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mk · 1454 days ago · link · · parent · post: Tony Hsieh’s American Tragedy: The Self-Destructive Last Months Of The Zappos Visionary
He sounded like a profoundly lonely individual that was made only more so by his financial success. It doesn't get much worse than paying people to be your friend. Tangential - reading this reminded me of Markus Persson, who has been a monster. I recalled reading something he wrote about being incredibly lonely and unmotivated after buying a massive house in CA. That led me to read his two most recent blog posts: https://notch.tumblr.com/post/58707926941/so-thats-what-im-going-to-do https://notch.tumblr.com/post/37823268132/i-love-you-dad It's difficult to empathize with people that suffer from the amplification, scrutiny, and reality distortion of success. But it is interesting that we are interested in it.