That this post was originally published August 1, 2009 on factoryjoe.com. I’m republishing it here for posterity. You can view the original version with comments on Archive.org.
Interesting take, but let’s remember how many geniuses are crazy fucks. It comes with the territory much of the time. From Jackson Pollock to Elon Musk. (Ed Harris’s movie on Pollock is heavy on the negative, and people I met who knew Pollock said he was a terrible alcoholic but really a nice guy. None of the nice guy is in the movie and it’s still a…