Well put. I have my own laundry list of issues with figures like Jobs and Musk. The people that have work with them personally regularly come out with stories detailing how grueling the work is.

And yet, I can’t help but wonder sometimes if the trade off is worth it. The lives of a couple hundred people are voluntarily made hell for a few years and in return society gains ubiquitous computing with smartphones and electric cars coming to market faster than previously expected. Is it worth it?

This is obviously predicted on the assumption that these advances wouldn’t have come without these people.