The child abuse, while awful, is independent of investing attitudes. An equivalent narrative could be spun in the opposite direction about "playing it safe as he did with his father's mood".<p>The vast majority of investors don't have billionaire (or millionaire) problems. If the world is going to shit magic internet beans with very poor market penetration won't save you.<p>Otherwise this article reeks of motivated reasoning. Why use the language "Not Everybody Is Right All the Time. We All Have Biases" to describe Buffet's position?