Of course it's chilling. It takes all emotion out of the equation. He allowed others to make him a vegetarian, Republican, even to try homosexual relations. This is so way beyond an experiment that I suspect there's a clinical term for his affliction.
That said, in less developed countries having many children is a form of retirement planning, so I'm not sure he's even right about them being a bad investment.
That clinical term would be narcissistic personality disorder: he's more concerned with appearances (doing what investors say) than outcomes (does he actually want to do it). That is: the reality of what he does matters oh-so-much less than what other people think of it.
Do you think this guy would publicly admit to having sex with another guy if he couldn't disclaim responsibility to his investors? But hold on:
>A reminder for others: shareholders don't dictate what's tabled. We can only vote on what's proposed, the implication being that K5M is fine with either outcome.
His friend's words. Here's Wired: "Feeling the weight of investor expectations, Merrill spent a drunken night “fooling around” with him. "
Note that I'm not saying he's bisexual; I'm not a mind-reader. I'm just pointing out the obvious difference between who made the decision in the story and who made it in reality.
So everyone is wondering how this will end, here's your answer:
It doesn't seem to different from someone in a long-term BDSM relationship. (I have no idea what the actual term is, not my scene). The only difference is that except instead of one Master, he's got as many as are willing to buy shares.
If this is what he's into, I ain't in any position to judge - except where it hurts other people who didn't consent, such as McCormick.
The article is obviously a shallow source of information about the situation, but it seems to me that she got hurt more by the changes in her expectations (e.g. wanting to have children) than by his experiment.
That said, I agree that it was selfish of him to start that game without fully getting her on-board.
That said, in less developed countries having many children is a form of retirement planning, so I'm not sure he's even right about them being a bad investment.