I didn't see anyone here mention it so I'm going to bring up the elephant in the room. Performance enhancing drugs. I think most of us around here are aware of

I didn't see anyone here mention it so I'm going to bring up the elephant in the room. Performance enhancing drugs. I think most of us around here are aware of our contemporaries who use quite a bit of prescription assistance to operate at a high level. You get the right mix of Adderall, cocaine, theanine, modafinal or whatever and you can pull off some amazing stretches of work. And sadly, anyone who has gone really hard down that path can probably tell you kind of things that it can do to your mental health. Not at all in anyway whatsoever relating that to this article or particular case and I'm sure there are people who pull this off without those things, but I have a hunch it's becoming the exception at this point, not the rule.