Swedish companies are recognizing the strenghts of people with autism and bipolar disorder. The psychiatrist Simon Kyaga is leading the way with his groundbreaking research.
The suspicion that there is a connection between certain mental disorders and creative ability goes back to ancient Greece. Indeed, many towering figures in art, science and even business seem to have coupled their genius with bouts of mental illness. The eccentric behavior of painter Vincent van Gogh, mathematician John Forbes Nash and inventor Nikola Tesla are well-known.
More recently, Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin, has been vocal about struggling with ADHD.
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4 comments:
Reading material: Kay Jamison's "Touched by Fire"
She is a leading doctor in the field of psychiatry and is herself bipolar.
We have plenty of them in the White House now!!!
No thanks. Let them continue sponging off tax payers, and being artists.
They are probably better workers because they are not very social, so they don't sit around gossiping all day. I get tired of hearing about what everyone ate for dinner last night or what their precious kids said. Who cares. Get your work done.
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