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According to AI (so question it), The Mentor was 21 when he wrote this. There's something about the early 20s that makes many people believe that the world has
by phendrenad2 1y ago
According to AI (so question it), The Mentor was 21 when he wrote this. There's something about the early 20s that makes many people believe that the world has deeper significance and scope than it really does. It can be a delusional time. This is also, coincidentally, when people who get schizophrenia often start to show symptoms. I'm not saying The Mentor has this particular affliction, I'm saying that the early 20s is a trigger that brings out a lot of things in people, which they later get over.
- StarGrit 1y agoIs there any direct evidence of what you claim? Otherwise this is speculation.
- hitarpetar 1y agothere is direct evidence that disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar tend to manifest in the early 20s. generalizing that to everyone's experience of their 20s is obviously a bit tenuous
- bitwize 1y agoThe last of your prefrontal cortex's major systems come online in your earlier 20s, which can lead to bipolar or schizophrenia if those systems are disordered. In most, it just happens to lead to "your first deep thoughts about the broader world and your significance in it" and may lead to writing youthful cringepieces like "The Conscience of a Hacker". It's kind of like a second puberty. The underlying cause is the same, if the results are vastly different.
- ratelimitsteve 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto hacker manifesto written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship in 1986 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/7426/loyd-blankenship https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/7426/loyd-blanke... Loyd Blankenship born 1965
- StarGrit 1y agoThanks. I was vaguely aware of who this person was. I was more referring to the schizophrenia.
- phendrenad2 1y agoVery few things that get called speculation actually are.