Boo hoo. He got an insanely great payout and now he can really spend time doing whatever he wants. Depression affects the rich as well as the poor but not having to worry about making a living takes a nice chunk of that burden off his shoulders.
He's got 2.5B. So, want something to do, something that is worthwhile?
Go setup a charity. One which is your passion. Go setup schools at cheap locations, with good enough equipment and teach coding and IT to the poor/disadvantaged.
Don't just sit there and cry about having nothing the other side of it.
It's a matter of scale. The amount of money he has could give a $70,000 yearly salary for 10 years to ~3,500 penniless Syrian refugee families. It's not that anyone wants him to suffer. It's the fact that the suffering he feels is dwarfed by the suffering he could erase.
He seems to be lonely because he has a lonely life. There are plenty of happy people both wealthy and poor. They have found out what keeps them going and work hard to do it. Now he has the wealth to get support and attempt to determine what an help him keep going and working hard.
I'm neither wealthy nor surrounded by wealth. Some of my friends are driven to obtain great wealth for various reasons such as improving the education in their hometown or preserving more of the planet. These days I'm happy with the riches of holding my wife's hand and solving problems. Just last night I helped my friend's kid solve how to fix the wooden blocks most efficiently in a wooden box. Soon after they were dumped out in a pile on the floor. Success and failure are transient.
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Go setup a charity. One which is your passion. Go setup schools at cheap locations, with good enough equipment and teach coding and IT to the poor/disadvantaged.
Don't just sit there and cry about having nothing the other side of it.
Can't believe this attitude.
It's really irritating that someone talking about their mental health is dismissed because they're rich.
I'm neither wealthy nor surrounded by wealth. Some of my friends are driven to obtain great wealth for various reasons such as improving the education in their hometown or preserving more of the planet. These days I'm happy with the riches of holding my wife's hand and solving problems. Just last night I helped my friend's kid solve how to fix the wooden blocks most efficiently in a wooden box. Soon after they were dumped out in a pile on the floor. Success and failure are transient.