying with famous people, able to do whatever I want, and I've never felt more isolated."
Here's the whole tweet string:
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My thoughts:
Although I do feel like with some guidance there is a lot more he could be doing with him money to keep him occupied. It isn't about buying it all it is about how you decide to live each day, and "hanging out in ibiza" is a very new money way to approach it, rightfully so, experience the parties, the crazy, the extravgent, but now compete in iron man with a team training you and donate money via a charity for it, or perhaps go and visit schools and help them learn coding, or go to a third world and experience that life.
There is a lot her can do for sure, but the most important thing here is finally someone with a shit ton of money, said "I am not happy".
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/minecraft-founder-feels-isolated-unhappy-2015-8#ixzz3kJG45lbw
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