Once a somebody, now a nobody: Starcraft 2 has destroyed my life • Hacker News Board

Post by awef » Tue, Aug 28, 2012, 10:57 AM UTC

goblin89 wrote: post #26

awef wrote: post #11

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I've never heard of the term 'rage to master' but I've been told this behaviour is common in people with Aspergers Syndrome. Intense interests which takes priority in life only to be substituted with something else weeks, months or a couple of years down the line. Maybe you can shed some more light on the 'rage to master' personality trait you're talking about?

You probably should read the document lionhearted linked to: > Google the term “rage to master” – click around, read some summaries, and then check out a couple academic papers. It will be very worth your time. I'm not sure if it's related to Aspergers, but I don't think negativity[0] is warranted. Having an intense interest is good by itself; if it keeps for a few months—there you have a startup. =) The only problem…

I'll go ahead and do a little research. My comment might've come out a bit blunt but there was no negativity implied. More of a partly sceptical tone as to where the seemingly hip term came from.

I'd love to discuss the good and the bad with the trait itself but I should probably do some reading first to verify that it's the same trait that I'm referring to.