I was thinking about this a couple of days ago. Strange you mention this. Was digging into Tesla a bit and his odd behavior- Paranoia and the fear of death. In HHughes position, he had everything that money could buy, but in the end, he feared death as he thought he was above it. But death seeks out the rich and the pauper without discretion. IMHO it is much better to live without fear than to fear the inevitable.