People need people for their survival and their happiness. This much is known to almost all of us intuitively and lately also to scientists who have researched the subject. Loneliness is a killer.

Steve Jobs was "one of the most disagreeable people in the history of humankind," Marc Andreessen said. But he added this was part of why Jobs was a "genius" because he took nothing for granted.

This quote from fellow Midwesterner and lover of diners -- which are about all that Warren Buffett and I share -- recently crossed my line of vision causing great pause. Perhaps that morning I was ...