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this is insane - the investors' plans are very unlikely to align with his personal wants and needs (unlike a business where the goal of making money is shared b

this is insane - the investors' plans are very unlikely to align with his personal wants and needs (unlike a business where the goal of making money is shared between the business and its shareholders). some of the examples in the article make this abundantly clear: * the sleep experiment, where he was obviously suffering by the end * the gay relationship which, while the article doesn't mention whether Merrill is bisexual, certainly seems to imply that he isn't and went through with the relationship to appease his shareholders

heiska 14y ago
It's not insane. By definition, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. He changed his sleeping routine and had a homosexual relationship, found out they didn't work out for him, gave up on them. Nothing insane about that.
- tjic 14y ago
  > By definition, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results That's a pithy cliched phrase, but it's not the definition. One really needs to read through the DSM (it's a flawed political document firmly embedded in the prejudices of its day (i.e. today) that's more pre-scientific taxonomy than science), but the short version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity may manifest as violations of societal norms...
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- ceejayoz 14y ago
  > By definition, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. No, that's a pithy quote attributed to Einstein. The actual definition of insanity is very different.