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The smartest person I know who's in his 50's is now an alcoholic - made and lost a fortune. He's still worth an easy 20 million dollars, but is way too driven
by sharadov 3y ago
The smartest person I know who's in his 50's is now an alcoholic - made and lost a fortune.
He's still worth an easy 20 million dollars, but is way too driven and edgy to just shut up and retire.
I read a thin line separates genius from madness.
His entire life has exemplified this.
It's profoundly sad to see him - his genius is a curse.
- JohnFen 3y agoI've only personally known two people who were unambiguously geniuses, and they were both deeply broken people. If that's the price of genius, then I'm very happy being a subgenius. > a thin line separates genius from madness. I suspect that genius is actually a form of insanity, personally. A functional form, but still...
- sharadov 3y agoExactly - that unrelenting focus, single-minded obsession. When it's creative and productive it leads to something beautiful. But the flip side is a horror show.