To the tangentially aware, the allure of Las Vegas and “the Strip” in one’s imagination is almost mythical, what with fights at the MGM Grand, the World Series of Poker, and hanging out at penthouse suites at Caesar’s Palace while Mike Tyson punches you. They go through the best of times, they go through the worst of times. Īlas, localities do not have the luxury of picking a convenient endpoint. The Beatles, albeit involuntarily, famously stopped making music together thereby preserving the near-perfection of their discography (though this got a reboot as well) instead of going the ignominious route of Kanye West. The hardest thing to do when experiencing unprecedented success might actually be to stop (and maybe smell the roses.) Jeff Bezos seems to be the only psychotic businessman to ever actually step away and enjoy his life after spending decades building the behemoth that is Amazon.
