I don't know, hoarding a bunch of money needlessly seems way stupider than using your available resources to fill your life with incredible experiences, to me.
I think we just somewhere down the line all got confused by what success was supposed to look like. It ain't a game of Pacman; you don't win just by having the biggest number on the scoreboard.
Edit: important caveat, I know literally nothing about this dude or how he made or spent his money, I am just speaking in generalities.
But afaik he didn’t spend it. It just devalued. So he had [xyz] amount of crypto. One day [xyz] was worth millions and then [xyz] was worth only thousands. So it’s not like he got great experiences or a house.
During the early days of the whole Reddit Dogecoin saga, I had somehow amassed 138066 Dogecoins - probably worth 10 bucks at the time. Didn't know any better, so I kept them in DogeTipBot like many others, and forgot about them.
The creator of the bot then stole everyone's coins and dipped.
Those 138066 Dogecoins would be worth $8647 today 💀
I guess because he wasn't as cold blooded as the rest of the pump&dump crew. Some might call it stupidity. If he sold all of his coin he would've probably crashed the coin then and there.