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.

Given Altman seems to be extremely vague about exact timelines and mainly gives vibes, he's probably doing fine. Especially as half the stuff he says is, essentially, to lower expectations rather than to raise them.