CZ: Contributing to the world brings a sense of fulfillment, and I now have the opportunity to do what I want to do.

On February 12th, CEX founder CZ stated during an AMA: I think people just add up assets and funds, then label themselves as “richest.” But for me, contributing to society and the world is more important. That makes me feel good. I do these things not for others, but out of a “selfish” reason. Doing things that have a positive impact on the world makes me feel good. Humans are inherently wired to want to help others and to make the world a better place than when we arrived, right? So we want to make positive contributions. When we do these things, we receive a very strong internal reward, which makes me happy. That’s why I do these things. Especially after experiencing the past two years, I now cherish some simple joys in life more. I feel I am in a fairly fortunate position because I have enough resources to do impactful things. I have the ability, team, funds, and time to do so. I’m not particularly young anymore, but I’m not old either, so I still have the capacity to do these things. At my age, few people have the luxury of doing what they truly want—especially since the company can run very well even without me. It’s been like that for the past two years, two and a half years, and it will continue into the future. Hmm, this has freed me to do other things.