Elon Musk suffers from the conceit of eccentricity, and he and Isaacson care little for the accuracy of diagnostic nosology. Musk is a narcissistic polymath who is self-absorbed and capable of incredible intensity when focusing on his great endeavors. There is significant debate within psychiatric academia as to validity of the Diagnosti…
Elon Musk suffers from the conceit of eccentricity, and he and Isaacson care little for the accuracy of diagnostic nosology. Musk is a narcissistic polymath who is self-absorbed and capable of incredible intensity when focusing on his great endeavors. There is significant debate within psychiatric academia as to validity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and how it is used. While we all need a common parlance for describing the scope of human behavior and psychiatric illness, the use of DSM has become commonplace for explaining bad and eccentric behavior. For some, it is a badge of specialness to devote their TikTok to their “autism”. And for others, a bad temper and bad manners is excused with the bipolar label. What you see is people explaining themselves with personality disorders, such as borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic, which are overrepresented in the cohorts of high achievement in government. Also, we should recognize that euphoriant substances will also cause some to appear to have any number of biological psychiatric illnesses.
Perhaps it was a proviso of the agreement to have Walter Isaacson write Musk’s biography that Isaacson would not ponder or pursue formal consultation from psychiatrists on Musk’s possible diagnoses.
I have worked with many people at the very top of their professions. What I observed is that our society requires an almost mono maniacal narcissism in order to achieve these posts. Impervious to criticism and hell-bent on future outcomes, unfortunately the people working for them often become commodities... I did not see that here with Musk. This is the problem we have with the presidency as of late. . . In order to achieve that kind of power position, you would need to be thick skinned to the point of DSM diagnosis. I loved what Walter I. said in the interview about the duplicitous nature of human beings and our societies incapability of mirroring that back to us since Shakespeare. In the Sociopath Next Door - worth the read BTW.... She quotes the statistic that 1 in 5 people could be diagnosed as such. 1 in 5.... Who's the Sociopath in this dialogue? I'm not sure I believe that, but I do believe that if I was launching rockets, had read the entirety of the Encycolpedia Britannica and believed in Free Speech in a country that was heading toward a 1984 kind of Socialism, I might snap sometimes and curl up in a ball on the floor too.
Elon Musk suffers from the conceit of eccentricity, and he and Isaacson care little for the accuracy of diagnostic nosology. Musk is a narcissistic polymath who is self-absorbed and capable of incredible intensity when focusing on his great endeavors. There is significant debate within psychiatric academia as to validity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and how it is used. While we all need a common parlance for describing the scope of human behavior and psychiatric illness, the use of DSM has become commonplace for explaining bad and eccentric behavior. For some, it is a badge of specialness to devote their TikTok to their “autism”. And for others, a bad temper and bad manners is excused with the bipolar label. What you see is people explaining themselves with personality disorders, such as borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic, which are overrepresented in the cohorts of high achievement in government. Also, we should recognize that euphoriant substances will also cause some to appear to have any number of biological psychiatric illnesses.
Perhaps it was a proviso of the agreement to have Walter Isaacson write Musk’s biography that Isaacson would not ponder or pursue formal consultation from psychiatrists on Musk’s possible diagnoses.
I have worked with many people at the very top of their professions. What I observed is that our society requires an almost mono maniacal narcissism in order to achieve these posts. Impervious to criticism and hell-bent on future outcomes, unfortunately the people working for them often become commodities... I did not see that here with Musk. This is the problem we have with the presidency as of late. . . In order to achieve that kind of power position, you would need to be thick skinned to the point of DSM diagnosis. I loved what Walter I. said in the interview about the duplicitous nature of human beings and our societies incapability of mirroring that back to us since Shakespeare. In the Sociopath Next Door - worth the read BTW.... She quotes the statistic that 1 in 5 people could be diagnosed as such. 1 in 5.... Who's the Sociopath in this dialogue? I'm not sure I believe that, but I do believe that if I was launching rockets, had read the entirety of the Encycolpedia Britannica and believed in Free Speech in a country that was heading toward a 1984 kind of Socialism, I might snap sometimes and curl up in a ball on the floor too.