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Psychosis and psychopathic (or antisocial) traits are very different psychiatric phenomena. They are not even similar, also psychosis is often temporary.

So maybe people should look for a different "smart" way of describing craziness. Or, if you want to use psychiatric terms, subclinic antisocial persobality disorder is most closely related to business success, as far as I know.




Sorry, I was (trying to) use the same term as the person I was replying to.


Should have answered to that then, sorry. Was just a quick lunch break thought.


That was quoted from the article. I think they mistook the words


"psychotic" seems to have been a typo as the subheading is "Psychopaths".


To be fair, with the rampant drug abuse in Silicon Valley (particularly hallucinogens) I would not be surprised if a lot of those execs have experienced psychosis.




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