I'm not sure about the decency of it.

I remember all the articles praising the facade of a super-genius. It's a stark contrast to today.

People write about his trouble or his latest outburst like they would a neighborh's troubled kid. There's very little decency in watching people sink like that.

What's left after reality reassesserts itself, after the distortion field is gone? Mostly slow decline. Never to reach that high again.