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I think there must be a genetic predisposition to burn out as I have noticed many people that should be burning out but do not. My burnout was clearly genetic (hEDS) as is the burnout of everyone I personally know. Looking at the stats of people hospitalized with Covid there appears to be a subset of people who will die before experiencing a level of stress that could induce burnout or even trigger post viral fatigue. My rough estimate is that 50% of the population cannot burn out. It appears to only become chronic burnout in 20% of those that do (10% of general pop) and half of those appear to have ADHD and or generalized joint hyper mobility (GJH) which suggests a strong genetic component to the duration and severity.

That said AI founders are not the general population and there are a few strong selection criteria biases that I think likely favors those who are likely to burn out.