Psychologist says tech entrepreneurs crazy
John Gartner, a clinical psychologist who teaches psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins, says many technology entrepreneurs have a psychiatric disorder known as "Hypomania."
Hypomanics are marked by "infectious energy, irrational confidence and really big ideas. They think, talk, move and make decisions quickly." He also says, "Hypomanics live on the edge between normal and abnormal."
While he didn't use the word "crazy," that's a detail. Psychologists never call anyone crazy, preferring to categorize them with terms such as psychotic, neurotic, hypomanic, etc. "They're not crazy, they just receive radio signals from Mars telling them to do strange things." Most psychologists I've met could themselves be described as one standard deviation from the norm.
His recent book, "The Hypomanic Edge," and a number of derivative articles discuss this in detail.
Hypomania doesn't sound bad. Sounds better than nicotine addiction for example!
I'll reserve final judgment as I haven't read his book, but Gartner himself seems to be pro-hypomania. Hypomania is closely related to manic depression.
Someone should buy this book from Amazon
, read it, and report back!
Disclaimer: I neither have training in psychology nor am I crazy, but I sometimes watch psychologists on TV such as "The Bob Newhart Show."
Hypomanics are marked by "infectious energy, irrational confidence and really big ideas. They think, talk, move and make decisions quickly." He also says, "Hypomanics live on the edge between normal and abnormal."
While he didn't use the word "crazy," that's a detail. Psychologists never call anyone crazy, preferring to categorize them with terms such as psychotic, neurotic, hypomanic, etc. "They're not crazy, they just receive radio signals from Mars telling them to do strange things." Most psychologists I've met could themselves be described as one standard deviation from the norm.
His recent book, "The Hypomanic Edge," and a number of derivative articles discuss this in detail.
Hypomania doesn't sound bad. Sounds better than nicotine addiction for example!
I'll reserve final judgment as I haven't read his book, but Gartner himself seems to be pro-hypomania. Hypomania is closely related to manic depression.
Someone should buy this book from Amazon
, read it, and report back!Disclaimer: I neither have training in psychology nor am I crazy, but I sometimes watch psychologists on TV such as "The Bob Newhart Show."
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 12:18 AM
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