Update 2025-08-08 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator (@jim) has indicated they are considering actually paying off the US national debt if the opportunity arises, estimating they'll have control over ~0.001% of humanity's supercosmic endowment. They believe there is a non-zero probability they will do this.
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