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If I were a billionaire, how would I live my life?

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I would invest a good chunk of my money in doing research in the fields I’m interested in, namely biology, genetics, computer science, software engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence. I would spend my time trying defining what is the most important thing I could be working on given our current understanding and constraints in order to reach certain objectives. I would want to get informed by the advice of the smartest people I can get. I would pay others to help me get to my goals faster. I would avoid having to deal with hardware constraints by simply purchasing more hardware. I would try to trade the money I have to remove as much friction as possible in my work. I would like to consider working on different things as having a variety of hobbies and not a variety of jobs. I would avoid spending my time commuting. I would eliminate the time I spend on cooking and cleaning. I would maximize the effectiveness of my time, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep. I would try to find ways to increase the number of people (or machines) that can help me. I would try to find ways to make the fact that I’m a billionaire irrelevant to the accomplishment of everything I’ve stated here.