> Not for the lols, I don't care how rich you are losing 44b hurts.
A band named KLF burned a million quid back in the mid 90s. It was
ostensibly "performance art" [1].
In 2000 formative internet commerce pioneer Josh Harris blew about 80
million in a few weeks on an "arts project". He is the subject of Ondi
Timoner's 2009 documentary "We Live in Public" [2] He described it as
"liberating" and said that other dot-com millionaires had "wasted
their money" and didn't "know how to live".
A band named KLF burned a million quid back in the mid 90s. It was ostensibly "performance art" [1].
In 2000 formative internet commerce pioneer Josh Harris blew about 80 million in a few weeks on an "arts project". He is the subject of Ondi Timoner's 2009 documentary "We Live in Public" [2] He described it as "liberating" and said that other dot-com millionaires had "wasted their money" and didn't "know how to live".
Maybe Elon fancies himself as an artist?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Qu...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public