Comment by pessimizer

Depends if you think he should be damned for such minor sins. I have dead people who have done much worse who I miss like crazy, and still laugh (and get sad) when remembering some of the worst things they did.

I find Plane Crazy really charming, although it's a portrait of someone who I definitely wouldn't do business with.

I also find it endearing that the OP thinks that he'd have been just as good as the modal successful startup CEO if one of his ideas had accidentally hit (despite him.) I agree. There are a lot of Cringelys running massive companies, but without the heart that he had. The man seemed an often self-destructive dreamer, but not evil in any way as far as I can tell. He seems to have honestly liked people, and to be driven by wanting to impress them through making their lives better.