Larry Ellison's Rising Sun, DDO Boat Porn, and Charlie Munger

I read an article this weekend about Larry Ellison's new yacht, the Rising Sun. Never mind what the article said - check out this boat:

The Rising Sun is the longest yacht in the world - 452 feet, versus Paul Allen's measley 414 foot Octopus yacht. Some key stats:

• Four diesel engines with an output of 50,000 hp
• Cruising speed of 28 knots
• 82 rooms on five stories with a total living area >8,000 square meters

Why a 452 foot yacht, you ask?

Here's Charlie Munger, from an excellent lecture on 24 cognitive biases:

Envy and jealousy made, what, two out of the ten commandments? Those of you who have raised siblings you know about envy, or tried to run a law firm or investment bank or even a faculty? I've heard Warren say a half a dozen times, "It's not greed that drives the world, but envy."

Here again, you go through the psychology survey courses, and you go to the index: envy / jealousy, 1,000-page book, it's blank. There's some blind spots in academia, but envy is an enormously powerful thing, and it operates to a considerable extent on a subconscious level. Anybody who doesn't understand [envy] is taking on defects he shouldn't have.

For some boat porn of Paul Allen's Octopus, see this slideshow. - Ed

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Your site is great

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What's stopping rich people from just having a Cruise Ship for their own personal use (yacht)? Well nothing, I suppose this yacht is technically a cruiseship.

Ridiculous!