Another typically interesting post ... by Eric S. Raymond, this one on the link between autism and genius. In it he makes an observation that immediately resonated with me: that high achievement (actually, “genius-level capabilities” is how he puts it) are enabled or promoted by not caring about social conventions (or, as he puts it much more colorfully, “not giving a shit about monkey social rituals”). His thesis is that autistic people get this for free – it comes with the territory – and other high achievers have to learn how to do it. The (unstated by him) corollary is that social convention is an enormous impediment to achievement.
Fascinating observation, and it rings very true to me...
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