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Re:Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble by gwern on Sunday November 13, 2011 @07:51PM (#3232333)
hypomanic?
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Re:Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble by rms on Monday November 14, 2011 @07:19AM (#3233723)
Yeah, true clinical mania looks a lot like psychosis.
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Re:Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble by gwern on Monday November 14, 2011 @10:22AM (#3234288)
No, I meant that 'hypo' means a lack, and 'hyper' means an excess, so I would expect a 'hypo'-manic CEO to be some sort of depressive and not look like a great candidate for funding and a 'hyper'-manic CEO to be extremely energetic and convincing and voluble and so at an advantage with VCs.
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Re:Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble by prodigal_erik on Monday November 14, 2011 @10:33AM (#3234334)
Clinically it's used as "not quite mania, but close".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania

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Re:Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble by gwern on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @06:53PM (#3240963)
Huh. TIL. Goes to show that understanding Greek or Latin roots doesn't always help you.
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