Billionaires have planned to buy boogkes to prepare for the apocalypse, but is it as simple as that?
Scientist Douglas Rushkoff said that he had a secret meeting with 5 billionaires to discuss this issue:
“They are big corporate bosses, tech billionaires and talented investors, they invited me to advise on the apocalypse.” He said.
Concerns about post-apocalyptic power.
Many issues are concerned by billionaires when coming up with the idea of building a bunker to survive the apocalypse such as convenient location, water supply, etc.
But, the biggest concern of these tycoons is: “How to maintain their power after the apocalypse happens”.
For example, for security forces, they will be paid to ensure the safety of billionaires. But in the post-apocalyptic world, money will certainly be useless. So what should billionaires do?
The solution offered is that instead of money, billionaires will use necessities such as water, medicine, and food to exchange. Of course, the supply will be held exclusively by them.
There is even an idea to build a robot to act as a bodyguard and a domestic helper.
The obsession of escaping the world
The modernization, bringing machines and AI into human life is being focused a lot by billionaires.
Elon Musk is preparing to go to Mars to live. Palantir’s Peter Thiel says he’s working to reverse the aging process, and scientists like Sam Altman and Ray Kurzweil want to become immortal by inserting consciousness into supercomputers.
Billionaires seem to be trying to escape from the rest of the world, isolating themselves from society and the dangers of the Earth.
Accommodation is also a big problem
JC Cole, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, said it was not only the construction of post-apocalyptic military facilities, but also important food and livestock farms.
According to him, with as little as $3 million, billionaires can secure a safe haven and become shareholders in the “post-apocalyptic farm” that his business is planning to develop. develop.
Predicting that billionaires will not be able to bear to learn how to mingle with ordinary people, JC Cole is quite confident in this project, although no one has yet invested in him.
Make money from the apocalypse even though it’s not the end of the world
Taking advantage of this opportunity, a series of post-apocalyptic bunkers are being sold at various prices, some up to millions of dollars.
Texas-based Rising S previously specialized in providing temporary storm shelter solutions for small households. Recently, the company has shifted its business to include bunkers with an area of 9 square meters for $ 40,000.
Vivos company is touting luxury apartments underground. These apartments are advertised as extremely sturdy due to being renovated from bomb shelters or fortified arsenals from the wars around the world.
The Czech Republic also has an entire settlement for the elite called Oppidum.
It is known that this bunker complex will be provided with a full range of services from accommodation to swimming pools, wine cellars, amusement parks, .. no different from a 5-star hotel.
Private islands are also noticed by billionaires as it has partly shown its effect as a beneficial haven during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, these islands may face some problems. Transport advantages due to being isolated on the sea.
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