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Extreme metal guitar skills linked to intrasexual competition, but not mating success (www.psypost.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just had a thought ... egotistical billionaries ... do any of them have any musical background? Like, do they play instruments at all?

Paul Allen (of Microsoft, not American Psycho) was a pretty good guitarist. Picked one up at sixteen after listening to Hendrix, so played for most of his life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yea interesting ... I wonder if Allen counts as part of the sorta slightly psychopathic billionaire class? Obviously a billionaire, but not quite a Musk or Bezos maybe? Dunno. But interesting ... didn't know he played guitar well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nah, nowhere near as bad as the psycho billionaires. Doesn't seem to actually have much controversy at all, other than spending a fortune on yachts and using them for celebrity parties.

Outside of that, he seemed to be pretty reclusive and contributed a lot of funding to the arts, conservation, and scientific research.

I think him being a musician did actually impact things positively. Maybe the knowledge that art can bring people together helped, I don't know. Then again, I don't know what he was like in person, but he seems relatively "normal" for a billionaire.

Not the level of Chuck Feeney, but still okay.