Jim Simons is a super interesting person, which makes this a very interesting read. What doesn't is the writing. "Simons has an air of being both pleased with

Jim Simons is a super interesting person, which makes this a very interesting read. What doesn't is the writing. "Simons has an air of being both pleased with himself and ready to be pleased by others. He dresses in expensive cabana wear: delicate cotton shirts paired with chinos that are hiked high and held up by an Indian-bead belt. He grew up in the suburbs of Boston, and speaks with the same light Massachusetts accent as Michael Bloomberg, with frequent pauses and imprecisions. He sometimes uses the words “et cetera” instead of finishing a thought, perhaps because he is abstracted, or because he has learned that the intricacies of his mind are not always interesting to others, or because, when you are as rich as Simons, people always wait for you to finish what you are saying" Gawd, that was awful.