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by lkrubner 1832 days ago
My former business partner deals with the stress by smoking a lot of weed, which may or may not have affected the presentations he gives in public. You can judge for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8znQZ1RUckg

More generally, some combination of fundraising plus Ted Talks (and other venues that look for speakers who have something "visionary" to say) gives everyone an incentive to develop an aesthetic of being "visionary". It's not healthy. This is very much what I tried to parody in my comedy:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Really-Terrible-Dating-eboo...

1 comments

> You can judge for yourself:

I don’t know what to think... but I checked the video after reading your comment and... I laughed. ;-)

He send good vibes though.