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Well, it's also known that Gates did try some drugs. From a Playboy interview in 1994[1]: > PLAYBOY: When you were at Harvard, did you frequent the Combat Zone
by davisr 12y ago
Well, it's also known that Gates did try some drugs. From a Playboy interview in 1994[1]:
> PLAYBOY: When you were at Harvard, did you frequent the Combat Zone, home of hookers, drugs and adult films?
> GATES: That's true. [Laughs] But just because I went there doesn't mean I engaged in everything that was going on. But I did go there. It's easy, you just take the subway. And it's pretty inexpensive. I ate pizza, read books and watched what was going on. I went to the diners.
> PLAYBOY: Ever take LSD?
> GATES: My errant youth ended a long time ago.
> PLAYBOY: What does that mean?
> GATES: That means there were things I did under the age of 25 that I ended up not doing subsequently.
> PLAYBOY: One LSD story involved you staring at a table and thinking the corner was going to plunge into your eye.
> GATES: [Smiles]
[1]: http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/billgates/l/blbillgatesint5.htm http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/billgates/l/blbillgatesi...
- GuiA 12y agoYou omitted the last line of that exchange, which I think is the most interesting: > GATES: That was on the other side of that boundary. The young mind can deal with certain kinds of gooping around that I don't think at this age I could. I don't think you're as capable of handling lack of sleep or whatever challenges you throw at your body as you get older. However, I never missed a day of work.