一夜暴富并不快乐,微软让Minecraft的创始人陷入孤独

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虎嗅注: 14年9月,微软收购了沙盒游戏Minecraft(我的世界),虎嗅曾撰文《 因为被微软收购,让我们有机会了解Minecraft——一个如此独特的游戏世界 》。这个独立完成的游戏,在沙盒中建立起了完整的游戏世界,并以2.5亿美元的高价卖给微软。时间刚好过去一年,可被财富陪伴的一年,他并没有感受到充实。创建游戏,让Markus Persson营造了完整的精神世界;卖掉游戏,却让他收获财富的同时感到孤独。他让无数人在虚拟世界里沉迷,自己却没能在现实世界重拾快乐。本文原载于 Business Insider 网易科技 翻译,虎嗅有删编。

 

有钱就会快乐吗?至少世界上大部分人的假设都是肯定的。


在这个高科技的世界,数十亿美元可以轻易降临在年轻的书呆子头上。而Minecraft的缔造者,创办Mojang公司36岁的瑞典人Markus Persson就是这样一个幸运儿。当时微软收购Minecraft的成交价达到25亿美元。


在完成与微软的交易之后,他并没有加入微软的团队。相反,他开始了新的生活。他给自己在比佛利山庄买了7000万美元的豪宅,据说当时出价的还有Jay-Z和碧昂丝。


现在,他似乎开始怀疑这一选择是否是对的。周末Persson在Twitter发布了一系列的文章,公开了他目前的感情世界,他失恋了。深深的惆怅与孤独,他感慨钱真的不是万能的。


他表示:“有钱之后让人失去了继续努力尝试的理由和人际交往由于背景的失衡变得十分困难。” 对于很多人来说,Persson似乎成为了拥有了一切的男人。但是,他却在哀叹维系关系的难度,“在伊比沙岛与一帮朋友和名人聚会,做我想做的事情,但我从来没有觉得如此孤独。”


财富自由有时可能十分难以驾驭。你可以做任何你喜欢的事情。但究竟你想干什么?和谁在一起干?你的老婆会怎么想你?所有这一切对于Persson都是难以回答的问题。


佩尔森表示:“在瑞典,我只能呆坐在那里,等待我有工作和家庭的朋友有时间跟我出去。我认识了一个非常棒的女孩,但她对我和我的生活方式感到不适应,反而去找了一个普通人。”


Persson同样后悔卖了Mojang,他确保了员工们的衣食无忧,但“他们现在都恨我。” 那为何不瞄准更高的目标呢?为什么开展自己的慈善事业?Persson的回答是:“我如果跟Musk一样尝试拯救世界,那我会最终进入让我再次出售Minecraft的窘境。”


不过,他已经听取了他人的建议:“很多突然成功的人告诉我这是正常的,会过去的。听到这些后感觉很好,我想我应该去洗个澡。”


最后,他表示之所以发布这些Twitter:“是为了发泄,感觉如果我不隐藏它,会感到好一点。” 物联网的世界让许多年轻人顺间获得了巨大财富,现在我们知道这些人也不是每个都很快乐。


以下附上Persson的相关推特内容,听他直接说孤独的感觉:


The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



Hanging out in ibiza with a bunch of friends and partying with famous people, able to do whatever I want, and I've never felt more isolated.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



In sweden, I will sit around and wait for my friends with jobs and families to have time to do shit, watching my reflection in the monitor.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



When we sold the company, the biggest effort went into making sure the employees got taken care of, and they all hate me now.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



Found a great girl, but she's afraid of me and my life style and went with a normal person instead.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



I would Musk and try to save the world, but that just exposes me to the same type of assholes that made me sell minecraft again.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



People who made sudden success are telling me this is normal and will pass. That's good to know! I guess I'll take a shower then!

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015


The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



Hanging out in ibiza with a bunch of friends and partying with famous people, able to do whatever I want, and I've never felt more isolated.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



In sweden, I will sit around and wait for my friends with jobs and families to have time to do shit, watching my reflection in the monitor.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



When we sold the company, the biggest effort went into making sure the employees got taken care of, and they all hate me now.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



Found a great girl, but she's afraid of me and my life style and went with a normal person instead.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



I would Musk and try to save the world, but that just exposes me to the same type of assholes that made me sell minecraft again.

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



People who made sudden success are telling me this is normal and will pass. That's good to know! I guess I'll take a shower then!

— Markus Persson (@notch)August 29, 2015



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