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I am not an investor nor do I play one on TV, but that would worry me, sure. First, there is the issue of burnout or escalating addiction or withdrawal or all t
by frossie 18y ago
I am not an investor nor do I play one on TV, but that would worry me, sure. First, there is the issue of burnout or escalating addiction or withdrawal or all the usual problems that could threaten the business. Secondly, many VCs see investing in a startup not so much as an investment in the business, but in the founder(s). Would you place your chips on a guy who can't organise his life without the aid of pills?
I view these kinds of mental stimulants the same way as I view make-up: you can't have it on all the time, it is a way of papering over problems, so why not learn to live your life without it?
One of the ways you achieve maturity in life is by learning how to triage when there is simply too much to do. Popping pills is to life skills is what bulimia is to healthy eating: you might achieve the same result (success or thinness respectively), but kind of defeats the whole point.
- asciilifeform 18y ago>Would you place your chips on a guy who can't organise his life without the aid of pills? Would you place your chips on a guy who can't see beyond arm's length without eyeglasses? How about one incapable of regulating his own blood sugar without insulin injections?
- ciupicri 18y agoGood point, but you're still not 100% right because FBI for example requires its agents to have a pretty good vision (http://www.fbijobs.gov/1113.asp#2 http://www.fbijobs.gov/1113.asp#2).
- asciilifeform 18y agoIn a combat/police role, you might always lose your glasses/meds/cyborg suit and end up fighting hand-to-hand, naked. Such requirements make sense there.
- frossie 18y agoErr yes. Neither wearing glasses or keeping your insulin controlled affects your mental state. Folks, your brains are your #1 asset. Don't mess with them.