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I’m a time traveler, I came back from the future just to tell you guys that we will naturally evolve from capitalism to democratic socialism, aka market socialism. It’s still capitalism, but better. You still have free markets, but cooperatives will beat corporations on account of simply being more competitive - you see, in a level playing field, cooperatives don’t need to squeeze their customers, employees, & vendors to maintain a profit margin for their investors, unlike every investor led corporation in the world. You can even ask the incoming mayor of New York about it. Wait a minute, is he a time traveler too?

Being nice to nice people doesn’t take energy at all, instead it energizes us. But being nice to not so nice people, now that takes effort, i.e. use of mental resources, which can only be sustained for so long before the battery drains out, and you need a nap.

I think Math is the key differentiator. I saw my equally neurodivergent and artistic daughter stumble at Math just like I did at exactly the same age in middle school. It was fucking Algebra! We both didn’t have the most engaging teachers, were both easily distracted, and naturally both started failing in Math, just 30 years apart. I couldn’t memorize those damn equations no matter how hard I tried! My kid went even further to the point of hating Math, and thinking herself as less intelligent for not being able to understand it.

What helped me was my dad holding my hand and showing me that Math is a system that I can understand if I just applied myself. We are actually great at applying ourselves and thinking logically, so Math will come easy once we get over the initial hurdle. Of course I did my job as a dad too and became the supportive Math teacher that my kid needed me to be. My daughter also got over that hurdle, but many of her friends from that middle school that also stumbled at Math, did not get the support systems that they needed to get over the hump. As a result, all those poor kids will go their entire lives underestimating themselves, and thinking themselves as just weirdos instead of the geniuses that they likely are. It makes me mad.

The actual genius of neurodivergent folks lies not only in 1) being able to apply ourselves and thinking logically, but also in 2) how we thoroughly learn any system (like math, music, language, technology, tools etc) - we are slow because we take our time to poke around and double check every single scenario and calculation, but once we master it, we’re sure of every little aspect of that system, our opinions as good as facts, not open for argument or debate, 3) how we connect multiple such systems to solve complex problems, much like the geniuses of history - pattern recognition and strong observational abilities allow us to view problems ahead of time and from a higher vantage point - we see the forest too, and not just the trees, and 4) our higher sensitivity, awareness, and empathy naturally lead us to face head-on the true realities of all human condition, and prioritizing it over all the worldly facade of the status quo.

PS: I say neurodivergent as an umbrella term for ADHD, ASD, BPD, anxiety and whatnot because 1) who knows which exact condition causes which specific behavior, and 2) they tend to co-exist, different potion combinations make different magic.

Lol, good looks dumb cuz he dresses like a nerd, but he’s quietly a genius.

Are you saying batman always loses?

Correct, but remember the very old saying that good prevails over evil. It always has and always will, even in times when it’s hard to believe so.

Paper beats rock.

Yes, idea is to spread power and not allow greed to take over. A Democratic Republic, i.e. a representative democracy is a good start but not good enough - we already have that in America & most countries worldwide, but that didn’t do much. What we need is widespread democratic socialism, i.e. market socialism i.e. co-ops, credit unions, open source etc.

A greedy sociopathic leader with lack of empathy will always cause starvation, be it capitalism or communism or any other system anywhere. Shitty kings, dictators, and colonialists have always caused this since the beginning of time. It ain’t about the system.

Not me, I’ve actually found my fucking mind, but you do have to lose it before you can find it. I’ve been in and out depression over the last few years. I’m no longer worried or anxious, but instead calm and at ease - because now I am able to make sense of the world, and I can clearly see that things will always be alright in the long term.

Brother, you and I are the universe recycled / reincarnated over and over again living life one day at a time like a real metaverse. This consciousness is a dream, although we can’t tell because we’re inside the dream. Unlike the dreams in our sleep, biting this finger hurts for real, but real is a thing you perceive just like how we perceive money to be real in an engaging game of Monopoly.

How do you know you’ve seen enough when you admittedly haven’t even seen clearly? Perhaps need to keep cleaning the glasses? Or is there another meaning I don’t understand?

Lovely comment. People live their entire lives maintaining a facade that they don’t have the mental bandwidth to maintain as they age. Just maintaining that facade eats up your mental processing capacity. Moral of the story, drop the facade, drop the mask, embrace and be yourself, and live freely.

If you are autistic, you will find it almost impossible to work for someone else because you will see things clearly and you will speak your mind, and corporations typically don’t appreciate any of that.

Working for yourself is the only way you can find true liberation where you can chase your dreams and what you think is right with all your might like a mad scientist.

Business is super hard too, but if you want to live a life of no regrets and maybe have a chance of finding your purpose, you must follow your heart and chase it though fire if you have to.

50 years ago - you won’t believe how many paper pushers we’ll be able to get rid of once this invention called computers takes off!

Also, man these robotic arms sure help automate our factories, but if you turn your head upside down you will see it as ‘lowering the market value of human skills’.

What are you even going to do if you were proper diagnosed? There is no fix, no cure for it, it’s only for you to know that you have different wiring in your brain and you know that already because that is the only way things make sense. I’m not proper diagnosed but it makes sense that I’m neurodivergent because I know I’ve been different all my life in how I see things versus how others see them. The best thing I can do with that self-diagnosis is to simply accept and embrace my neurodivergence and maybe even lean fully into my weirdness if so called because I know that that weirdness allows me to see things clearly when others cannot, and prioritize things correctly when others cannot, and problem solve through life like a champ when others cannot. That weirdness is not a weakness, but a superpower, so maybe just keep it secret ;)