Please, can we have an article about the realized benefit of this applied data science, rather than yet another hype piece of some hero figure?

An inspiring story. Jeff Hammerbacher seems like a fascinating individual, a true polymath / renaissance man. Here's another good interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq8R__O8mNc

Usually when I read an article about somebody I know, I don't learn much. This one was an exception.

Kudos to Jeff for opening the kimono. It wasn't required of him; the cone of silence around his issues was, as it should have been, quite effective.

Bi-polar disorder seems to be common in the renaissance man. I'm sure there's a list of notable people who are bi-polar. I often wonder if the break throughs from these individuals are enabled by the manic periods of genius.