Thank you. What a fascinating article. The thing about Luck is he's brilliant and intellectual. In my experience, the most brilliant people I've known have struggled with similar existential issues and crises. One friend, probably the smartest person I've ever known, was an attorney with gobs of talent. We had been fraternity brothers in college and he was best man at my first wedding. I'm an attorney too but nowhere near as successful as he could have been. But I've done alright and, at 60, could easily retire if I chose to, whereas my friend would jump from job to job. What kept him from being successful was internal. He once had me call a former employer of his to find out what sort of recommendation he would give. The guy said he's brilliant but it's hard to get him to show up and engage with the work.
At core were early (childhood) emotional wounds but they seem to impact people of extremely high intellect more deeply than the rest of us. My friend ultimately drank himself to death. I miss him very much. I'm glad Luck didn't go off the rails to that extent. He's been able to create a family and he certainly has tons of financial success from his time with the Colts.
One can see the way Luck wrestles with issues that most of us wouldn't engage with. We would behave certain ways just because that's what you do. (What everyone else does.) The capacity to see and think really deeply is a double edged sword; not always a blessing, though it certainly allows one to have a rich experience engaging with literature, theater, philosophy, plus other passions and, ultimately, meaning itself.