see this is one of the main things I don’t understand about real-world ultra-rich people, these individuals have a warped or nonexistent capacity for whimsy. If I had more money than I could feasibly spend and for whatever reason could not or would not donate it, then by god I should at least be making the world a more entertaining place to live in.

Instead they’re all techbro douches and old money who can seemingly only purchase indulgent material goods for themselves or, if they choose to contribute to greater society, do so negatively, like Thiel and Musk. About the closest Musk ever came was sending his Tesla to space, that was whimsical-rich-guy-behavior and probably the height of his popularity. Everything else in recent memory that the obscenely wealthy have done has been either forgettable and boring or actively harmful to society.

in summary, we need fewer Bond villains, more Austin Powers.