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If autism gave you super-intelligence with quirky social deficiencies everyone would want it.
But that’s not how it works.
It kinda is. At least for some of us. It's more like super-intelligence about an incredibly narrow topic that probably doesn't matter. Some of us win the lottery and our special interests align with something in the world that capitalism values highly. Like one of my special interests is computer science, math, and logic. So I'm good at programming. Some people with autism have a special interest in one obscure comic strip from the 1930s, which makes it hard to get a job that they can succeed in.
If there's one thing I've learned about YouTube is that the most niche topics can gather an audience. I've never been interested in the workings of heat pumps, mechanical switches, or car horns. But I look forward to a new drop every week.
"oh shit new Technology Connections just dropped!"