Why do a proven medical procedure with a high success rate that makes logical sense (replace a busted liver with a healthy one) when you can use homeopathy, witchcraft, prayer, etc
This type of outsider judgement reminds me of the people who meet their favorite authors or other creatives and expect this Hollywood-esque falling in love scene, but in reality just get brushed off by an overly busy or overly neurotic creative person with poor social skills (how can you develop those wonderful social skills when you stare at a word processor or IDE 12+ hours a day obsessing over trivial details?). Every week there's a new AskReddit about, "Tell us which celebrity is really an asshole" full of stories of meeting someone you respected who didn't instantly become your best friend or spread his or her wealth out in an overly generous fashion to the help.
I find overly successful people are messed up in more than a few ways. Nice, balanced people don't usually engage in entrepreneurship or the arts. Or if they do, they're beaten down by the guy willing to burn himself out and destroy his family life to succeed. In an overly competitive society, the people who reach the top levels are half-crazy as wanting to get to that level is a half-crazy prospect in itself. Non-eccentrics just don't seem to break through.
This is currently a big struggle in my life. The next level for me financially is kinda risky, if not crazy. When do I tell myself to stop? When do I tell myself to be happy with what I have? The people in my life who are well-balanced and well-rounded don't seem to have this struggle. They're not obsessed with "making it" like I am. If I do "make it" I'm sure people will find me to be more than a little eccentric compared to the norm. Good or bad, that's just how I am and that's not going to change if mega-success comes my way. If anything, it'll just get worse.