I have no evidence beyond gut feel, but I think the tech population is probably above average in mental illness.

If you're a techie then you're not mentally ill, you're eccentric.

I've seen the same euphemism used to pave over outright criminality.

Remember: If it smells like fraud, it's just eccentricity!

Waiting for the day when someone says "it's not fraud, it's just extreme hustle!"

Someone on Metafilter(?) once suggested a high overlap between IT personnel and libertarians.

It has been interesting to consider but after decades of observation I don't think it's a political thing-- I think tech attracts a disproportionate number of textbook Narcissists.

Those fuckers crave power. We have absolute control over entire ecosystems. At first it's freedom for all, but then we turn into dictators regarding our governance of it.

In the end it becomes Domain Admin rights for me, principle of least privilege for thee.

Writing software is spending all day literally giving commands to be obeyed.

I suspect there is a subset of us that really enjoys that in a not completely healthy way.

Above average in diagnosed and treated mental illness. You know, the kind that is way less violent than the other kind.