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- Palmer Luckey says he would join the show “Survivor” if given the chance.
- Luckey, who founded Anduril and Oculus, says he applies to be on the show every year.
- He doubts he’d win if he did get on the show, however, due to his billionaire status.
Palmer Luckey just wants to survive.
The Anduril founder said he told his investors that there’s only one thing that could ever distract him from running his nearly $31 billion defense tech startup: the hit reality show “Survivor.”
“If I ever get on ‘Survivor,’ I’m going to go on it. I’m going to disappear for six weeks to a beautiful island in Fiji and compete in a variety of intellectual and physical challenges,” he told Bari Weiss, the founder of The Free Press who was just hired to be the new editor in chief of CBS News.
His investors, he added, “can’t say anything.” Luckey said he told them that if he were ever on the show, they couldn’t fire him, lord it over him, or make funny jokes about it.
He said he requested that flexibility eight years ago. He still hasn’t had a chance to get on the show, but he said he applies every year.
The 33-year-old founded the virtual reality company Oculus VR in 2012 and sold it to Meta 2 years later for $2 billion. He founded Anduril Industries in 2017, which has since won several government contracts to develop autonomous weapons. In March, it scored a 10-year, $642 million contract with the US Marine Corps for anti-drone defenses geared toward fighting smaller drones.
All this success, however, might prove troublesome for Luckey if he ever managed to land a spot on “Survivor.”
“I don’t think I can win because I’m too rich,” he told Weiss. That’s because no matter how low he kept his profile, his identity would almost certainly be revealed by someone, at some point, he said.
“What jury, in their right mind, is going to vote for a billionaire to get a million dollars,” he said, referring to the group that casts a vote to determine the show’s ultimate winner every season.
Luckey said the other contestants are likely to seem more deserving of the prize money than him.
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Hospitals and clinics in the Turkmen city of Turkmenabat are facing a growing staffing crisis as doctors and nurses resign en masse in protest over extortionate cash demands, particularly those tied to the annual cotton harvest. Efforts by local authorities to ease the burden have so far proven ineffective.
According to sources cited by Chronicles of Turkmenistan, three family nurses recently resigned from Turkmenabat City Clinic No. 2, leaving just 11 nursing staff at the facility. Their responsibilities have since been redistributed among remaining colleagues, nearly doubling individual workloads, while salaries have only risen by 30%. The added pressure has led many remaining staff to consider resigning as well.
Similar developments are unfolding at other clinics across the city. One doctor and two nurses have left Polyclinic No. 5, while multiple specialists have exited Polyclinics No. 3 and No. 4.
The primary cause, according to local healthcare workers, is systematic extortion, most notably mandatory contributions for cotton harvesting. In September, Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Health reportedly issued a directive requiring medical personnel to participate in the cotton campaign. Employees in the Lebap region were assigned daily quotas to pick 45 kilograms of cotton.
At both the new multidisciplinary hospital and the infectious diseases hospital in Turkmenabat, medical staff have been dispatched to the fields immediately after completing night shifts. Those unwilling or unable to comply must pay for a substitute picker, at a rate of 50 manats (approximately $14.30) per day.
In practice, the burden of physical labor during this period often falls on staff nearing retirement age. One doctor at the infectious diseases hospital revealed that up to two-thirds of some employees’ monthly salaries are spent hiring replacement pickers during the cotton season.
“Not everyone can work in the fields after a full shift, but everyone is expected to pay. That’s why many simply quit,” he said.
In an attempt to stem the exodus, clinic administrators reduced the daily contribution for hiring workers from 50 to 30 manats (around $8.50) in mid-October. However, sources told Chronicles of Turkmenistan that the adjustment has done little to stop the resignations.
Chief physicians have been trying to rehire former employees and bring retirees back into service, but interest remains low. As workloads increase and staff numbers dwindle, the quality of medical care continues to deteriorate.