I’m told I have somewhere between a 2-in-a-million and one-in-2-million talent at observation and pattern matching, I’ve been put through some of the highest-rated and best-resourced schools my culture has without being absorbed into the existing ruling class, by fortune of birth I’ve never had to subordinate myself to anything for economic reasons, I read very quickly and broadly for an average of at least 8 hours a day since I taught myself to 30 years ago, I’ve written essays as a hobby for the last 15 years, I’ve long experienced cycles in mood and mental intensity that I think maps to what’s now called bipolar II (which in turn I think is just bipolar I comorbid with the intelligence and self-mastery to wield it safely) and I turn out my best stuff in hypomanic phase