For the casual HN reader, he was the one who recognized and scientifically described the creative state of "flow" [1]
Why would it be of interest for the audience of hackernews? Well, programmers and related fields' mostly creative workers tend to experience the flow, and even though it is hard to explain (or describe, for that matter) most of us agree that it's great to be in.
Why would it be of interest for the audience of hackernews? Well, programmers and related fields' mostly creative workers tend to experience the flow, and even though it is hard to explain (or describe, for that matter) most of us agree that it's great to be in.
[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)