I have been wanting to comment on the story of Henry Nicholas for a few days. Nicholas was the founder and CEO of a chip company called Broadcom. He is one of the richest men in the world.
There aren't many circumstances when a billionaire is indicted(pdf link) for such bizarre and self destructive behavior as dealing dope, or being exposed for building a massive underground sex lair next to his mansion for engaging in sex with prostitutes.
I became familiar with Nicholas during the late 90's when some of my work was hardware related and I was working on a product that might have required Broadcom communications chips.
In any case the point is I have been wanting to comment, but I really haven't had anything to say worthy of a blog post. Then I read this great article on news.com and after that I realized that the only thing I could say about the matter is to suggest that you read it. I certainly never knew the guy, but somehow it is, for me, a disproportionately distressing story, and the details are riveting.
Monday, June 9, 2008
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The news.com link doesn't work.
thanks. I fixed it. But the link on the news.com homepage is still busted. They must have reconfigured something and broken links.
So much for news.com regression testing ;-)
The depravity of humans knows no depth. We have been made with capacity for such greatness and have the ability for such depths too.
Edit to the above (since I posted anonymously and cannot go back to fix it) The statement is a biblical concept. Man is sinful and fallen.
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