This bit is especially noteworthy:<p>> I try to do those things that have a preponderance of evidence in favor of them. For example, smoking. I remember back in the ’80s that I was going to go interview [mathematician and hedge fund manager] Jim Simons to see if I wanted to add him to a fund of funds. And I never went to the interview because I learned that he smoked in meetings. I just didn’t want the exposure.<p>> It didn’t matter in the early ’80s, because he was losing money then. He didn’t really turn things around until about 1989 or so, when I was no longer looking for people. He’s a very smart guy, but I’m astonished that he would succumb to an addiction like that. By the way, that’s one of the risks that I try to avoid: the whole class of addictions. <i>(Editor’s note: Bloomberg was unable to reach Simons for comment.)</i><p>Simons is the Renaissance Technologies guy, for those unaware.<p>It's weird that the article doesn't mention his support for cryonics. Thorpe not only is a cryonicist, but he and his wife have donated to Alcor: <a href="https://www.alcor.org/2008/09/announcement_of_positionsupdat/" rel="nofollow">https://www.alcor.org/2008/09/announcement_of_positionsupdat...</a>
I love the photo with the TRX straps even if he doesn't seem to really be using them properly. I just got introduced to TRX and kettlebells and I feel now like I was missing them all these years, especially the kettlebells. Both of them strike me as really good choices for a home gym. (My wife right now is a bit resentful that she helped install a heavy treadmill for a person who is badly out of shape... I was thinking that person would do better with something else.)