Yeah, clearly the author chose to label this personality type with a mental disorder because they think it's awesome. Who wouldn't want to be bipolar? The bipol

Yeah, clearly the author chose to label this personality type with a mental disorder because they think it's awesome. Who wouldn't want to be bipolar? The bipolar ninja, that's got a certain ring to it doesn't it? Did you read to the end? The point, stated explicitly is that the BBM mindset is problematic: > So what's the message in all of this? Basically, that there are two problems. The problem with the Lisp mindset and the problem with Lisp. The problem of the Lisp mindset is the problem of the mindset characteristic of the BBM. I'm not sure what your cutoff for 'brilliant' is, but being able to ace high school without working probably makes you 1 in 50. From the point of view of a teacher calling the top student in a grade 'brilliant' is not a huge stretch. Of course, if you go to a demanding program in a good university, this level of 'brilliance' is commonplace. It seems to me the author sees some beauty in this type of mind, but it doesn't mean they think you should try to be that way. I can understand that; because I see beauty in fragility too; for whatever reason, I have a soft spot for people with anxiety problems, and I try to reach out and help them. I think there is something brilliant about (some of) them, but it doesn't mean I think they are better than others. Having anxiety makes life harder, as does having the personality described in this article.