# On being just crazy enough

- Institution: TED
- Department: Full Spectrum Auditions
- Speaker: Joshua Walters
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What's the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive?

## Lectures

1. [On being just crazy enough](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough/9ac6ac6a15c3), 6 min (TED's player)