The one person who best embodies the spirit of yolo is Andrew Carnegie. He emigrated at the age of 12 to follow the Capitalist American dream. His family was dirt poor so he got a job at his era’s version of the internet/Reddit, first as a telegraph messenger ($2/HR in 2020 money) and then operator ($4/HR) a yr later. As a 20 year old, Carnegie mortgaged his family’s home to YOLO everything on the Adams Express Company in 1855, his very first investment, a railroad that gave 20% dividend every month, which made him an investing god among his social circle. He then used those profits to YOLO everything on the Woodruff sleeping car company (inventor of the sleeping car) before IPO, getting a 12.5% stake, arranged a merger with Pullman in 1860, and profited again. He used these profits to YOLO everything again on the Columbia Oil Company in 1864, which yielded $30 million (in 2020 money) in cash dividends in 1 year. He used these profits to YOLO again and set up a steel rolling mill and ironworks, which he eventually sold to JP Morgan for $300 billion (his share was $7 billion, all 2020 money). Then he gave all his billions away to establish libraries, museums, universities, scholarship funds, etc. just like ppl on WSB giving gold to random retards. His favorite quote was: “Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. Do not scatter your shot... The great successes of life are made by concentration.” The original genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist and a true YOLOer at heart.