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“Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.”
- Seneca (4BC — 65), Roman philosopher, stateman, orator
John McAfee died this past week.
He was 75.
The man, born in Great Britain, made his fortune inventing a software program designed to protect computer users from viruses.
One eulogy lauded his contribution to this field. Prior to McAfee, if one wanted to avoid virus A, one procured a software program. If one wanted to avoid virus B, one procured another program. And so on.
McAfee’s program protected against a host of viruses. It seemed a breakthrough at the time.
And, appropriately, he was rewarded.
He made a comparative fortune.
By all accounts, he lived a colorful life.
After his success as an entrepreneur, he lived in Belize and then on a yacht. He sought to be the Libertarian candidate for office of POTUS of the USA in 2016 and 2020.
McAfee died in a Barcelona prison after extradition was approved to the USA for tax evasion.
Ostensibly, he did not want to spend the rest of life incarcerated, which he may have anticipated after extradition was approved.
