Originally Posted by Bostonian
If one career pays (say) five times as much as another but requires twice the hours (80 vs. 40 per week), some people, especially males, will choose the former. They can in theory retire early and enjoy more leisure in their 40s and 50s. The start-up dream is to solve your lifetime financial problem with a few "insane" years of intense work.

I'd say the 40s and 50s are a little late in the game to be attempting to make genuine connections with other human beings, especially after having lived a lifestyle since K that provides limited opportunities to figure out how to do so.

And since genuine human connections are pretty much a requirement for mental health, I'm sticking with "insane."