"I had flourished in Davos and in other global circles of power not in spite of my being an addict, but in no small part because I was one. The high which proximity with power, fame and wealth fuelled in me wasn’t that different from the high I felt when I did drugs."

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[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I agree. But look at his career before he wrote this lol, can you really be surprised he still thinks that way? I'm glad he at least had the balls to write the article, because I bet most people in his position would be afraid to write an article like that

[–]goobandit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For sure, he straight called them greedy children. I wonder what his proximity to power is like now...