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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse] by Douglas Rushkoff @ The Guardian (4 September 2022) - Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
** They started out innocuously and predictably enough. Bitcoin or ethereum? Virtual reality or augmented reality? Who will get quantum computing first, China or Google? Eventually, they edged into their real topic of concern: New Zealand or Alaska? Which region would be less affected by the coming climate crisis? It only got worse from there. Which was the greater threat: global warming or biological warfare? How long should one plan to be able to survive with no outside help? Should a shelter have its own air supply? What was the likelihood of groundwater contamination? Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” The event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down.
** This single question occupied us for the rest of the hour. They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from raiders as well as angry mobs. One had already secured a dozen Navy Seals to make their way to his compound if he gave them the right cue. But how would he pay the guards once even his crypto was worthless? What would stop the guards from eventually choosing their own leader?
** The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers – if that technology could be developed “in time”.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island Fantasy Island] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island Fantasy Island] @ Wikipedia
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTOB-tkekEM Fantasy Island 1978 - 1984 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippet)] @ YouTube
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTOB-tkekEM Fantasy Island 1978 - 1984 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippet)] @ YouTube
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=== Social media ===
=== Social media ===


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* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1686029291467784192 Post] @ Twitter (31 July 2023)
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* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1456622432433881096 Post] @ Twitter (5 November 2021)
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 23 September 2024

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Earliest known reference to Billionaire's Island.

Billionaire's Island is an alleged "uncharted island" where a select groups of billionaires have prepared refuges against The Event.

Hashtags

  • #ExotemporalWealthManagement
  • #RecklessBillionairesClub

Commentary

Bob the Pfully Pfizered Pfridge

Can the island have a large soup pot please? Big enough for six ... small horses. No, wait. Six ... large guinea pigs. We in NZ have an idea, er ... on the boil.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse by Douglas Rushkoff @ The Guardian (4 September 2022) - Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences
    • They started out innocuously and predictably enough. Bitcoin or ethereum? Virtual reality or augmented reality? Who will get quantum computing first, China or Google? Eventually, they edged into their real topic of concern: New Zealand or Alaska? Which region would be less affected by the coming climate crisis? It only got worse from there. Which was the greater threat: global warming or biological warfare? How long should one plan to be able to survive with no outside help? Should a shelter have its own air supply? What was the likelihood of groundwater contamination? Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” The event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down.
    • This single question occupied us for the rest of the hour. They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from raiders as well as angry mobs. One had already secured a dozen Navy Seals to make their way to his compound if he gave them the right cue. But how would he pay the guards once even his crypto was worthless? What would stop the guards from eventually choosing their own leader?
    • The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers – if that technology could be developed “in time”.
  • Fantasy Island @ Wikipedia
  • Fantasy Island 1978 - 1984 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippet) @ YouTube
  • Thurston Howell III @ Wikipedia
  • Gilligan's Island - The Howells' will @ YouTube

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (23 September 2024)
  • Post @ Twitter (31 July 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (5 November 2021)
  • Post @ Twitter (8 September 2021) - with Vivisection - Hosted by Branson-Bezos-Musk, the Three-Headed Trillionaire
  • Post @ Twitter (24 June 2021)