Is there anyone living you would pay $16k to eat lunch with?

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All these people saying Warren Buffett. What do they know? They got the answer half right though. Obviously the person to have this lunch with is Jimmy Buffett.

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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This was my choice as well, but instead of lead it was sandwiches.

[Sephus]

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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This was my choice as well, but instead of lead it was sandwiches.

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[censored] you hoser.

[DcifrThs]

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

[Evan]

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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If you're going to take this line, at least be right. $20 to the guy with $20k is not the same as $16k to the guy with $16M.

A better move would be to just not answer the question this way.

[istewart]

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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If you're going to take this line, at least be right. $20 to the guy with $20k is not the same as $16k to the guy with $16M.

A better move would be to just not answer the question this way.

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LOL

[Blarg]

These questions are not meant for 99% of the population. For the rest, it's an easy yes, with all sorts of people.

[DcifrThs]

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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If you're going to take this line, at least be right. $20 to the guy with $20k is not the same as $16k to the guy with $16M.

A better move would be to just not answer the question this way.

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if you have a constant utility function then it is. in reality probably not, but my hyperbole just shows the point im trying to make, and that is: the guy who pays 16k to eat lunch with somebody is paying what he thinks that lunch is worth and likely has a shitload of money.

asking OOT about who they'd pay 16k to eat lunch with can't be compared to the guy who paid 16k in actuality to eat w/ the GM guy.

Barron

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I was gunna start a whole new thread titled "Who would you pay $20 to have lunch with"? but then the list was way to long and my brain started hurting thinking of all the people id drop a jackson on to stare at while they ate.

so yeah, if I was rich, prolly a lot of people. Me being poor....nobody.

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I was gunna start a whole new thread titled "Who would you pay $20 to have lunch with"? but then the list was way to long and my brain started hurting thinking of all the people id drop a jackson on to stare at while they ate.

so yeah, if I was rich, prolly a lot of people. Me being poor....nobody.

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im just being nit picky but the basic question is: who would you pay a meaningful amount of money to eat w/?

id love to have lunch with mark messier. id pay a pretty penny for that.

Barron