OTL: Michael Jordan Has Not Left The Building – ESPN:
THE OPPOSITE OF this creeping nostalgia is the way Jordan has always collected slights, inventing them — nurturing them. He can be a breathtaking asshole: self-centered, bullying and cruel. That’s the ugly side of greatness. He’s a killer, in the Darwinian sense of the word, immediately sensing and attacking someone’s weakest spot.
[Same thing about Jobs. Same things about Lance. There are certain types of greatness that make it easy to, maybe nearly demand this behavior. I don’t think it’s required. I think it’s a flaw. But possibly one that keeps them human in the face of the searing burn they demanded of themselves.]
turnings :: daniel berlinger 