An Autistic Way of Thinking Powers Silicon Valley(wired.com)
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An Autistic Way of Thinking Powers Silicon Valley
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/05/silicon-valley-coders-and-autism-and-asperbergers-maybe-its-a-new-kind-of-design-thinking
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I didn't see anything in the article condoning rude and inconsiderate behavior. The last sentence makes a mention that it would be difficult to "train" a person with aspergers, but it doesn't ever say rude behavior is acceptable.
Pointless article. The author gave a talk at a high tech company, some coders in the audience described how they wrote code, which reminded her of a small subset of the autism spectrum, thus Silicon Valley is powered by an autistic way of thinking? Doesn't make any sense.
To me it looks like it's a desperate attempt by the author to make her book appear relevant to tech workers.
To me it looks like it's a desperate attempt by the author to make her book appear relevant to tech workers.
It might be worth your time to read up on Temple Grandin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin
Also, she actually is substantially autistic, despite all of her work and achievements.
Also, she actually is substantially autistic, despite all of her work and achievements.
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Regardless of what Jobs may have thought or felt, the AppleLaser writer was not the first laser printer.
This title is mostly flamebait. Obviously, they are talking about a very, very high functioning Autistic way of thinking and not talking about the non-verbal (stimming and behavior issues) end of the spectrum.
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This article is total horseshit!
Aspergers is a RARE condition. It needs to be diagnosed properly (not over the internet and from movies).
Most people who are rude and inconsiderate are simply rude and inconsiderate - never having been trained that other people matter and encouraged by competitive parents to look out for number one.
I don't want my children growing up in a world where it is OK to be rude and inconsiderate with a cluster of people sitting at the sidelines claiming that this is excusable because they 'think different'.
We need to teach children, before it is too late, that social graces exist because though we are all imperfect at being considerate THERE is NO EXCUSE for being inconsiderate.
Sorry, that's my thing, my button. This fiction that there are some people, like the kings of old who had divine right, who have some kind of faux modern divine right, to be inconsiderate because they have some powerful brain that can't be bothered.