The existential monologues of a Reddit millionaire
Dot-com millionaires should be unequivocally giddy, right? Not this one. Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit, has been writing intriguing, at times haunting, essays about Wired's purchase of his startup, and his new wealth. In "The Afterparty, for example, he writes:
I ordered a meal, but couldn't make myself eat it. The food just sort of seemed to stick in my mouth, each swallow painful.
"So what are you going to buy first?" someone asked each of us. When it came to me, I stared blankly. I couldn't think of anything I wanted.
"Who's going to pay for the check?" Steve asked. "Oh, wait. I just realized, for the first time, that it's irrelevant."
