{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "How do you think of all this stuff to write?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/169056719238/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: How do you think of all this stuff to write?</div>\n<p>I\u2019m told I have somewhere between a 2-in-a-million and one-in-2-million talent at observation and pattern matching, I\u2019ve 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\u2019ve 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\u2019ve written essays as a hobby for the last 15 years, I\u2019ve long experienced cycles in mood and mental intensity that I think maps to what\u2019s 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</p>"}